Bembridge Fort
Bembridge Fort is a fort built on the highest point of Bembridge Down close to the village of Bembridge on the Isle of Wight, England. It is one of the many Palmerston Forts built around Portsmouth during the period of the Second French Empire, as a safeguard against a perceived threat of French invasion by Napoleon III.Photo: Bob Embleton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bembridge Down and St John the Baptist Church, Yaverland.
Bembridge Down
Peak
Photo: Editor5807, Public domain.
Bembridge Down is a 56.3-hectare Site of special scientific interest which is north-east of Sandown, Isle of Wight, England. The site was notified in 1951 for both its biological and geological features.
St John the Baptist Church, Yaverland
Church
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St John the Baptist Church, Yaverland is a parish church in the Church of England located in Yaverland, Isle of Wight. St John the Baptist Church, Yaverland is situated 3,400 feet west of Bembridge Fort.
Culver Down
Peak
Photo: Naturenet, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Culver Down is a chalk down to the north of Sandown, Isle of Wight. It is the easternmost point of the Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yaverland and Hillway.
Yaverland
Village
Photo: Editor5807, Public domain.
Yaverland is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Sandown, on the Isle of Wight, England. It is just north of Sandown on Sandown Bay.
Hillway
Locality
Hillway is a settlement on the Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England. The hamlet lies near to the south-east coast of the island, and is located near to the larger settlement of Bembridge.
Brading
Town
Photo: Editor5807, Public domain.
The ancient 'Kynges Towne' of Brading is the main town of the civil parish of the same name. The ecclesiastical parish of Brading used to cover about a tenth of the Isle of Wight.
Bembridge Fort
- Type: Fort
- Description: fort in Bembridge, Isle of Wight, England, UK
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Bembridge, Isle of Wight, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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