Browndown
Browndown is a military training area in Gosport District, Hampshire, England. Browndown is situated nearby to the sports venue Southcoast CQB, as well as near the motorhome stopover Kingfisher Caravan Park.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Browndown Battery and Diving Museum.
Browndown Battery
Military installation
Photo: David Alan Moore, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Browndown Battery, also referred to erroneously in some sources as Browndown Fort, is a former military coastal defence fortification and base on the Southern shoreline of England in the county of Hampshire. Browndown Battery is situated 1,700 feet east of Browndown.
Diving Museum
Museum
Photo: Colin Babb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Diving Museum is situated 3,000 feet east of Browndown.
Fort Gomer
Fort
Photo: David Alan Moore, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fort Gomer was one of the Palmerston Forts, in Gosport, England, the southernmost and first-built Polygonal fort in the defence line to the west of Gosport. Fort Gomer is situated 3,600 feet east of Browndown.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lee-on-the-Solent and Alverstoke.
Lee-on-the-Solent
Suburb
Photo: AlanFord, Public domain.
Lee-on-the-Solent, often referred to as Lee-on-Solent, is a seaside district of the borough of Gosport in Hampshire, England, about five miles west of Portsmouth.
Alverstoke
Suburb
Photo: Margaret Auerstedt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Alverstoke is a village in the borough of Gosport, on the south coast of Hampshire, England. It stretches east–west from Fort Blockhouse, Haslar to Browndown Battery, and is centred 0.5 miles east of the shore of Stokes Bay and near the head of a creek which extends a mile westward from Portsmouth Harbour.
Rowner
Suburb
Photo: Michael FORD, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rowner is a small settlement which forms part of the borough of Gosport, on the south coast of Hampshire, England. Rowner is situated 1½ miles north of Browndown.
Browndown
- Type: Military training area
- Category: military installation
- Location: Gosport District, Hampshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.7886° or 50° 47′ 19″ northLongitude
-1.18152° or 1° 10′ 54″ westOpen location code
9C2WQRQ9+C9OpenStreetMap ID
way 305706161OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=militaryOpenStreetMap feature
military=training_area
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