Fort Southwick
Fort Southwick is one of the forts found on Portsdown Hill, which overlooks the naval base of Portsmouth in the county of Hampshire, England.Photo: Martyn Pattison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Portsdown Hill and Portchester railway station.
Portsdown Hill
Peak
Photo: AlanFord, Public domain.
Portsdown Hill is a long chalk ridge in Hampshire, England. The highest point of the hill lies within Fort Southwick at 131 m above sea level. The ridge offers good views to the south over Portsmouth, the Solent, Hayling Island and Gosport, with the Isle of Wight beyond.
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 southwest of Fort Southwick.
Southwick House
Historic building
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Southwick House is a Grade II listed 19th-century manor house of the Southwick Estate in Hampshire, England, about 5 miles north of Portsmouth. It is home to the Defence School of Policing and Guarding and related military police capabilities. Southwick House is situated 1¼ miles north of Fort Southwick.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Southwick and Wymering.
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.
Wymering
Suburb
Photo: Martyn Pattison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wymering is a residential area of the city of Portsmouth, in the ceremonial county of Hampshire, England. Unlike the majority of Portsmouth, it is located on the mainland rather than Portsea Island.
Cosham
Suburb
Photo: Michael Ford, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cosham is a northern suburb of Portsmouth lying within the city boundary but off Portsea Island, in the ceremonial county of Hampshire, England. It is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 along with Drayton and Wymering and Bocheland, Frodington and Copenore on the island. Cosham is situated 2 miles southeast of Fort Southwick.
Fort Southwick
- Type: Fort
- Description: part of naval base of Portsmouth in the county of Hampshire, England, UK
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.8583° or 50° 51′ 30″ northLongitude
-1.10878° or 1° 6′ 32″ westOpen location code
9C2WVV5R+8FOpenStreetMap ID
way 22927460OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortWikidata ID
Q5472070
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to German—“Fort Southwick” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “حصن ساوثويك”
- German: “Fort Southwick”
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