South Hook Fort
South Hook Fort, on the northern shore of Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, is a Grade II* listed building which belongs to a series of forts built as part of the inner line of defence of the Haven following the Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Robin Lucas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Locality
- Description: fort in Herbrandston, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK
- Also known as: “South Hook Fort (Disused)” and “The Defensible Barracks At South Hook Fort”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fort Hubberstone and Milford Haven railway station.
Fort Hubberstone
Fort
Photo: Alvear24, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fort Hubberstone, on the west side of Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, is a Grade II* Listed Building which belongs to a series of forts built as part of the inner line of defence of the Haven following the Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom.
Milford Haven railway station
Railway station
Photo: Jennifer Luther Thomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Milford Haven railway station serves the town of Milford Haven in Pembrokeshire, Wales. Opened on 7 September 1863, it was originally known as Milford, becoming Old Milford by January 1902, and finally being renamed Milford Haven by April 1910. Milford Haven railway station is situated 2 miles east of South Hook Fort.
Torch Theatre
Theater building
Photo: Alvear24, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Torch Theatre is a not-for-profit theatre in Milford Haven, Wales. Established in 1977, it is one of only three building-based producing theatres in the whole of Wales. Torch Theatre is situated 2 miles east of South Hook Fort.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Angle and Hakin.
Angle
Village
Photo: Jeremy Owen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Angle is a village, parish and community on the southern side of the entrance to the Milford Haven Waterway in Pembrokeshire, Wales. The village school has closed, as has the village shop. Angle is situated 1½ miles south of South Hook Fort.
Hakin
Suburb
Hakin is a coastal village in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It belongs to the parish of Hubberston in the historical hundred of Roose. It is located directly to the west of the larger town of Milford Haven, and is a district of the community of Milford Haven It had a population of 2,313 inhabitants in 2001. Hakin is situated 1½ miles east of South Hook Fort.
Liddeston
Hamlet
Liddeston is a small coastal village in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It belongs to the Milford North ward of the community of Milford Haven in the historical hundred of Roose. It is located to the north of the town of Milford Haven and the village of Hubberston. Liddeston is situated 2 miles northeast of South Hook Fort.
South Hook Fort
- Categories: fort and barracks
- Location: Herbrandston, Pembrokeshire, South Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.70797° or 51° 42′ 29″ northLongitude
-5.08371° or 5° 5′ 1″ westOpen location code
9C3PPW58+5GOpenStreetMap ID
node 4544560277OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityWikidata ID
Q17020742
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In Other Languages
“South Hook Fort” goes by many names.
- Welsh: “South Hook Fort”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “South Hook Fort”. Photo: Robin Lucas, CC BY-SA 2.0.