View Full Version : The 558ft Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth


Kev
10-20-2005, 06:22 AM
http://static.sky.com/images/pictures/1341406.jpg

The 558ft Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth has finally opened, five years late. The £35.6m project was originally supposed to open at the turn of the millennium, but a series of problems constantly delayed its completion.

Looks so out of place :ninja:

Max
10-20-2005, 02:02 PM
Should move it here to Liverpool.:ninja:

Kev
10-20-2005, 03:29 PM
Should move it here to Liverpool.:ninja: It would look better in Southport Pleasure Land :unibrow:

FKoE
10-26-2005, 08:09 PM
It has been touted as BIGGER than B/pools tower, which it is technically, but its viewing platforms are 50 ft lower than the Towers.

Rebuild New Brightons tower, I demand it for 2007 ;)

Kev
10-26-2005, 08:20 PM
http://viewfinder.english-heritage.org.uk/gallery/450/aa9/aa98_06026.jpg

I say rebuild it too!

FKoE
10-26-2005, 08:35 PM
I can still remember the dipper, before it fell down, and the ballroom after the fire .... what a bloody waste.

Yeah Rebuild the Tower, YOLIVERPOOL demands it :)

scouserdave
03-06-2007, 08:22 AM
Just discovered this thread.
Liverpool could do with their own Spinnaker Tower. It looks amazing and you can view it from afar. Unlike Portsmouth, there's something to look at in Liverpool once you get up to the top:rolleyes:

No offence to Pompey. I love the city and the people are a good craic.

http://www.liverpoolpictorial.co.uk/spin/001.jpg

http://www.liverpoolpictorial.co.uk/spin/002.jpg

bran
03-06-2007, 09:04 AM
http://static.sky.com/images/pictures/1341406.jpg

The 558ft Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth has finally opened, five years late. The £35.6m project was originally supposed to open at the turn of the millennium, but a series of problems constantly delayed its completion.

Looks so out of place :ninja:I go down to Portsmouth quite a lot.I lived there for 15 years.When you see it in the flesh.It looks brill.The view you get from the top,is something quite out of this world.I love It

Max
03-06-2007, 09:10 AM
I've just noticed now Fkoe's gone I thought only Miss Informed went.

Whats happened?

Brenda
03-06-2007, 09:15 AM
I've just noticed now Fkoe's gone I thought only Miss Informed went.

Whats happened?

Oh thats a shame, why has MissInformed gone?.

scouserdave
03-06-2007, 09:38 AM
How do you "go?"
Do you contact Kev or what?

scouserdave
03-06-2007, 09:40 AM
I go down to Portsmouth quite a lot.I lived there for 15 years.When you see it in the flesh.It looks brill.The view you get from the top,is something quite out of this world.I love It
Bran I get down to HMNB at least once a month. Were you in the Navy mate?

baztop3
03-06-2007, 11:29 AM
Nice pics Kev and Dave :PDT_Piratz_26: