Fort Charles

Fort Charles, also called Cleverley Point Fort, is a historic British colonial fort site on the island of St. Kitts, located in the present day nation of Saint Kitts and Nevis in the Caribbean.

Type: Fort
Description: military fort on the Caribbean island of St. Kitts
Inscription: “est. 1723”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park.

Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park

Photo: Ukexpat, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, a well-preserved fortress on a hill on the island of St. Kitts, in the Federation of St. Christopher and Nevis in the Eastern Caribbean.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sandy Point Town and Middle Island.

Sandy Point Town

Town

Photo: Jensonmorton, Public domain.

Sandy Point is the second-largest town on the island of Saint Kitts, Saint Kitts and Nevis. The settlement is situated on the north-west coast of St. Kitts and is the capital of Saint Anne Sandy Point Parish. As of 2011, it had a population of 2,626.

Middle Island

Village

Middle Island is a town located on the west coast of Saint Kitts island, in Saint Kitts and Nevis. Middle Island is situated 3 miles southeast of Fort Charles.

Newton Ground

Village

Saint Paul Capisterre is one of 14 administrative parishes that make up Saint Kitts and Nevis. It is the second smallest parish on St. Kitts, and third smallest in the federation. The parish capital is Saint Paul Capisterre Village. Newton Ground is situated 3 miles north of Fort Charles.

Fort Charles

Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Saint Anne Sandy Point, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude

17.34882° or 17° 20′ 56″ north

Longitude

-62.84663° or 62° 50′ 48″ west

Open location code

779V85X3+G8

OpenStreetMap ID

way 683564478

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=fort

Wikidata ID

Q5470917

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Fort Charles” goes by many names.

Spanish: “Cleverley Point Fort”
Spanish: “Fort Charles”
Spanish: “Fuerte Charles”
Spanish: “Fuerte Cleverley Point”

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