Portsdown Hill
Portsdown Hill is a long chalk ridge in Hampshire, England. The highest point of the hill lies within Fort Southwick at 131 m above sea level. The ridge offers good views to the south over Portsmouth, the Solent, Hayling Island and Gosport, with the Isle of Wight beyond.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: AlanFord, Public domain.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 410 feet
- Description: hill in Hampshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Ports Down”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fort Southwick and Portchester railway station.
Fort Southwick
Fort
Photo: Martyn Pattison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fort Southwick is one of the forts found on Portsdown Hill, which overlooks the naval base of Portsmouth in the county of Hampshire, England.
Portchester railway station
Railway station
Photo: Bashereyre, Public domain.
Portchester railway station serves the village of Portchester in Hampshire, England, 87 miles 35 chains from London Waterloo. It was first opened by the LSWR in 1848 on their line from Fareham to Portsmouth.
Southwick House
Historic building
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Southwick House is a Grade II listed 19th-century manor house of the Southwick Estate in Hampshire, England, about 5 miles north of Portsmouth. It is home to the Defence School of Policing and Guarding and related military police capabilities.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Southwick and Wymering.
Southwick
Village
Photo: Bashereyre, Public domain.
Southwick is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Southwick and Widley, in the Winchester district, in Hampshire, England. 1 mile north of the Portsmouth boundary measured from Portsea Island.
Wymering
Suburb
Photo: Martyn Pattison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wymering is a residential area of the city of Portsmouth, in the ceremonial county of Hampshire, England. Unlike the majority of Portsmouth, it is located on the mainland rather than Portsea Island.
Cosham
Suburb
Photo: Michael Ford, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cosham is a northern suburb of Portsmouth lying within the city boundary but off Portsea Island, in the ceremonial county of Hampshire, England. It is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 along with Drayton and Wymering and Bocheland, Frodington and Copenore on the island.
Portsdown Hill
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.85834° or 50° 51′ 30″ northLongitude
-1.10884° or 1° 6′ 32″ westElevation
410 feet (125 metres)Open location code
9C2WVV5R+8FOpenStreetMap ID
node 361369373OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Portsdown Hill” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Ports Down”
- Dutch: “Ports Down”
- Dutch: “Portsdown Hill”
- Japanese: “ポーツダウン・ヒル”
- Swedish: “Ports Down”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Portsdown Hill”. Photo: AlanFord, Public domain.