West of the River Alver, Portsmouth

Name: West of the River Alver
Address: Portsmouth, United Kingdom

#45 among attractions in Portsmouth

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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. ()

Elevation: 7 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 50°48'3"N, 1°10'47"W

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Portsmouth United Kingdom

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West of the River Alver – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Fort Brockhurst, Little Woodham, The Wild Grounds, Browndown Battery.

1.5 miNE
Museum, Military museum, History museum
Fort Brockhurst, Portsmouth
38 min walk • Fort Brockhurst is one of the Palmerston Forts, in Gosport, England and a Scheduled Ancient Monument. It is now an English Heritage property.
~1180 ftE
Museum
Little Woodham, Portsmouth
6 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.
~1580 ftN
Park
The Wild Grounds, Portsmouth
8 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.
1 miS
Forts and castles
Browndown Battery, Portsmouth
25 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.
0.9 miSE
Forts and castles
Fort Gomer, Portsmouth
24 min walk • 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.
1.2 miSE
50°47'12"N • 1°9'43"W
Stanley Park, Portsmouth
32 min walk • Park
1 miNE
Forts and castles
Fort Rowner, Portsmouth
25 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.
0.8 miE
Forts and castles
Fort Grange, Portsmouth
20 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.
1 miS
Neighbourhood
Browndown, Portsmouth
25 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 West of the River Alver?

Nearby attractions include Little Woodham, Portsmouth (6 min walk), The Wild Grounds, Portsmouth (8 min walk), Fort Grange, Portsmouth (20 min walk), Fort Gomer, Portsmouth (24 min walk).

West of the River Alver, Portsmouth

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West of the River Alver – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

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Which popular attractions are close to West of the River Alver?