Hampshire
Winchester District
Boarhunt

Fort Nelson

Fort Nelson, in the civil parish of in the county of , is one of five defensive forts built on the summit of in the 1860s, overlooking the important naval base of and is a Grade I Listed Building.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: Grade I listed military museum in Hampshire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Fort Nelson, Hampshire” and “Royal Armouries Museum”
  • Address: Portsdown Hill Road, Fareham, PO17 6AN

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Nelson Monument and Portchester railway station.

Monument
Photo: Hunanuk, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The , 120 feet tall on a granite base, stands on Portsdown Hill about 2 miles north of on the south coast of England. is situated 1,100 feet east of Fort Nelson.

Railway station
Photo: Bashereyre, Public domain.
serves the village of in , , 87 miles 35 chains from . It was first opened by the LSWR in 1848 on their line from Fareham to Portsmouth. is situated 1 mile southeast of Fort Nelson.

School
is a medium-sized mixed secondary school for ages 11–16, located in Shearwater Avenue in , . Along with and , it is one of the three main state schools that serve the town of Fareham, . is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Fort Nelson.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wallington and Southwick.

Neighborhood
Photo: Colin Babb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in , part of the borough of Fareham. It is situated between and near where the River enters Portsmouth Harbour.

Village
Photo: Bashereyre, Public domain.
is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of and Widley, in the Winchester district, in , England. 1 mile north of the boundary measured from .

Photo: Julian Colander, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town in , approximately half-way between the cities of and , The town has been linked with brick making, notably, the production of the ' Reds', examples of the bricks in use on the Royal Albert Hall, in and iron forging from the ironmaster, named "Henry Cort".

Fort Nelson

Latitude
50.86108° or 50° 51′ 40″ north
Longitude
-1.13895° or 1° 8′ 20″ west
Open location code
9C2WVV66+CC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 22927416
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­fort
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q5471742
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Slovenian—“Fort Nelson” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “漢普郡尼尔森港”
  • Chinese: “漢普郡尼爾森港”
  • Japanese: “フォートネルソン”
  • Slovenian: “Fort Nelson”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Fort Nelson Nature Reserve and Damson Row.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Fort Nelson”. Photo: Geni, CC BY 2.5.