Foredown Tower

Foredown Tower is a former water tower in Portslade, in the city of Brighton and Hove, England, which has housed a camera obscura since 1991. It was closed to the public during the COVID-19 pandemic, and has not re-opened.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Benfield Hill and St Nicolas Church, Portslade.

Benfield Hill

Nature reserve

Photo: Simon Carey, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Benfield Hill is an 11.8-hectare Local Nature Reserve on the northern outskirts of Hove in East Sussex and is within the boundaries of the South Downs National Park. It is owned and managed by Brighton and Hove City Council.

St Nicolas Church, Portslade

Church

St Nicolas Church is an Anglican church in the Portslade area of the English city of Brighton and Hove. It has 12th-century origins, and serves the old village of Portslade, inland from the mostly 19th-century Portslade-by-Sea area. St Nicolas Church, Portslade is situated 2,700 feet south of Foredown Tower.

Portslade Aldridge Community Academy

School

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Portslade Aldridge Community Academy is a secondary school in Portslade, in the city of Brighton and Hove, England. The school has around 1000 pupils. It is part of the Aldridge Education multi-academy trust. Portslade Aldridge Community Academy is situated 1,900 feet west of Foredown Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mile Oak and Hangleton.

Mile Oak

Suburb

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Mile Oak is a locality forming the northern part of the former parish of Portslade in the northwest corner of the city of Brighton and Hove, England. Now mostly residential, but originally an area of good-quality agricultural land, it covers the area north of Portslade village as far as the urban boundary.

Hangleton

Suburb

Photo: The Voice of Hassocks, Public domain.

Hangleton is a suburb of Brighton and Hove, in the ceremonial county of East Sussex, England. The area was developed in the 1930s after it was incorporated into the Borough of Hove, but has ancient origins: its parish church was founded in the 11th century and retains 12th-century fabric; the medieval manor house is Hove's oldest secular building.

Portslade

Town

Photo: The Voice of Hassocks, Public domain.

Portslade is a western suburb of the city of Brighton and Hove in the ceremonial county of East Sussex, England. Portslade Village, the original settlement a mile inland to the north, was built up in the 16th century.

Foredown Tower

Type: Museum
Description: former water tower in Portslade, Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom
Categories: water tower, building, tourism, historic site, and tourist attraction
Location: Brighton and Hove, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.85041° or 50° 51′ 2″ north

Longitude

-0.21587° or 0° 12′ 57″ west

Open location code

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OpenStreetMap ID

way 671692452

OpenStreetMap feature

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OpenStreetMap feature

building=water_tower

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=water_tower

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

Wikidata ID

Q5468179

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