St. Helens Fort
St. Helens Fort is a fort in St. Helens, Isle of Wight, England. St. Helens Fort is situated nearby to the village Nettlestone.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Helens Fort and Nodes Point Battery.
St Helens Fort
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St Helens Fort is a sea fort in the Solent close to the Isle of Wight, one of the Palmerston Forts near Portsmouth. It was built as a result of the Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom of 1859, in order to protect the St Helens anchorage.
Nodes Point Battery
Motorhome stopover
Photo: Colin Babb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Nodes Point Battery is a battery located at Nodes Point on the Isle of Wight. It is one of the many Palmerston Forts built on the island to protect it in response to a perceived French invasion. Nodes Point Battery is situated 1 mile west of St. Helens Fort.
Bembridge Lifeboat Station
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Bembridge Lifeboat Station is located in the village of Bembridge on the Isle of Wight in the United Kingdom. The station is located on the eastern approaches to The Solent, south of the area known as Spithead. Bembridge Lifeboat Station is situated 1¼ miles southeast of St. Helens Fort.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bembridge and St Helens.
Bembridge
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Bembridge is a village and civil parish located on the easternmost point of the Isle of Wight. It had a population of 3,848 according to the 2001 census of the United Kingdom, leading to the implausible claim by some residents that Bembridge is the largest village in England.
St Helens
Village
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St Helens is a village and civil parish located on the eastern side of the Isle of Wight. The village developed around village greens. This is claimed to be the largest in England but some say it is the second largest.
Nettlestone
Village
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Nettlestone is a village on the Isle of Wight, England, about 4 miles south east from Ryde. It is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as having been in existence in 1066.
St. Helens Fort
- Type: Fort
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: St. Helens, Isle of Wight, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.70506° or 50° 42′ 18″ northLongitude
-1.08389° or 1° 5′ 2″ westOpen location code
9C2WPW48+2CGeoNames ID
12032069
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