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Upnor Castle

Upnor Castle is an Elizabethan artillery fort located on the west bank of the in . It is in the village of Upnor, opposite and a short distance downriver from the Chatham Dockyard, at one time a key naval facility.
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  • Type: Castle
  • Description: fort located on the River Medway in Kent
  • Also known as: “Artillery castle at Upnor”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include HMS Gannet and HMS Cavalier.

Photo: Paul Englefield, CC BY 2.0.
is a Royal Navy Doterel-class screw sloop-of-war launched on 31 August 1878. It became a training ship in the Thames in 1903, and was then loaned as a training ship for boys in the Hamble from 1913. is situated 4,000 feet south of Upnor Castle.

Photo: Swpmre, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a retired C-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was laid down by J. Samuel White and Company at on 28 March 1943, launched on 7 April 1944, and commissioned on 22 November 1944. is situated 1 mile south of Upnor Castle.

Photo: Mark.murphy, Public domain.
is an Oberon-class diesel-electric submarine which was operated by the Royal Navy. is situated 4,200 feet south of Upnor Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wainscott and Brompton.

Village
Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small village in Rochester, in , England. It is in the civil parish of , in the Unitary Authority, that is Medway Council.

Village
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is a suburban village situated between the town centres of and , lying adjacent to Chatham Dockyard in , , . Its name means "a farmstead where broom grows" — broom is a small yellow flowering shrub.

Locality
is a large-scale urban regeneration district located on a 74-acre brownfield site between the and the in , , .

Upnor Castle

Latitude
51.40692° or 51° 24′ 25″ north
Longitude
0.52713° or 0° 31′ 38″ east
Elevation
33 feet (10 metres)
Inception
1564
Operator
English Heritage
Open location code
9F32CG4G+QV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 297495786
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Geo­Names ID
6286424
Wiki­data ID
Q7898392
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Upnor Castle” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قلعة آبنور”
  • Basque: “Upnorreko gaztelua”
  • Cebuano: “Upnor Castle”
  • Chinese: “鴨諾城堡”
  • Danish: “Upnor Castle”
  • German: “Upnor Castle”
  • Japanese: “アプノア城”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de Upnor”
  • Russian: “Замок Апнор”
  • Spanish: “Castillo de Upnor”
  • Swedish: “Upnor Castle”
  • Tamil: “அப்னர் கோட்டை”
  • Turkish: “Upnor Kalesi”
  • Uzbek: “Apnor saroyi”

Localities in the Area

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Nearby Places

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