Southsea has many independent shops which make it a pleasure to browse around There are some high street names but not many, two of the largest being Knight and Lee (John Lewis Partnership) and Debenhams. Marmion road has some delightful gift shops Interior Trading Company being one.Victoriana has plenty of good quality pine furniture, old and new in one of it's stores and the other deals in mainly maghogony furniture and beds. If you like Jewellery then Barabara Tipple Jewellery is the place to go, an award winning jeweler. A walk around the shops will give you an appitite.Waitrose is the only supermarket in Southsea andhas the largest car park.Parking is free for a few hours if you purchase goods and get your car pass stamped.There are plenty of Restaurants and cafe's to stop and rest an refuel at. Knight and Lee has been a presence in Southsea`s main shopping area since 1887, but the origins of the business go back a further 56 years.View their history For more information on the history of the John Lewis Partnership visit The Memory Store.

Just around the corner from Southsea shopping center is Albert Road which joins on to Highland road .If you fancy a treat at the start of the shopping then vist my friends fish and chip shop, The Kingfisher.You can wander down Albert Road where there are a variety of small specialist shops, including designer clothes, magazine, and record shops,specialist toy shops,second hand shops, antiqes shops,barbers and hairdressers and many more wonderful indepent shops . The Ark charity shop is a good place to buy furniture for student, all the profits go to the Ark andimal charity.For lunch try the wine vaults or citrus caf'e. If you get to the end of Highland road then turn right and find the Eastney Tavern public house where they serve a brilliant meal.