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Visit HMS Alliance, newly restored after a £7m refit and ready for patrol! Assault all of your sense by walking on board HMS Alliance, the only remaining WW2 era British ocean-going submarine.

Meet a submariner and hear his stories of living on board a submarine. Find out what it was like to face danger underwater, to share jokes in cramped conditions and how to feed a crew of 65 from a gallery the size of a broom cupboard.

One of the finest local history collections in Hampshire, exploring 100 million years of history Displays include prehistoric tools, Roman pottery reconstruction, Saxon burials, the Battle of Alton 1643, the notorious tale of Sweet Fanny Adams and Hop picking and brewing.

Jane Austen Trail at the Curtis Museum

The ground floor of the Museum gives the story of Alton before Jane, her mother and sister moved to the nearby village of Chawton but it explains why the town became the place she knew.

Visit a thriving colony of grey seals that have been breeding on the Lincolnshire coast since the 1970s. A number of different habitats to explore and plenty of wildlife to discover.

Donna Nook Nature Reserve is one of the best place to see Grey seals (also known as Arctic seals), in the UK. The best time to see them is during November and December, when they give birth to their pups near the sand dunes, an amazing wildlife spectacle, but they can also be spotted at sea or on distant sandbanks throughout the year.

Make a voyage of discovery about Gosport in this exciting display, with objects, display panels and set pieces which trace the story of Gosport through the centuries.