John Cooke

John Cooke is a memorial in Borough of Fareham, Hampshire, England. John Cooke is situated nearby to the park Portchester Castle, as well as near Roman Grove Cemetery.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Portchester Castle and Portchester railway station.

Portchester Castle

Photo: Matthew Folley, CC BY 2.0.

Portchester Castle is a medieval fortress that was developed within the walls of the Roman Saxon Shore fort of Portus Adurni at Portchester, to the east of Fareham in Hampshire. Portchester Castle is situated 1,200 feet southeast of John Cooke.

Portchester railway station

Railway station

Photo: Bashereyre, Public domain.

Portchester railway station serves the village of Portchester in Hampshire, England, 87 miles 35 chains from London Waterloo. It was first opened by the LSWR in 1848 on their line from Fareham to Portsmouth. Portchester railway station is situated 3,800 feet northwest of John Cooke.

Portchester Community School

School

Portchester Community School is a mixed comprehensive community school for 11- to 16-year-olds in Portchester, England. As of January 2015, the date of the last Ofsted inspection, the school has been rated overall as 'good'. Portchester Community School is situated 2,700 feet northwest of John Cooke.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fort Elson and Wymering.

Fort Elson

Locality

Photo: David Alan Moore, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Fort Elson was one of the early Palmerston Forts, in Gosport, England, the northernmost polygonal land fort in the defence line to the west of Gosport. Fort Elson is situated 2 miles southwest of John Cooke.

Wymering

Suburb

Photo: Martyn Pattison, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wymering is a residential area of the city of Portsmouth, in the ceremonial county of Hampshire, England. Unlike the majority of Portsmouth, it is located on the mainland rather than Portsea Island. Wymering is situated 2 miles northeast of John Cooke.

Hardway

Suburb

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Hardway is a suburb of the town of Gosport, in the Gosport district, in Hampshire, England. The suburb is made up of a few industrial estates, residential housing and a port. The suburb sits on the side of Portsmouth Harbour opposite to the naval base. Hardway is situated 2 miles southwest of John Cooke.

John Cooke

Type: Memorial
Inscription: “Rear-Admiral John Cooke, 1750‒1834, one of Lord St. Vincent’s captains lived here. The Cooke family owned this house until 1929. Rear-Admiral Cooke built a signal turret on the house to intercept the signalling between the castle and the turret house”
Category: historic site
Location: Borough of Fareham, Hampshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.83935° or 50° 50′ 22″ north

Longitude

-1.11784° or 1° 7′ 4″ west

Open location code

9C2WRVQJ+PV

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1869167204

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Portchester Castle and Roman Grove Cemetery.

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