Spithead
Spithead is an eastern area of the Solent and a roadstead for vessels off Gilkicker Point in Hampshire, England. It is protected from all winds except those from the southeast, with the Isle of Wight lying to the south-west.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fort Gilkicker and Fort Monckton.
Fort Gilkicker
Fort
Photo: Julian Colander, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fort Gilkicker is a historic Palmerston fort built at the eastern end of Stokes Bay, Gosport, Hampshire England to dominate the key anchorage of Spithead.
Fort Monckton
Fort
Photo: gordon james brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fort Monckton is a historic military fort on the south-east shoreline of the Gosport peninsula, Hampshire. Built on the ruins of Haselworth Castle to protect Portsmouth Harbour at the start of the American War of Independence, it was rebuilt in the 1880s as a Palmerston fort.
Ryde Pier Head railway station
Railway station
Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ryde Pier Head railway station is one of three stations in the town of Ryde on the Isle of Wight. Situated at the end of the town's pier, it is adjacent to the terminal for the Wightlink fast catamaran service connecting the island with Portsmouth on the English mainland. Ryde Pier Head railway station is situated 2 miles southwest of Spithead.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alverstoke and Ryde.
Alverstoke
Suburb
Photo: Margaret Auerstedt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Alverstoke is a village in the borough of Gosport, on the south coast of Hampshire, England. It stretches east–west from Fort Blockhouse, Haslar to Browndown Battery, and is centred 0.5 miles east of the shore of Stokes Bay and near the head of a creek which extends a mile westward from Portsmouth Harbour. Alverstoke is situated 1½ miles north of Spithead.
Ryde
Photo: sidibousaid, CC BY 2.0.
Ryde is an English seaside town and civil parish on the north-east coast of the Isle of Wight. The built-up area had a population of 24,096 according to the 2021 Census.
Spithead
- Type: Channel
- Description: strait in England, UK, to the northeast of the Isle of Wight
- Categories: strait and body of water
- Location: Hampshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Spithead” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سبتهيد”
- Cebuano: “Spithead (agianan)”
- Cebuano: “Spithead”
- Chinese: “斯匹海特港”
- Chinese: “斯庇漢”
- Chinese: “斯彼德海德”
- Chinese: “斯皮德黑德”
- Chinese: “斯皮特海德”
- Chinese: “斯皮特黑德”
- Dutch: “Spithead”
- French: “Spithead”
- German: “Spithead”
- Hebrew: “ספיטהד”
- Indonesian: “Spithead”
- Italian: “Spithead”
- Japanese: “スピットヘッド”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Spithead”
- Norwegian: “Spithead”
- Polish: “Spithead”
- Russian: “Спитхед”
- Russian: “Спитхедский рейд”
- Slovenian: “Spithead”
- Spanish: “Spithead”
- Swedish: “Spithead”
- Turkish: “Spithead”
- Ukrainian: “Спітгед”
- Welsh: “Spithead”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Clayhall and Seafield.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Gilkicker Point and Old Lodge Hotel.
Hampshire: Must-Visit Destinations
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