Verne Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery

Verne Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery is a World War II anti-aircraft battery on the , , England. It is located on private property in the north-east area of the island, south of the .
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Verne High Angle Battery and Fancy’s Family Farm.

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The is a former 19th-century gun battery on the in , England. Situated close to the , the battery is Grade II Listed, and forms part of the citadel's scheduled monument status. is situated 550 feet northeast of Verne Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery.

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Royal Air Force Portland or more simply RAF Portland is a former Royal Air Force and radar station on the , , . Located close to the and East Cliff, the station was established in the 1950s as part of a nationwide air defence radar system built by the British Government during the Cold War. is situated 1,100 feet northeast of Verne Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery.

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is a Methodist Church, opened in 1899, located in , on the , . It was built between 1898 and 1899, replacing a 1793 chapel built by Robert Carr Brackenbury, the founder of Methodism on Portland. is situated 1,600 feet northwest of Verne Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fortuneswell and The Grove.

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is a in Underhill on the , in , England. It lies on steeply sloping land on the northern edge of the island, known as Underhill, where connects the island to the mainland.

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is a small village located at Tophill on the in . The village is found close to the larger village , and is most notable for containing the HM Prison Portland, including its museum Grove Prison Museum.

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Portland is a town in , a county on the south coast of the , in . Portland is actually an island, even though it is linked to the mainland by Chesil Beach, as Chesil Beach is a shoal beach.

Verne Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery

Latitude
50.55679° or 50° 33′ 25″ north
Longitude
-2.4344° or 2° 26′ 4″ west
Open location code
9C2VHH48+P6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1361443732
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
Wiki­data ID
Q18162947
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