Calshot Castle
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: artillery fort on the Calshot Spit, Hampshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Calshot Castle: a 16th century artillery castle”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Calshot Lifeboat Station and Fawley Power Station.
Calshot Lifeboat Station
Building
Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Calshot Lifeboat Station is located on Calshot Spit near the village of Calshot, Hampshire, and is on the western bank of the open end of Southampton Water, on the south coast of England.
Fawley Power Station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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. Fawley Power Station is situated 1 mile west of Calshot Castle.
Luttrell’s Tower
Tower
Photo: Geni, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. Luttrell’s Tower is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Calshot Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Calshot and Ashlett.
Calshot
Village
Photo: Mark Whale, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hythe is a town in Hampshire, a county in England. This article also covers Fawley and the surrounding area.
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.
Hook
Hamlet
Photo: Colin Babb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hook is a hamlet and former civil parish in the Fareham district, in south Hampshire, England. The parish of Hook, sometimes known as Hook-with-Warsash, until 1 April 1932, when the parish was abolished and became part of Fareham. Hook is situated 2 miles northeast of Calshot Castle.
Calshot Castle
- Categories: castle, fort, building, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Fawley, New Forest, Hampshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.81987° or 50° 49′ 12″ northLongitude
-1.30753° or 1° 18′ 27″ westHeight
16 feet (5 metres)Open location code
9C2WRM9R+WXOpenStreetMap ID
way 10524564OpenStreetMap feature
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tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Calshot Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Calshot Castle”
- Chinese: “卡索城堡”
- Danish: “Calshot Castle”
- Finnish: “Calshotin linna”
- German: “Calshot Castle”
- Japanese: “カルショット城”
- Swedish: “Calshot Castle”
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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 “Calshot Castle”. Photo: Geni, CC BY-SA 3.0.