Floating Island

Floating Island is a locality in Fawley, New Forest, England. Floating Island is situated nearby to the hamlet Sprat’s Down, as well as near the locality Dean’s Bridge.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Calshot Castle and Luttrell’s Tower.

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 Floating Island.

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.

Fawley Power Station

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Fawley Power Station was an oil-fired power station located on the western side of Southampton Water, between the villages of Fawley and Calshot in Hampshire, England. Its 198-metre chimney was a prominent landmark.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Calshot and Langley.

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.

Langley

Village

Photo: Mike Faherty, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Langley is a small village in the civil parish of Fawley in Hampshire, England.

Ashlett

Hamlet

Photo: Rosemary Nelson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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.

Floating Island

Type: Locality
Location: Fawley, New Forest, Hampshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.8071° or 50° 48′ 26″ north

Longitude

-1.3419° or 1° 20′ 31″ west

Open location code

9C2WRM45+R6

OpenStreetMap ID

node 8938722922

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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