South East England
Hampshire
Gosport District

Fort Monckton

Fort Monckton is a historic military fort on the south-east shoreline of the , . Built on the ruins of Haselworth Castle to protect at the start of the American War of Independence, it was rebuilt in the 1880s as a Palmerston fort.
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Photo: gordon james brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Fort
  • Description: fort in Gosport, UK
  • Also known as: “No.1 Military Training Establishment”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fort Gilkicker and St Francis.

Fort
Photo: Julian Colander, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a historic Palmerston fort built at the eastern end of , , to dominate the key anchorage of . is situated 2,000 feet southwest of Fort Monckton.

Church
Photo: Hassocks5489, CC0.
is a church, which is situated 2,100 feet north of Fort Monckton.

Museum
The at is a maritime museum tracing the international history of submarine development from the age of Alexander the Great to the present day, and particularly the history of the Royal Navy Submarine Service from the navy's first submarine, Holland 1, to the nuclear-powered Vanguard-class submarines. is situated 1 mile northeast of Fort Monckton.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Alverstoke and Gosport.

Suburb
Photo: Margaret Auerstedt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in the borough of , on the south coast of , England. It stretches east–west from , Haslar to Browndown Battery, and is centred 0.5 miles east of the shore of and near the head of a creek which extends a mile westward from Harbour.

Photo: Julian Colander, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a town in , a short water ride away from . Although not a traditional destination, it does have some attractions if you are interested in maritime history.

Locality
is an eastern area of the Solent and a roadstead for vessels off Gilkicker Point in , . It is protected from all winds except those from the southeast, with the lying to the south-west. is situated 2 miles south of Fort Monckton.

Fort Monckton

Latitude
50.77694° or 50° 46′ 37″ north
Longitude
-1.13315° or 1° 7′ 59″ west
Open location code
9C2WQVG8+QP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 305735003
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­fort
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Wiki­data ID
Q5471698
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to German—“Fort Monckton” goes by many names.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Gosport and Stokes Bay Golf Club and Gilkicker Lagoon.

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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 Monckton”. Photo: gordon james brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.