Bourne Gap
Bourne Gap is a locality in Fawley, New Forest, England. Bourne Gap is situated nearby to the locality Floating Island, as well as near Hillhead.Places of Interest
Highlights include Luttrell’s Tower and Calshot Castle.
Luttrell’s Tower
Tower
Photo: Geni, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Luttrell's Tower is a three-storey stuccoed yellow brick folly south of Southampton, Hampshire, England, near the village of Calshot. It has a six-storey circular stair turret extending above the rest.
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 Castle is situated 1½ miles northeast of Bourne Gap.
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 east of Bourne Gap.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Calshot and Lepe.
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.
Lepe
Hamlet
Photo: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lepe is a linear hamlet on the Solent in south-west Hampshire, England. In the civil parish of Exbury and Lepe, It is beside the Dark Water, and has Lepe Country Park, which runs from Stanswood Bay to the mouth of the Beaulieu River. Lepe is situated 1½ miles southwest of Bourne Gap.
Langley
Village
Photo: Mike Faherty, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Langley is a small village in the civil parish of Fawley in Hampshire, England. Langley is situated 2 miles west of Bourne Gap.
Bourne Gap
- Type: Locality
- Location: Fawley, New Forest, Hampshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.79972° or 50° 47′ 59″ northLongitude
-1.32981° or 1° 19′ 47″ westOpen location code
9C2WQMXC+V3OpenStreetMap ID
node 8404838787OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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