Calshot
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- Type: Village
- Description: village in Hampshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Calshot Castle”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Calshot Castle and Luttrell’s Tower.
Calshot Castle
Photo: Geni, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Calshot Castle is an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII on the Calshot Spit, Hampshire, England, between 1539 and 1540. It formed part of the King's Device programme to protect against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire and defend Southampton Water as it met the Solent.
Luttrell’s Tower
Tower
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Luttrell's Tower is a three-storey stuccoed yellow brick folly south of Southampton, Hampshire, England, near the village of Calshot. It has a six-storey circular stair turret extending above the rest.
Fawley Power Station
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Fawley Power Station was an oil-fired power station located on the western side of Southampton Water, between the villages of Fawley and Calshot in Hampshire, England. Its 198-metre chimney was a prominent landmark.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ashlett and Langley.
Ashlett
Hamlet
Photo: Rosemary Nelson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ashlett is a small settlement in Hampshire, England. It is in the civil parish of Fawley. It is at the end of Ashlett Creek, a tidal inlet of Southampton Water.
Langley
Village
Photo: Mike Faherty, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Langley is a small village in the civil parish of Fawley in Hampshire, England. Langley is situated 2 miles west of Calshot.
Blackfield
Village
Photo: Mike Faherty, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Blackfield is a village in Hampshire, England. It is within the parish of Fawley, which is part of the ward of Fawley, Blackfield and Langley. Blackfield is situated 2 miles west of Calshot.
Calshot
- Category: locality
- Location: Fawley, New Forest, Hampshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.81166° or 50° 48′ 42″ northLongitude
-1.32638° or 1° 19′ 35″ westElevation
16 feet (5 metres)Open location code
9C2WRM6F+MCOpenStreetMap ID
node 16581123OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Welsh—“Calshot” goes by many names.
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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 Wikivoyage page “Calshot”. Photo: Mark Whale, CC BY-SA 3.0.