Fort Widley
Fort Widley is one of the forts built on top of Portsdown Hill between 1860 and 1868 on the recommendation of the Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Martyn Pattison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Queen Alexandra Hospital and Cosham Library.
Queen Alexandra Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Colin Babb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Queen Alexandra Hospital is a large NHS hospital in Portsmouth, Hampshire. Located in Cosham, it is run by Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust and has a Ministry of Defence Hospital Unit attached. Queen Alexandra Hospital is situated 1,600 feet south of Fort Widley.
Cosham Library
Library
Photo: Basher Eyre, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cosham Library is situated 2,800 feet south of Fort Widley.
Cosham Railway Station
Railway station
Photo: Bashereyre, Public domain.
Cosham railway station serves Cosham, a northern suburb of the city of Portsmouth, Hampshire, in southern England. It is 90 miles 6 chains from London Waterloo. Cosham Railway Station is situated 1 mile south of Fort Widley.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wymering and Cosham.
Wymering
Suburb
Photo: Martyn Pattison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wymering is a residential area of the city of Portsmouth, in the ceremonial county of Hampshire, England. Unlike the majority of Portsmouth, it is located on the mainland rather than Portsea Island.
Cosham
Suburb
Photo: Michael Ford, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cosham is a northern suburb of Portsmouth lying within the city boundary but off Portsea Island, in the ceremonial county of Hampshire, England. It is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 along with Drayton and Wymering and Bocheland, Frodington and Copenore on the island.
Widley
Neighborhood
Photo: Basher Eyre, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Widley is an area of the Greater Portsmouth conurbation in Hampshire, near Waterlooville and Purbrook. It is on the dip slope of the South Downs just north of the ridge called Portsdown Hill.
Fort Widley
- Type: Fort
- Description: fort in Portsmouth, UK
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.85438° or 50° 51′ 16″ northLongitude
-1.06831° or 1° 4′ 6″ westElevation
325 feet (99 metres)Open location code
9C2WVW3J+QMOpenStreetMap ID
way 22927464OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fort
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- Egyptian Arabic: “حصن ويدلى”
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