Culver Battery, Bembridge

Name: Culver Battery
Address: Bembridge, United Kingdom

#2 among attractions in Bembridge

Top attraction, View point, Forts and castles

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Culver Battery is a former coastal artillery battery on Culver Down, on the eastern side of the Isle of Wight, England. The fortification is one of several Palmerston Forts built on the island following concerns about the size and strength of the French Navy in the late 19th century. It was operational during the First and Second World Wars. The battery was closed in 1956. ()

Built: 21 July 1906 (119 years ago)Demolished: 1956Coordinates: 50°39'58"N, 1°5'53"W

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Bembridge United Kingdom

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Culver Battery – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Bembridge Windmill, Culver Down, Bembridge Fort, Bembridge Down.

1.2 miN
Historical place, Windmill
Bembridge Windmill, Bembridge
31 min walk • Knowle Mill, better known today as Bembridge Windmill, is a Grade I listed, preserved tower mill at Bembridge, Isle of Wight, England.
0.7 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, View point
Culver Down, Bembridge
17 min walk • Culver Down is a chalk down to the north of Sandown, Isle of Wight. It is believed that its name derives from "Culfre", which is Old English for dove. The down has a typical chalk downland wildlife on the uncultivated areas. This includes plants such as Small Scabious, Harebell, Cowslip and Lady's Bedstraw.
0.9 miW
Forts and castles
Bembridge Fort, Bembridge
25 min walk • Bembridge Fort is a fort built on the highest point of Bembridge Down close to the village of Bembridge on the Isle of Wight, England. It is one of the many Palmerston Forts built around Portsmouth during the period of the Second French Empire, as a safeguard against a perceived threat of French invasion by Napoleon III.
0.6 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
Bembridge Down, Bembridge
17 min walk • Bembridge Down is a 56.3 hectare Site of special scientific interest which is north-east of Sandown, Isle of Wight, England. The site was notified in 1951 for both its biological and geological features.
0.9 miN
Forts and castles
Steynewood Battery, Bembridge
22 min walk • Steynewood Battery is a battery located between Bembridge and Whitecliff Bay on the Isle of Wight, England. It is one of the many Palmerston Forts built on the island to protect it in response to a perceived threat of French invasion. Construction of the battery began in 1889 and was completed by 1893.
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Forts and castles
Redcliff Battery, Isle of Wight
1 min walk • Redcliff Battery is a battery located to the west of the Culver Cliffs and east of Yaverland on the Isle of Wight, England. It is one of the many Palmerston Forts built on the island to protect it in response to a perceived French invasion.

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Which popular attractions are close to Culver Battery?

Nearby attractions include Redcliff Battery, Isle of Wight (1 min walk), Bembridge Down, Bembridge (17 min walk), Culver Down, Bembridge (17 min walk), Steynewood Battery, Bembridge (22 min walk).

Culver Battery, Bembridge

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Culver Battery – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

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Which popular attractions are close to Culver Battery?