Fort Nelson

Fort Nelson, in the civil parish of Boarhunt in the English county of Hampshire, is one of five defensive forts built on the summit of Portsdown Hill in the 1860s, overlooking the important naval base of Portsmouth and is a Grade I Listed Building.

Photo: Geni, CC BY 2.5.

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.

Nelson Monument

Monument

Photo: Hunanuk, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Nelson Monument, 120 feet tall on a granite base, stands on Portsdown Hill about 2 miles north of Portsmouth Harbour on the south coast of England. Nelson Monument is situated 1,100 feet east of Fort Nelson.

Portchester railway station

Railway station

Photo: Bashereyre, Public domain.

Portchester railway station serves the village of Portchester in Hampshire, England, 87 miles 35 chains from London Waterloo. It was first opened by the LSWR in 1848 on their line from Fareham to Portsmouth. Portchester railway station is situated 1 mile southeast of Fort Nelson.

Cams Hill School

School

Cams Hill School is a medium-sized co-educational secondary school for ages 11–16, in Shearwater Avenue in Fareham, England. With The Henry Cort Community College and Fareham Academy, it is one of the three main state schools for the town of Fareham, Hampshire. Cams Hill School is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Fort Nelson.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wallington and Southwick.

Wallington

Neighborhood

Photo: Colin Babb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wallington is a village in Hampshire, part of the borough of Fareham. It is situated between Portsmouth and Southampton near where the River Wallington enters Portsmouth Harbour.

Southwick

Village

Photo: Bashereyre, Public domain.

Southwick is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Southwick and Widley, in the Winchester district, in Hampshire, England. 1 mile north of the Portsmouth boundary measured from Portsea Island.

Fareham

Photo: Julian Colander, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Fareham is a town in Hampshire, approximately half-way between the cities of Portsmouth and Southampton, The town has been linked with brick making, notably, the production of the 'Fareham Reds', examples of the bricks in use on the Royal Albert Hall, in London and iron forging from the ironmaster, named Henry Cort.

Fort Nelson

Categories: military museum, fort, national museum, tourism, historic site, and tourist attraction
Location: Boarhunt, Winchester District, Hampshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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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 Paw Paddock Portsdown Hill and Fort Nelson Nature Reserve.

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