Calshot Reach

Places of Interest

Calshot Castle

Photo: Geni, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Calshot Castle is an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII on the Calshot Spit, Hampshire, England, between 1539 and 1540. It formed part of the King's Device programme to protect against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire and defend Southampton Water as it met the Solent.

Calshot Lifeboat Station

Building

Photo: Richard Dorrell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Calshot Lifeboat Station is located on Calshot Spit near the village of Calshot, Hampshire, and is on the western bank of the open end of Southampton Water, on the south coast of England.

Bramble Bank

Photo: Mark Pilbeam, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Bramble Bank, otherwise known simply as "The Brambles" is an arrowhead-shaped sandbar in the central Solent which is uncovered at low water spring tides. Bramble Bank is situated 2 miles south of Calshot Reach.

Places in the Area

Calshot

Village

Photo: Mark Whale, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hythe is a town in Hampshire, a county in England. This article also covers Fawley and the surrounding area.

Ashlett

Hamlet

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Ashlett is a small settlement in Hampshire, England. It is in the civil parish of Fawley. It is at the end of Ashlett Creek, a tidal inlet of Southampton Water. Ashlett is situated 2 miles west of Calshot Reach.

Hook

Hamlet

Photo: Colin Babb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hook is a hamlet and former civil parish in the Fareham district, in south Hampshire, England. The parish of Hook, sometimes known as Hook-with-Warsash, until 1 April 1932, when the parish was abolished and became part of Fareham. Hook is situated 2 miles northeast of Calshot Reach.

Calshot Reach

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