Fort Southwick, Portsmouth

Name: Fort Southwick
Address: Portsmouth, United Kingdom

#102 among attractions in Portsmouth

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Fort Southwick is one of the forts found on Portsdown Hill, which overlooks the naval base of Portsmouth in the county of Hampshire, England. ()

Built: 1861 (163 years ago)Coordinates: 50°52'0"N, 1°7'0"W

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Portsmouth United Kingdom

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

Nearby attractions include: Fort Nelson, Nelson Monument, Portsdown Hill, Portsdown Hill, Southwick Priory.

1 miSW
Museum, Military museum, Historical place
Fort Nelson, Portsmouth
27 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.
0.9 miSW
Memorial
Nelson Monument, Portsdown Hill
23 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".
0.7 miSE
Forts and castles, Historical place, Historic walking areas
Portsdown Hill, Portsmouth
18 min walk • Portsdown Hill is a long chalk ridge in Hampshire, England. The highest point of the hill lies within Fort Southwick at 131m above sea level.
0.9 miNE
Monastery, Golf, Outdoor activities
Southwick Priory
23 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.
0.9 miNE
Museum, Military museum
Southwick House
22 min walk • Southwick House is a Grade II listed 19th-century manor house of the Southwick Estate in Hampshire, England, about 5 miles north of Portsmouth. It is home to the Defence School of Policing and Guarding, and related military police capabilities.
1.5 miSE
Neighbourhood
Paulsgrove, Portsmouth
39 min walk • Paulsgrove is an area of northern Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. Initially a small independent hamlet for many centuries, it was admitted to the city limits in 1920 and grew rapidly after the end of the Second World War.