Slough Fort, Allhallows

Name: Slough Fort
Address: Allhallows, United Kingdom

#1 among attractions in Allhallows

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Slough Fort is a small artillery fort that was built at Allhallows-on-Sea in the north of the Hoo Peninsula in Kent. Constructed in 1867, the D-shaped fort was intended to guard a vulnerable stretch of the River Thames against possible enemy landings during a period of tension with France. Its seven casemates initially accommodated rifled breech loading guns, which were replaced by the turn of the century by more powerful breech-loaders on disappearing carriages, mounted in concrete wing batteries on either side of the fort. It was likely one of the smallest of the forts constructed as a result of the 1860s invasion scare. ()

Built: 1867 (157 years ago)Coordinates: 51°28'33"N, 0°38'41"E

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Hoo Peninsula (Allhallows - on - Sea)Allhallows United Kingdom

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

Nearby attractions include: Southend Pier, Beecroft Art Gallery, Cliffs Pavilion, Leigh-on-Sea.

4.5 miNE
Museum
Southend Pier, Southend
114 min walk • Southend Pier is a major landmark in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, United Kingdom. Extending 2.16 kilometres into the Thames Estuary, it is the longest pleasure pier in the world. The bill to build the new pier, to replace a previous timber jetty, received Royal Assent in May 1829 with construction starting in July 1829.
4.7 miNE
Museum
Beecroft Art Gallery, Southend
121 min walk • Beecroft Art Gallery is a gallery in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. Prior to 2014, the gallery was formerly located in and Edwardian building on Station Road at Westcliff-on-Sea which was donated to the people of Southend-on-Sea in 1952 by Walter Beecroft to house his eclectic collection of art works.
4.7 miNE
Concerts and shows, Theater, Music venue
Cliffs Pavilion, Southend
120 min walk • Cliffs Pavilion is a theatre at Station Road in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, England, a suburb of Southend-on-Sea. It seats 1,630 and offers an assortment of variety acts. Work began on the original Cliffs Pavilion during the 1930s. It was intended to be a 500-seat theatre incorporating the art deco style of the times.
4.8 miN
Area
Leigh-on-Sea, Southend
122 min walk • Leigh-on-Sea, commonly referred to simply as Leigh, is a town and civil parish in Essex, England. A district of the city of Southend-on-Sea, with its own town council, it is currently the only civil parish within the city. In 2011, it had a population of 22,509.
4.7 miSE
Forts and castles
Garrison Point Fort, Isle of Sheppey
121 min walk • Garrison Point Fort is a former artillery fort situated at the end of the Garrison Point peninsula at Sheerness on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent.
4.1 miSE
Forts and castles
Grain Tower
104 min walk • Grain Tower is a mid-19th-century gun tower situated offshore just east of Grain, Kent, standing in the mouth of the River Medway.
3.5 miE
Forts and castles
Grain Fort
88 min walk • Grain Fort is a former artillery fort located just east of the village of Grain, Kent. It was constructed in the 1860s to defend the confluence of the Rivers Medway and Thames during a period of tension with France.
4.5 miN
51°32'23"N • 0°37'39"E
Leigh Golf Range, Southend
115 min walk • Golf
4.6 miN
Park
Belton Hills, Southend
118 min walk • Belton Hills is a 22 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Leigh-on-Sea in Essex. It is owned and managed by Southend-on-Sea City Council. This steeply sloping site has large areas of scrub, and there are some rare plant and invertebrates species.
4.7 miNE
Piers and boardwalks
Southend Pier Railway, Southend
119 min walk • The Southend Pier Railway is a 3 ft narrow gauge railway in the English city of Southend-on-Sea, Essex. It runs for 1.25 miles along the 1.34 miles length of Southend Pier, providing public passenger transport from the shore to the pier head.
4.5 miN
51°32'25"N • 0°38'59"E
The Lynn Tait Gallery, Southend
114 min walk • Museum, Art gallery