Fort Bridgewoods
The site of Fort Bridgewoods is on the outskirts of Rochester, Medway in the United Kingdom, next to the Rochester-Maidstone road. The site was acquired by the War Office in about 1860 to form part of a ring of forts protecting the Royal Dockyard at Chatham.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rochester Airport and Thomas Aveling School and Community Library.
Rochester Airport
Aerodrome
Rochester Airport also known as Rochester Airfield, is a operational general aviation airport located 1.5 nautical miles south of Rochester in South East England, with the River Medway 1.5 NM from the end of runway 34, 3.4 mi from Chatham and its Historic Dockyard and the Medway area.
Thomas Aveling School and Community Library
Library
Photo: JuliaC2006, CC BY 2.0.
Thomas Aveling School and Community Library is situated 2,700 feet northeast of Fort Bridgewoods.
HM Prison Rochester
Prison
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
HM Prison Rochester is a male Young Offenders Institution, founded in 1874, and located in the Borstal area of Rochester in Kent, England. The prison is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service, and is located next to HMP Cookham Wood. HM Prison Rochester is situated 3,200 feet north of Fort Bridgewoods.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Borstal and Blue Bell Hill.
Borstal
Village
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Borstal is a location in the Medway unitary authority of Kent in South East England. Originally a village near Rochester, it has become absorbed by the expansion of that town. The youth prison at Borstal gave its name to the Borstal reform school system.
Blue Bell Hill
Village
Blue Bell Hill is a village in the Aylesford parish of the borough of Tonbridge and Malling in Kent, England. It is located halfway between Chatham and Maidstone and lies on top of Blue Bell Hill. Blue Bell Hill is situated 2 miles south of Fort Bridgewoods.
Walderslade
Suburb
Photo: Chris Whippet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Walderslade is a large suburb of Chatham split between the unitary authority of Medway and the boroughs of Maidstone and Tonbridge & Malling in South East England. Walderslade is situated 2 miles southeast of Fort Bridgewoods.
Fort Bridgewoods
- Type: Fort
- Description: former military facility in Medway, England
- Categories: bunker, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Medway, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.35917° or 51° 21′ 33″ northLongitude
0.49511° or 0° 29′ 42″ eastOpen location code
9F329F5W+M2OpenStreetMap ID
way 207727150OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortWikidata ID
Q5470851
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In Other Languages
“Fort Bridgewoods” goes by many names.
- German: “Fort Bridgewoods”
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