The Cockleshell Heroes

The Cockleshell Heroes is a memorial in Portsmouth, England. The Cockleshell Heroes is situated near Public Tennis Courts, as well as near Japanese Garden.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Lumps Fort and Fratton Park.

Lumps Fort

Fort

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Lumps Fort is a disused fortification built on Portsea Island as part of the defences for the naval base at Portsmouth. Lumps Fort is situated 800 feet south of The Cockleshell Heroes.

Fratton Park is a football ground in Portsmouth, Hampshire, and is the home of Portsmouth Football Club. Constructed in 1899, it has been the only home ground in Portsmouth F.C.'s history. Fratton Park is situated 1 mile north of The Cockleshell Heroes.

Kings Theatre

Theater building

Photo: DarrenKings, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Kings Theatre is a theatre in Southsea, Portsmouth, designed by the architect Frank Matcham. It is considered one of the most complete Matcham theatres in the UK. Kings Theatre is situated 3,500 feet northwest of The Cockleshell Heroes.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Southsea and Kingston.

Southsea

Suburb

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

Southsea is a seaside resort and a geographic area of Portsmouth, Portsea Island in the ceremonial county of Hampshire, England. Southsea is located 1.8 miles to the south of Portsmouth's inner city-centre.

Kingston

Neighborhood

Kingston is a residential area of the city of Portsmouth in the English county of Hampshire, lying between Buckland, Fratton, Milton and North End. It was a recognised suburb of the city by the middle of the 19th century. Kingston is situated 1½ miles north of The Cockleshell Heroes.

Buckland

Suburb

Buckland is a residential area in the city of Portsmouth in the English county of Hampshire. Buckland is situated 2 miles north of The Cockleshell Heroes.

The Cockleshell Heroes

Type: Memorial
Inscription: “The Cockleshell Heroes. The Officers who launched the Commando raid on Bordeaux Harbour in 1942 lived in this house whilst training at the Lumps Fort at Southsea. Only two survived to make it home, of the others, two were drowned, six were captured [...]”
Category: historic site
Location: Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.78319° or 50° 46′ 60″ north

Longitude

-1.06734° or 1° 4′ 2″ west

Open location code

9C2WQWMM+73

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2128078395

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Public Tennis Courts and Japanese Garden.

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