Dorset
Weymouth & Portland District
Isle of Portland

Portland Castle

Portland Castle is an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII on the , , between 1539 and 1541. It formed part of the King's Device programme to protect against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire, and defended the Portland Roads anchorage.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Portland Navy and Royal Naval Hospital, Portland.

Aerodrome
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RNAS Portland was an air station of the Royal Navy, situated at the , , . It was established in 1917 on the western edge of as HMS Sarepta.

Hospital
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The Portland Royal Naval Hospital was a naval hospital on the , , . was a naval anchorage and fuelling facility, which grew to become a Naval Base and Royal Dockyard. is situated 970 feet southeast of Portland Castle.

Hotel
Photo: Mike Faherty, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is situated 780 feet east of Portland Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Castletown and Chiswell.

Village
Photo: Steinsky, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a small in Underhill on the in . It is located close to , on the shores of , and includes a sandy beach, as well as one of Portland's notable highlights; Portland Castle, while the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy is also located nearby.

Village
Photo: Mike Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, sometimes, is a small village at the southern end of , in Underhill, on the in . It is the oldest settlement on the island, having formerly been known as Chesilton.

Village
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is a in Underhill on the , in , England. It lies on steeply sloping land on the northern edge of the island, known as Underhill, where connects the island to the mainland.

Portland Castle

Latitude
50.56824° or 50° 34′ 6″ north
Longitude
-2.44674° or 2° 26′ 48″ west
Elevation
13 feet (4 metres)
Open location code
9C2VHH93+78
Open­Street­Map ID
way 147476398
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Geo­Names ID
6286276
Wiki­data ID
Q1638741
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Portland Castle” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Portland gaztelua”
  • Cebuano: “Portland Castle”
  • Chinese: “波特蘭城堡”
  • Danish: “Portland Castle”
  • German: “Portland Castle”
  • Italian: “Castello di Portland”
  • Italian: “Portland Castle”
  • Japanese: “ポートランド城”
  • Spanish: “Castillo de Portland”
  • Spanish: “Castillo de Pórtland”
  • Swedish: “Portland Castle”

Localities in the Area

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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 “Portland Castle”. Photo: Mark.murphy, CC BY-SA 3.0.