Portsdown Hill
Portsdown Hill is a scenic viewpoint in Portsmouth, England. Portsdown Hill is situated nearby to the cave London Road Tunnel Shelter, as well as near the quarry Candy’s Pit.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fort Widley and Queen Alexandra Hospital.
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 2,000 feet west of Portsdown Hill.
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 2,600 feet southwest of Portsdown Hill.
Christ Church
Church
Photo: Hassocks5489, CC0.
Christ Church is situated 2,000 feet east of Portsdown Hill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cosham and Widley.
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.
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.
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.
Portsdown Hill
- Type: Scenic viewpoint
- Category: tourism
- Location: Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.8534° or 50° 51′ 12″ northLongitude
-1.05998° or 1° 3′ 36″ westOpen location code
9C2WVW3R+92OpenStreetMap ID
node 56396182OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=viewpoint
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