Spithead

Spithead is an eastern area of the Solent and a roadstead for vessels off Gilkicker Point in , . It is protected from all winds except those from the southeast, with the lying to the south-west.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Ryde Pier Head railway station and Ryde Esplanade railway station.

Railway station
Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is one of three stations in the town of on the . Situated at the end of , it is adjacent to the terminal for the Wightlink fast catamaran service connecting the island with on the English mainland.

Railway station
Photo: A1personage, Public domain.
serves the town of on the , and forms part of the Ryde Transport Interchange. Located on the sea front, it is the most convenient station for the majority of the town. is situated 1½ miles southwest of Spithead.

Photo: Colin Babb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
No Man's Land Fort, also referred to as No Man's Fort, is a sea fort in the Solent, near , . It is one of the Palmerston Forts built between 1867 and 1880 after the recommendations of the 1859 Royal Commission. is situated 2 miles southeast of Spithead.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Appley and Ryde.

Suburb
Photo: Mypix, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an area of on the . Until the early 1960s, it was largely based on the former English country house of and neighbouring Farm. is situated 1½ miles south of Spithead.

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is a seaside town and civil parish on the north-east coast of the in . The parish area had a population of 24,096 according to the 2021 Census.

Suburb
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is a suburb of the town of on the , England. Historically part of the parish, it was absorbed into Ryde Borough in 1933 and in turn into Medina Borough in 1974. is situated 2 miles southwest of Spithead.

Spithead

Latitude
50.75004° or 50° 45′ 0″ north
Longitude
-1.13315° or 1° 7′ 59″ west
Open location code
9C2WQV28+2P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 672768750
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Wiki­data ID
Q1783560
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Spithead” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سبتهيد”
  • Cebuano: “Spithead (agianan)”
  • Cebuano: “Spithead”
  • Chinese: “斯匹海特港”
  • Chinese: “斯庇漢”
  • Chinese: “斯彼德海德”
  • Chinese: “斯皮德黑德”
  • Chinese: “斯皮特海德”
  • Chinese: “斯皮特黑德”
  • Dutch: “Spithead”
  • French: “Spithead”
  • German: “Spithead”
  • Hebrew: “ספיטהד”
  • Indonesian: “Spithead”
  • Italian: “Spithead”
  • Japanese: “スピットヘッド”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Spithead”
  • Norwegian: “Spithead”
  • Polish: “Spithead”
  • Russian: “Спитхед”
  • Russian: “Спитхедский рейд”
  • Slovenian: “Spithead”
  • Spanish: “Spithead”
  • Swedish: “Spithead”
  • Turkish: “Spithead”
  • Ukrainian: “Спітгед”
  • Welsh: “Spithead”

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