Chesapeake Mill

#1595 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Gift shop, Shopping, Watermill

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The Chesapeake Mill is a watermill in Wickham, Hampshire, England. The flour mill was constructed in 1820 using the timbers of HMS Chesapeake, which had previously been the United States Navy frigate USS Chesapeake. The Chesapeake was attacked and boarded by HMS Leopard on 22 June 1807. It was released but the event caused an uproar among Americans. It was captured on 1 June 1813 by the Royal Navy frigate HMS Shannon during War of 1812. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 50°54'1"N, 1°11'5"W

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Bridge StreetWickham PO17 5JH EnglandUnited Kingdom

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+44 1329 834078

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Chesapeake Mill – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Fareham Shopping Centre, Titchfield Abbey, Fort Nelson, Bishop's Waltham Palace.

3.3 miS
Shopping, Shopping centre
Fareham Shopping Centre, Fareham
84 min walk • Fareham Shopping Centre is at the heart of the centre of the medium-sized Hampshire town of Fareham. Built in two phases between 1975 and 1981, the centre contains many well known retailers and is quite large for a town of its size.
3.6 miSW
Historical place, Monastery
Titchfield Abbey, Fareham
93 min walk • Titchfield Abbey is a medieval abbey and later country house, located in the village of Titchfield near Fareham in Hampshire, England. The abbey was founded in 1222 for Premonstratensian canons, an austere order of priests.
3.4 miSE
Museum, Military museum, Historical place
Fort Nelson, Portsmouth
86 min walk • Fort Nelson, in the civil parish of Boarhunt in the English county of Hampshire, is one of five defensive forts built on the summit of Portsdown Hill in the 1860s, overlooking the important naval base of Portsmouth. It is now part of the Royal Armouries, housing their collection of artillery, and a Grade I Listed Building.
3.9 miN
Historical place, Ruins, Palace
Bishop's Waltham Palace, Bishop's Waltham
100 min walk • Bishop's Waltham Palace is a moated Bishop's Palace ruin in Bishop's Waltham, Hampshire, England.
3.3 miS
History museum, Museum
Westbury Manor Museum, Fareham
85 min walk • Westbury Manor Museum is the main town centre museum located at 84 West Street, Fareham, Hampshire, England. It features a variety of exhibits on local history, such as the use of Fareham red bricks in the construction of the Royal Albert Hall.
3.1 miS
Concerts and shows, Theater
Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham
79 min walk • Ashcroft Arts Centre is a performing arts venue in Fareham, Hampshire. It is named after Dame Peggy Ashcroft, and opened by her in 1989, after being refurbished from its original use as a school.
3.8 miW
Hiking, Hiking trail
Strawberry Trail, Botley
98 min walk • The Strawberry Trail is a 15-mile footpath through Hampshire, England The trail is part linear and part circular. The linear section connects Botley to Bursledon railway station via Manor Farm Country Park.
3.4 miN
Park
The Moors, Bishop's Waltham
88 min walk • The Moors, Bishop's Waltham is a 28-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Bishop's Waltham in Hampshire. It is a Nature Conservation Review and an area of 14.5 hectares is a Local Nature Reserve, which is owned and managed by Hampshire County Council.
4.4 miN
Park
Claylands, Bishop's Waltham
113 min walk • Claylands is a 5.8-hectare Local Nature Reserve in Bishop's Waltham in Hampshire. It is owned by Hampshire County Council and managed by Hampshire Countryside Service. This former clay working has woodland, ponds, meadows and scrub. The ponds have populations of great crested newts.
3.5 miSE
Memorial
Nelson Monument, Portsdown Hill
90 min walk • The Nelson Monument, 120 feet tall on a granite base, stands on Portsdown Hill about 2 miles north of Portsmouth Harbour on the south coast of England. It was the eventual outcome of a movement started during Horatio Nelson's lifetime to "perpetuate the glorious victories of the British Navy".
4.3 miSE
Monastery, Golf, Outdoor activities
Southwick Priory
109 min walk • Southwick Priory or Our Lady at Southwick was a priory of Augustinian canons founded in Portchester Castle on Portsmouth Harbour and later transferred 2 miles north to Southwick, Hampshire, England. It ceased at the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1538.