Facilities for residents and visitors include a multiscreen cinema, health club, and restaurants and shops along a precinct known as The Boardwalk.[5] The first boat to use Port Solent was the 36-foot cutter Lively Lady, sailed by Sir Alec Rose (1908-1991).[5] Port Solent is politically within the Paulsgrove electoral ward and the Portsmouth North UK Parliament constituency.The main entrance road junction into the Port Solent development is built almost exactly over the site of the former Paulsgrove Quay shoreline.[7] The present-day grassy southern section of the development is a former Portsmouth City Council owned rubbish dump, which bridged the northern side of Horsea Island to the former Paulsgrove Lake area and was covered with grass turf when filled.
