In celebration we took to Facebook to ask our readers to name their favourite Portsmouth-area fish and chip shop.
The answers were many, but fret not – we’ve done the hard work and compiled the top 16 after crunching the numbers ourselves.
Behold, below, the Portsmouth area’s very best fish and chips according to readers of The News.
If you weren’t considering a chippy tea before reading this, you certainly will be afterwards.
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13. Bill's Chippy, Waterlooville
Having scooped three previous wins our newspapers' reader fish and chip competition, Bill's Chippy in Mill Road was sure to make the top 16. Photo: Keith Woodland
14. WINNER: The Master Fryer, North End
Winning the lion's share of the vote, The Master Fryer in London Road is the very best Portsmouth-area fish and chip shop, according to our readers. That's dinner sorted! Photo: Google Street View