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Isle of Portland

Portland is a town in , a county on the south coast of the , in . Portland is actually an island, even though it is linked to the mainland by Chesil Beach, as Chesil Beach is a shoal beach.
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  • Type: Locality with 13,400 residents
  • Description: tied island in Dorset, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Portland” and “Portland, Dorset”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Portland Castle and Portland Museum.

Castle
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is an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII on the Isle of Portland, , between 1539 and 1541. It formed part of the King's Device programme to protect against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire, and defended the Portland Roads anchorage.

Museum
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is a on the Isle of Portland in , southern England. It is located at the southern end of the hamlet of . The museum is housed in two 17th-century thatched cottages, which have both been Grade II Listed since 1951.

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The is a former 19th-century gun battery on the Isle of Portland in , England. Situated close to the , the battery is Grade II Listed, and forms part of the citadel's scheduled monument status.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Easton and Fortuneswell.

Village
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is a village on the Isle of Portland in , . The village is situated at Tophill, within the centre of the island. As with the rest of Portland's villages and settlements, , including the settlements Reforne and Straits, has been designated as a conservation area, as it is a place of special architectural and historic interest.

Village
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is a in Underhill on the Isle of Portland, in , England. It lies on steeply sloping land on the northern edge of the island, known as Underhill, where connects the island to the mainland.

Village
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is a small village located at Tophill on the Isle of Portland in . The village is found close to the larger village , and is most notable for containing the HM Prison Portland, including its museum Grove Prison Museum.

Isle of Portland

Latitude
50.5506° or 50° 33′ 2″ north
Longitude
-2.4452° or 2° 26′ 43″ west
Population
13,400
Elevation
341 feet (104 metres)
Open location code
9C2VHH23+6W
Geo­Names ID
2640034
Wiki­data ID
Q774215
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Isle of Portland” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جزيرة بورتلاند”
  • Azerbaijani: “Portlend”
  • Basque: “Portland uhartea”
  • Basque: “Portland Uhartea”
  • Basque: “Portland, Dorset”
  • Belarusian: “Портлэнд”
  • Bengali: “পোর্টল্যান্ড”
  • Catalan: “illa de Portland”
  • Catalan: “Illa de Portland”
  • Cebuano: “Isle of Portland (lawis sa Hiniusang Gingharian)”
  • Cebuano: “Isle of Portland”
  • Chinese: “Isle of Portland”
  • Chinese: “波特兰岛”
  • Chinese: “波特蘭島”
  • Czech: “Portland”
  • Danish: “Isle of Portland”
  • Dutch: “Isle of Portland”
  • Esperanto: “insulo Portland”
  • Esperanto: “isle of Portland”
  • Estonian: “Portlandi saar”
  • Finnish: “Isle of Portland”
  • French: “île de Portland”
  • French: “Île de Portland”
  • German: “Isle of Portland”
  • Gujarati: “આઇલ ઓફ પોર્ટલેન્ડ”
  • Hebrew: “האי פורטלנד”
  • Icelandic: “Portland-eyja”
  • Irish: “Oileán Portland”
  • Italian: “Isola di Portland”
  • Japanese: “ポートランド”
  • Japanese: “ポートランド島”
  • Kannada: “ಪೋರ್ಟ್ಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್ನ ಐಲ್”
  • Korean: “포틀랜드섬”
  • Latin: “Porlanda insula”
  • Latin: “Portunia insula”
  • Lithuanian: “Portlandas”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Isle of Portland”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Isle of Portland”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Isle of Portland”
  • Norwegian: “Isle of Portland”
  • Persian: “جزیره پورتلند”
  • Polish: “Isle of Portland”
  • Portuguese: “Isle of Portland”
  • Russian: “Портленд”
  • Slovenian: “Isle of Portland”
  • Slovenian: “Portland”
  • South Azerbaijani: “جزیره پورتلند”
  • Spanish: “Isla de Portland”
  • Spanish: “isla de Pórtland”
  • Spanish: “Isla de Pórtland”
  • Swedish: “Isle of Portland”
  • Tamil: “ஐஸ்லே ஆப் போர்ட்லேண்ட்”
  • Telugu: “ఐలాండ్ ఆఫ్ పోర్ట్ ల్యాండ్”
  • Ukrainian: “Портленд”
  • Urdu: “جزیرہ پورٹلینڈ”
  • Welsh: “Ynys Portland”
  • Yue Chinese: “波特蘭島”

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