Fort Victoria
Fort Victoria is a former military fort on the Isle of Wight, England, built to guard the Solent. The earliest fort on the site was a coastal fort known as Sharpenode Bulwark built in 1545–1547 by Henry VIII, but these defences had fallen into disrepair by the 17th century.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Ranger Steve, Public domain.
- Type: Castle
- Description: fort in Freshwater, Isle of Wight, England, UK
- Also known as: “Fort Victoria, Isle of Wight”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Yarmouth Castle and Norton Grange.
Yarmouth Castle
Castle
Photo: Christophe.Finot, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Yarmouth Castle is an artillery fort built by Henry VIII in 1547 to protect Yarmouth Harbour on the Isle of Wight from the threat of French attack. Just under 100 feet across, the square castle was initially equipped with 15 artillery guns and a garrison of 20 men. Yarmouth Castle is situated 1 mile east of Fort Victoria.
Norton Grange
Hotel
Norton Grange is a country house near Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight. Norton Grange is situated 2,000 feet east of Fort Victoria.
Yarmouth Town Hall
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Yarmouth Town Hall is a municipal building in The Square in Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, England. The structure, which is used as a community events venue, is a Grade II listed building. Yarmouth Town Hall is situated 1 mile east of Fort Victoria.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Norton Green and Yarmouth.
Norton Green
Hamlet
Photo: Mypix, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Norton Green is a hamlet on the Isle of Wight. It is located just north of Freshwater in the west of the island.
Yarmouth
Photo: Ian Stannard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Yarmouth is an attractive little town at the western tip of the Isle of Wight, just offshore of the South East of England. Everything in Yarmouth seems to be on a small scale; small narrow streets nestle against a small castle and harbour, and the ferry terminal is actually built against the castle walls.
Colwell Bay
Village
Colwell Bay is a bay in the west of the Isle of Wight. It is located between the towns of Totland and Yarmouth. The bay's northernmost point is Cliff's End the closest point of the Island to the British mainland, with Hurst Castle situated at the end of a long peninsula just under a mile to the northwest.
Fort Victoria
- Categories: fort, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Freshwater, Isle of Wight, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.70665° or 50° 42′ 24″ northLongitude
-1.52144° or 1° 31′ 17″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)Open location code
9C2WPF4H+MCOpenStreetMap ID
way 149532514OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleGeoNames ID
11790957Wikidata ID
Q5472222
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Japanese—“Fort Victoria” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “حصن فيكتوريا فى جزيرة وايت”
- Japanese: “フォートヴィクトリア”
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