St Andrew’s Castle
St Andrew's Castle was an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII near Hamble-le-Rice, Hampshire, between 1542 and 1543. It formed part of the King's Device programme to protect against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire, and defended Southampton Water near the Solent.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Castle
- Description: artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII near Hamble-le-Rice, Hampshire, between 1542 and 1543.
- Also known as: “St Andrew’s Castle, Hamble” and “St Andrews Castle”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St Andrew and Warsash Maritime School.
Church of St Andrew
Church
Photo: Michael FORD, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Andrew is situated 2,500 feet north of St Andrew’s Castle.
Warsash Maritime School
University
Warsash Maritime School, formerly Warsash Maritime Centre and Warsash Maritime Academy, is a maritime training college that is part of Solent University. Warsash Maritime School is situated 1 mile southeast of St Andrew’s Castle.
The Bugle Inn
Pub
Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Bugle Inn is a pub, which is situated 3,000 feet northeast of St Andrew’s Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Warsash and Sarisbury.
Warsash
Village
Photo: Djm-leighpark, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Warsash is a village in southern Hampshire, England, situated at the mouth of the River Hamble, west of the area known as Locks Heath and south of Sarisbury.
Sarisbury
Village
Photo: Peter Jordan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sarisbury is a village to the west of Park Gate within the borough of Fareham, Hampshire, in the south of England. Its focal point is Sarisbury Green and the parish church of St Paul, formerly part of Titchfield parish. Sarisbury is situated 2 miles northeast of St Andrew’s Castle.
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. Ashlett is situated 2 miles southwest of St Andrew’s Castle.
St Andrew’s Castle
- Categories: military base, ruins, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Hamble-le-Rice, Eastleigh District, Hampshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“St Andrew’s Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “St Andrews Castle”
- German: “St Andrew’s Castle”
- Swedish: “St Andrews Castle”
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