Fourth Bar Buoy

Fourth Bar Buoy is a beacon in Portsmouth, England. Fourth Bar Buoy is situated nearby to the theme park Clarence Pier, as well as near the church Portsmouth Cathedral.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Clarence Pier and Portsmouth Cathedral.

Clarence Pier

Theme park

Photo: Unisouth, CC BY 3.0.

Clarence Pier is an amusement pier in Portsmouth, Hampshire. It is located next to Southsea Hoverport. Unlike most seaside piers in the UK, the pier does not extend very far out to sea and instead goes along the coast. Clarence Pier is situated 1,300 feet northeast of Fourth Bar Buoy.

Portsmouth Cathedral

Church

Photo: JohnArmagh, Public domain.

The Cathedral Church of St Thomas of Canterbury, commonly known as Portsmouth Cathedral, is an Anglican cathedral church in the centre of Old Portsmouth in Portsmouth, England. Portsmouth Cathedral is situated 2,600 feet north of Fourth Bar Buoy.

HMS Warrior

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

HMS Warrior is a 40-gun steam-powered armoured frigate built for the Royal Navy in 1859–1861. She was the name ship of the Warrior-class ironclads. Warrior and her sister ship HMS Black Prince were the first armour-plated, iron-hulled warships, and were built in response to France's launching in 1859 of the first ocean-going ironclad warship, the wooden-hulled Gloire. HMS Warrior is situated 1 mile north of Fourth Bar Buoy.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Southsea and Gosport.

Southsea

Suburb

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

Southsea is a seaside resort and a geographic area of Portsmouth, Portsea Island in the ceremonial county of Hampshire, England. Southsea is located 1.8 miles to the south of Portsmouth's inner city-centre.

Gosport

Photo: Julian Colander, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Gosport is a town in Hampshire, a short water ride away from Portsmouth. Although not a traditional destination, it does have some attractions if you are interested in maritime history.

Alverstoke

Suburb

Photo: Margaret Auerstedt, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Alverstoke is a village in the borough of Gosport, on the south coast of Hampshire, England. It stretches east–west from Fort Blockhouse, Haslar to Browndown Battery, and is centred 0.5 miles east of the shore of Stokes Bay and near the head of a creek which extends a mile westward from Portsmouth Harbour. Alverstoke is situated 2 miles west of Fourth Bar Buoy.

Fourth Bar Buoy

Type: Beacon
Historically known as: “Elbow Buoy”
Category: transportation
Location: Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.78339° or 50° 47′ 0″ north

Longitude

-1.10583° or 1° 6′ 21″ west

Elevation

3 feet (1 metre)

Open location code

9C2WQVMV+9M

GeoNames ID

11610923

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