Fort Widley
Fort Widley is an electrical substation in Southwick and Widley, Winchester District, England. Fort Widley is situated nearby to the ruins St Marys Church, as well as near the archaeological site Deserted Medieval Village of Widley.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fort Widley and Queen Alexandra Hospital.
Fort Widley
Fort
Photo: Martyn Pattison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fort Widley is one of the forts built on top of Portsdown Hill between 1860 and 1868 on the recommendation of the Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom. Fort Widley is situated 3,900 feet south of Fort Widley.
Queen Alexandra Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Colin Babb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Queen Alexandra Hospital is a large NHS hospital in Portsmouth, Hampshire. Located in Cosham, it is run by Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust and has a Ministry of Defence Hospital Unit attached. Queen Alexandra Hospital is situated 1 mile south of Fort Widley.
Christ Church
Church
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Christ Church is situated 1 mile southeast of Fort Widley.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Widley and Purbrook.
Widley
Neighborhood
Photo: Basher Eyre, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Widley is an area of the Greater Portsmouth conurbation in Hampshire, near Waterlooville and Purbrook. It is on the dip slope of the South Downs just north of the ridge called Portsdown Hill.
Purbrook
Village
Photo: Basher Eyre, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Purbrook is a village in the Borough of Havant in Hampshire, England. Purbrook is on the outskirts of Waterlooville just north of the Portsmouth. Purbrook village is part of Purbrook Ward which also includes Widley and Crookhorn and had a population of 9,281, taking up 7.7% of Havant borough's population.
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.
Fort Widley
- Type: Electrical substation
- Category: industry
- Location: Southwick and Widley, Winchester District, Hampshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.86492° or 50° 51′ 54″ northLongitude
-1.06617° or 1° 3′ 58″ westOperator
SSE Power DistributionOpen location code
9C2WVW7M+XGOpenStreetMap ID
way 23318105
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Highlights include St Marys Church and Deserted Medieval Village of Widley.
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