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

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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

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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

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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

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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.