Calshot Spit Light Vessel

Places of Interest Nearby

Calshot Castle

Photo: Geni, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Calshot Castle is an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII on the Calshot Spit, Hampshire, England, between 1539 and 1540. It formed part of the King's Device programme to protect against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire and defend Southampton Water as it met the Solent. Calshot Castle is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Calshot Spit Light Vessel.

Bramble Bank

Photo: Mark Pilbeam, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Bramble Bank, otherwise known simply as "The Brambles" is an arrowhead-shaped sandbar in the central Solent which is uncovered at low water spring tides.

Calshot Lifeboat Station

Building

Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Calshot Lifeboat Station is located on Calshot Spit near the village of Calshot, Hampshire, and is on the western bank of the open end of Southampton Water, on the south coast of England. Calshot Lifeboat Station is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Calshot Spit Light Vessel.

Places in the Area

Calshot

Village

Photo: Mark Whale, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hythe is a town in Hampshire, a county in England. This article also covers Fawley and the surrounding area.

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 2½ miles northwest of Calshot Spit Light Vessel.

Meon

Hamlet

Photo: Stuart Logan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Meon is a coastal hamlet in the Fareham district, in south Hampshire, England. A settlement with two households was recorded in the 1086 Domesday Book at Mene. Meon Farm was an old timber and red-brick building in Meon. Meon is situated 2½ miles northeast of Calshot Spit Light Vessel.

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