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When you're on a budget, getting student discounts can make a big difference.
Whether it's money off your grocery shop, haircut, or night out, lots of local businesses offer money off or special deals for Portsmouth students. We’ve highlighted some offers from some small and local businesses below as a good place to start - but it’s always worth asking when you're out and about.
Featured local discount
Exclusive discounts at Portsmouth's Historic Dockyard – save 20% on annual tickets!
See HMS Victory, HMS Warrior, the Mary Rose, and much more, by taking advantage of this deal exclusive to UoP students.
Grab your Ultimate Explorer ticket so you can see everything Portsmouth Historic Dockyard has to offer.
- 20% off annual passes for yourself and up to four guests (up to £45 off your Ultimate Explorer year-long family pass).
Portsmouth student discounts
All offers are correct at time of publishing - please do check directly with the company or organisation to confirm their current student discounts and deals.
Activities
- Exciting Escapes - Discounts on off peak and two games booking offer
- No.6 Cinema - £5 per ticket for under 25s or £7.00 Concessions tickets
- Other World Escapes - 5% student discount on bookings
- Southsea Community Cinema - £5.50 student ticket for off-peak (normally £6.50) and £6.50 during peak time (normally £7.50)
- Tenth Hole Pitch and Putt - £5 concessions rate (normally £5.50)
- Treasure Island Golf - £6 student rate for 9 holes (normally £6.50) - £10.50 student rate for 18 holes (normally £11.50)
Attractions
- Blue Reef Aquarium - £14.95 student ticket (normally £15.95)
- Charles Dickens Birthplace - £5.05 (normally £6.60)
- D-Day Story museum - £8.80 student entry at the door (normally £17.55) - £8.00 when booked online (normally £15.95)
- Historic Dockyard - 20% off annual ticket
- Portchester Castle - £8 student ticket (normally £9) when booked in advance
- Spinnaker Tower - £12.65 student ticket (normally £13.95) when booked before midnight the day before
Events
- Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra 50% off or £5 standby tickets
- King’s Theatre - Student standby ticket pickup (£10)
- New Theatre Royal - £10 tickets on selected shows
- Portsmouth Football Club - Discounts of various ages and circumstances at Fratton End/North Stand Wings/South Stand Wings/Milton End
Food and drink
- The Dockyard Pub - Up to 30% off when you download the MiXR app
- Southern Coop - 10% off your shop in-store at Co-op using your Young Scot card
- Slug and Lettuce - Students get 25% off food all day, exclusive MiXR deals, £25 student bottomless brunch
Lifestyle
- Ravelin Sports Centre - Save 16% with the core annual membership or 18% with super and ultimate annual membership
- Green Mango Hair Salon - Loyalty scheme: earn points for every pound spent to redeem against treatments and products
- Le Beau Barbers - £20 instead of £22 student discount Monday to Thursday with a student card, plus a loyalty card entitling you to a free hair product every 5 stamps
- Pebble Health & Beauty - 15% Student discount available Tuesday 10am - 9pm, Wednesday and Thursday 10am - 5pm
- The Barbership - Discounted haircuts on Tuesday to Friday, including haircuts for £23.50 instead of £28.50
- Werkroom Barbershop - Student Discount is 10% off, valid Monday to Thursday
Shopping
- Strong Island Clothing Co - 10% off products in-store. Not available online or on sale items.
- Cascades Shopping Centre - 5% to 20% off various shops
- Strong Island Clothing - 10% off for all students
Travel
- Voi scooters and e-bikes - 20% discount on passes and subscriptions
- Wightlink - Student ticket prices when showing uni photo id and a letter confirming student status
- First Bus - Student discounts on bus travel
Nationwide student discounts
Being a student also gets you access to discounts from bigger companies and online shops. While you’re a student, you can sign up to several national schemes that get you money off everything from fashion to food, tech to travel:
Other deals and discounts
Dell Technologies – student discount codes and studsent deals on Dell's range of systems and electronics
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