Forts · South East England
Fort Southwick
Fort Southwick is a fort in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 45 min–1.5 h
- Nearest railway station
- Portchester · 1.6 km
About
Fort Southwick is a historic fort or fortified site in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 1861. Coordinates: 50.8583°, -1.1088°.
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From the Wikipedia article
Fort Southwick is one of the forts found on Portsdown Hill, which overlooks the naval base of Portsmouth in the county of Hampshire, England.
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Background
History
Fort Southwick was built to defend the landward approaches to the naval base on the recommendation of the Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom which reported in 1860. It is the highest fort on the hill, and holds the water storage tanks for the other forts, supplying them via a brick lined aqueduct. Construction was started in 1861 and completed by 1870. It was designed to house a large complement of men (about 220) in a crescent-shaped barrack block. Its north projection has one full caponier to defend the dry ditch, and has two smaller demi-caponiers at the corners. A small musketry gallery crosses the ditch at the south-west angle to cover a minor branch of the ditch.…
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- Coordinates
- 50.8583, -1.1088
- District
- Portsmouth
- Parish
- Portsmouth, unparished area
- Postcode
- PO17 6AR
- Parliamentary constituency
- Portsmouth North
- Established
- 1861
- Nearest railway station
- Portchester — 1.6 km
Sources
- osm: w22927460 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Fort Southwick (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Fort Southwick - geograph.org.uk - 2386.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Fort Southwick?
- Fort Southwick is in South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode PO17 6AR), in the parish of Portsmouth, unparished area.
- When was Fort Southwick built?
- Built or established in 1861.
- How do I get to Fort Southwick?
- The nearest railway station is Portchester, about 1.6 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode PO17 6AR.