Meaning there will be plenty of choices of watering holes to visit once lockdown ends.
If you are having trouble narrowing down which ones to pick, we asked our readers for the pubs every Portsmouth resident should visit at least once.
We have put the answers in a handy gallery.
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One of our readers, Martin Lake wrote: ‘Just support your pub whatever you use, there is a lot of good ones in Pompey.’
We have put the answers in a handy gallery.