London Road Tunnel Shelter

London Road Tunnel Shelter is a cave in Portsmouth, England. London Road Tunnel Shelter is situated near the scenic viewpoint Portsdown Hill, as well as near the quarry Candy’s Pit.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Christ Church and Fort Widley.

Christ Church

Church

Photo: Hassocks5489, CC0.

Christ Church is situated 1,600 feet east of London Road Tunnel Shelter.

Fort Widley

Fort

Photo: Martyn Pattison, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Fort Widley is one of the forts built on top of Portsdown Hill between 1860 and 1868 on the recommendation of the Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom. Fort Widley is situated 2,400 feet west of London Road Tunnel Shelter.

Queen Alexandra Hospital

Hospital

Photo: Colin Babb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Queen Alexandra Hospital is a large NHS hospital in Portsmouth, Hampshire. Located in Cosham, it is run by Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust and has a Ministry of Defence Hospital Unit attached. Queen Alexandra Hospital is situated 2,900 feet west of London Road Tunnel Shelter.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Widley and Cosham.

Widley

Neighborhood

Photo: Basher Eyre, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Widley is an area of the Greater Portsmouth conurbation in Hampshire, near Waterlooville and Purbrook. It is on the dip slope of the South Downs just north of the ridge called Portsdown Hill.

Cosham

Suburb

Photo: Michael Ford, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cosham is a northern suburb of Portsmouth lying within the city boundary but off Portsea Island, in the ceremonial county of Hampshire, England. It is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 along with Drayton and Wymering and Bocheland, Frodington and Copenore on the island.

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.

London Road Tunnel Shelter

Type: Cave
Category: landform
Location: Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.85307° or 50° 51′ 11″ north

Longitude

-1.05816° or 1° 3′ 29″ west

Open location code

9C2WVW3R+6P

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2469323712

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=cave_entrance

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Portsdown Hill and Candy’s Pit.

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