Fort Grange
Fort Grange is one of the Palmerston Forts, in Gosport, England. After Gomer and Elson forts had been approved in 1852, further consideration led to a decision to fill the gap between them by three more forts, and Grange is the most southerly of the three.Photo: Colin Babb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Little Woodham and Fort Gomer.
Little Woodham
Museum
Photo: Mattp2005, Public domain.
Little Woodham, also known as "The Living History Village of Little Woodham" or "The Seventeenth Century Village", is a living museum dedicated to recreating life in a rural village in the mid-17th century. Little Woodham is situated 2,400 feet west of Fort Grange.
Fort Gomer
Fort
Photo: David Alan Moore, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fort Gomer was one of the Palmerston Forts, in Gosport, England, the southernmost and first-built Polygonal fort in the defence line to the west of Gosport. Fort Gomer is situated 2,900 feet south of Fort Grange.
Fort Rowner
Fort
Photo: Colin Babb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fort Rowner is one of the Palmerston Forts, in Gosport, England. Built circa 1858 as part of the outer defence line for Gosport along with Fort Brockhurst and Fort Elson to the North East and Fort Grange and Fort Gomer to the South West. Fort Rowner is situated 3,200 feet north of Fort Grange.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rowner and Alverstoke.
Rowner
Suburb
Photo: Michael FORD, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rowner is a small settlement which forms part of the borough of Gosport, on the south coast of Hampshire, England.
Alverstoke
Suburb
Photo: Margaret Auerstedt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Alverstoke is a village in the borough of Gosport, on the south coast of Hampshire, England. It stretches east–west from Fort Blockhouse, Haslar to Browndown Battery, and is centred 0.5 miles east of the shore of Stokes Bay and near the head of a creek which extends a mile westward from Portsmouth Harbour.
Hardway
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Hardway is a suburb of the town of Gosport, in the Gosport district, in Hampshire, England. The suburb is made up of a few industrial estates, residential housing and a port. The suburb sits on the side of Portsmouth Harbour opposite to the naval base.
Fort Grange
- Type: Fort
- Description: fort in Gosport, Hampshire, England, UK
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Gosport District, Hampshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.79862° or 50° 47′ 55″ northLongitude
-1.16331° or 1° 9′ 48″ westInception
1858Open location code
9C2WQRXP+CMOpenStreetMap ID
way 1062179688OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortWikidata ID
Q5471239
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