Boneyfiddle is the surviving commercial heart of nineteenth-century Portsmouth — three blocks of cast-iron-fronted brick warehouses, storefronts, and old saloons that once served the steamboat trade. The buildings escaped the wave of mid-twentieth-century demolitions and have been gradually restored since the 1990s.
Today the district holds antique shops, a few cafés and restaurants, and the Lofts above the storefronts that have brought some residents back to the centre. It is small enough to walk in half an hour, and adjoins the floodwall murals.