Portuguese Fireplace
The Portuguese Fireplace is a war memorial in the New Forest National Park, near the village of Lyndhurst, Hampshire, England. It is located on the road between Bolderwood and Emery Down, approximately 2 km from the latter.Photo: Clive Perrin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include New Forest and Knightwood Oak.
New Forest
Photo: Paste, Public domain.
The New Forest is a major tourist area and a national park in Hampshire. It is immensely popular with British campers, as it is one of two national parks in the densely populated South East of England.
Knightwood Oak
Photo: MalcolmGould, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Knightwood Oak is a pedunculate oak and the largest, and perhaps most famous, oak tree in the New Forest, in southern England. It is also known as the Queen of the Forest. Knightwood Oak is situated 4,200 feet south of Portuguese Fireplace.
Christ Church
Church
Photo: Jim Champion, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Christ Church is a Church of England church in Emery Down, Hampshire, England. Designed by William Butterfield, it was constructed between 1863 and 1864. The church has been a Grade II listed building since 1987. Christ Church is situated 1½ miles east of Portuguese Fireplace.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Allum Green and Emery Down.
Allum Green
Hamlet
Photo: Alan Haynes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Allum Green is a hamlet southwest of Lyndhurst, Hampshire, England. During the night of 5/6 September 1940 it was the scene of a Luftwaffe bombing raid, which resulted in the deaths of four British Army soldiers of the RAOC and 14 men were injured.
Emery Down
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Emery Down is a small village in the New Forest National Park in Hampshire, England. Its nearest other village is Lyndhurst, which lies approximately 1.4 miles south-east from the village.
Bank
Hamlet
Photo: Trevor Harris, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bank is a village in the English county of Hampshire. The settlement is within the civil parish of Lyndhurst in the New Forest, and is located approximately 8 miles from both Ringwood and Southampton. It has one inn and approximately 30 distinct dwellings.
Portuguese Fireplace
- Type: Memorial
- Description: monument in the New Forest, Hampshire
- Categories: war memorial and historic site
- Location: Minstead, New Forest, Hampshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.86898° or 50° 52′ 8″ northLongitude
-1.62411° or 1° 37′ 27″ westOpen location code
9C2WV99G+H9OpenStreetMap ID
node 370247278OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialWikidata ID
Q7232635
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In Other Languages
From Greek to Portuguese—“Portuguese Fireplace” goes by many names.
- Greek: “Πορτογαλικό τζάκι”
- Portuguese: “Portuguese Fireplace”
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