Pill Box
Pill Box is a fort in Brading, Isle of Wight, England. Pill Box is situated nearby to the peak Culver Down, as well as near the meadow Wrax Farm.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Brading railway station and Culver Down.
Brading railway station
Railway station
Photo: Basher Eyre, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brading railway station is a Grade II listed railway station serving Brading on the Isle of Wight, England. It is located on the Island Line from Ryde to Shanklin. Owing to its secluded countryside location, it is one of the quietest stations on the island. Brading railway station is situated 1,800 feet north of Pill Box.
Culver Down
Peak
Photo: Naturenet, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Culver Down is a chalk down to the north of Sandown, Isle of Wight. It is the easternmost point of the Island.
Brading Railway Station Main Building
Museum
Photo: Pep1863, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Brading Railway Station Main Building is a museum, which is situated 1,800 feet north of Pill Box.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brading and Brading Down.
Brading
Town
Photo: Editor5807, Public domain.
The ancient 'Kynges Towne' of Brading is the main town of the civil parish of the same name. The ecclesiastical parish of Brading used to cover about a tenth of the Isle of Wight.
Brading Down
Locality
Photo: Naturenet, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Brading Down is a chalk down southwest of Brading, Isle of Wight. It is a prominent hill which overlooks Sandown Bay, with views across the bay towards Shanklin, Sandown and Culver Down.
Yaverland
Village
Photo: Editor5807, Public domain.
Yaverland is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Sandown, on the Isle of Wight, England. It is just north of Sandown on Sandown Bay.
Pill Box
- Type: Fort
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Brading, Isle of Wight, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.67366° or 50° 40′ 25″ northLongitude
-1.14066° or 1° 8′ 26″ westOpen location code
9C2WMVF5+FPOpenStreetMap ID
node 5007317463OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fort
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