YMCA Portsmouth
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Welcome to YMCA Portsmouth!
YMCA Portsmouth is a fantastic nursery based within the unique facilities of Whale Island the Royal Navy base of HMS Excellence.
Children Under 5
Nursery
Located in the grounds of HMS Excellent, convenient for the M275, our nursery provides excellent quality childcare for service families and the local community in Portsmouth.
Perfect Location
YMCA Portsmouth covers two areas: Holiday Club based at Fairthorne Manor in Botley, which is available in the summer holidays with the provided bus service, and the nursery based on Whale Island as our primary location.
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From youth services and early years care to community programmes and volunteering, 2025 was a year of meaningful impact at YMCA Fairthorne Group. Read our full year-in-review 👉 ymca-fg.org/looking-back-at-2025/![]()
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More festive fun!![]()
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The babies created the sweetest handprint Christmas tree, and our explorers and discoverers got into the festive spirit by decorating the big Christmas tree and working on Christmas cards🎄![]()
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Tiny troops on the move - we love our nursery marches! 🚶![]()
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Our pre-schoolers proudly march along, just like their grown-ups.
Water + Skittles = Magic! ✨![]()
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Our pre-schoolers loved watching the rainbow appear in our Skittles experiment 🌈![]()
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