Many travel to and stay briefly in Southampton to catch a cruise ship for a European cruise or even a transatlantic crossing. For those staying one or two nights in Southampton (and I have already taken the train from London to Southampton on the morning of the sailing), what is there to do?
And specifically, has anyone traveled to Beaulieu outside Southampton? Without a car, it seems to take some effort to travel to Beaulieu from Southampton--the Hythe ferry and then a taxi, or a train to Brockenhurst and then a taxi. But Beaulieu, which housed the SOE's "finishing school" for its agents during World War II, does offer two small museums that look interesting, a car museum and the Special Army Experience devoted to the SOE, as well as a palace, an abbey, and a very nice hotel with restaurants.