Fort Gomer, Portsmouth

#76 among attractions in Portsmouth

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Fort Gomer was one of the Palmerston Forts, in Gosport, England, the southernmost and first-built Polygonal fort in the defence line to the west of Gosport. It was located on land immediately to the west of the present Gomer Lane. Fort Gomer was the most southerly fort in the line of five which formed part of the ‘Sea Front and Spithead Defences’, Inner Line, Land Front, Left Flank. This line of forts was later known as the Gomer-Elson Line or 'Gosport Advanced Line' This consisted of, from south to north, Fort Gomer, Fort Grange, Fort Rowner, Fort Brockhurst and Fort Elson. An inscription above the main entrance through the barrack block read `Erected AD 1853’. The fort was almost complete before work began on Fort Elson in 1855. The estimated cost of Fort Gomer was £92,000 in 1869. ()

Built: 1853 (171 years ago)Coordinates: 50°47'28"N, 1°9'54"W

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Fort Gomer – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Fort Gilkicker, Little Woodham, West of the River Alver, The Wild Grounds.

1.6 miSE
Forts and castles, Golf
Fort Gilkicker, Portsmouth
40 min walk • Fort Gilkicker is a historic Palmerston fort built at the eastern end of Stokes Bay, Gosport, Hampshire England to dominate the key anchorage of Spithead.
0.8 miNW
Museum
Little Woodham, Portsmouth
20 min walk • Little Woodham, also known as "The Living History Village of Little Woodham" or "The Seventeenth Century Village", is a living museum dedicated to recreating life in a rural village in the mid-17th century. It is situated in ancient woodland in Rowner, on the Gosport peninsula, Hampshire.
0.9 miNW
Park
West of the River Alver, Portsmouth
24 min walk • West of the River Alver is an 11.6-hectare Local Nature Reserve in Gosport in Hampshire. It is owned and managed by Gosport Borough Council.
1.1 miNW
Park
The Wild Grounds, Portsmouth
29 min walk • The Wild Grounds is a 28.2-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gosport in Hampshire. It is also a Local Nature Reserve, which is owned and managed by Gosport Borough Council.
0.9 miS
Beach
Stokes Bay, Portsmouth
22 min walk • Stokes Bay is an area of the Solent that lies just south of Gosport, between Portsmouth and Lee-on-the-Solent, Hampshire. There is a shingle beach with views of Ryde and East Cowes on the Isle of Wight to the south and Fawley to the south west. The settlement of Alverstoke is close by.
0.5 miSW
Forts and castles
Browndown Battery, Portsmouth
13 min walk • Browndown Battery, also referred to erroneously in some sources as Browndown Fort, is a former military coastal defence fortification and base on the Southern shoreline of England in the county of Hampshire. First erected in the mid-1840s, the battery was continuously modified until disarmed in 1905/6.
~1720 ftSE
50°47'12"N • 1°9'43"W
Stanley Park, Portsmouth
9 min walk • Park
1.1 miN
Forts and castles
Fort Rowner, Portsmouth
29 min walk • Fort Rowner is one of the Palmerston Forts, in Gosport, England. Built circa 1858 as part of the outer defence line for Gosport along with Fort Brockhurst and Fort Elson to the North East and Fort Grange and Fort Gomer to the South West.
0.5 miN
Forts and castles
Fort Grange, Portsmouth
14 min walk • Fort Grange is one of the Palmerston Forts, in Gosport, England. After Gomer and Elson forts had been approved in 1852, further consideration led to a decision to fill the gap between them by three more forts, and Grange is the most southerly of the three.
0.7 miSW
Neighbourhood
Browndown, Portsmouth
19 min walk • Browndown is a 66.5-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gosport in Hampshire. This is a shingle beach owned by the Ministry of Defence, which has areas of heather, grass heath and gorse.

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Which popular attractions are close to Fort Gomer?

Nearby attractions include Stanley Park, Portsmouth (9 min walk), Browndown Battery, Portsmouth (13 min walk), Fort Grange, Portsmouth (14 min walk), Browndown, Portsmouth (19 min walk).