Pilgrim Fort

Pilgrim Fort is a fort in Caterham, Tandridge District, England. Pilgrim Fort is situated nearby to the park Gravelly Hill Common, as well as near the cave Godstone Mines.

Type: Fort
Description: fortification in Caterham Valley, Tandridge, England, UK
Also known as: “Fosterdown mobilisation centre” and “Pilgrims Fort”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include North Downs Hospital and Caterham railway station.

North Downs Hospital

Hospital

Photo: GrimRob, CC0.

North Downs Hospital is situated 4,200 feet north of Pilgrim Fort.

Caterham railway station

Railway station

Photo: Sunil060902, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Caterham railway station serves the town of Caterham in the Tandridge district of Surrey. Caterham train drivers depot was opened on Sunday 17 June 1928 as a motorman's depot after electrification on the line was complete in March of that year, and is still a working depot today. Caterham railway station is situated 1¼ miles north of Pilgrim Fort.

East Surrey Museum

Museum

Photo: Jim Osley, CC BY-SA 2.0.

East Surrey Museum is situated 1¼ miles north of Pilgrim Fort.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Caterham and Oxted.

Caterham

Town

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Caterham is a town in the Tandridge district of Surrey, England. The town is administratively divided into two: Caterham on the Hill, and Caterham Valley, which includes the main town centre in the middle of a dry valley but rises to equal heights to the south.

Oxted

Town

Photo: David Kemp, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Oxted is a town and civil parish in the Tandridge district of Surrey, England. It is at the foot of the North Downs, 9 miles south-east of Croydon, 9 miles west of Sevenoaks, and 9 miles north of East Grinstead. Oxted is situated 3 miles east of Pilgrim Fort.

Merstham

Village

Photo: Ian Capper, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Merstham is a town in the borough of Reigate and Banstead in Surrey, England. It lies 17 miles south of Charing Cross just beyond the Greater London border. Merstham is situated 3 miles west of Pilgrim Fort.

Pilgrim Fort

Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Caterham, Tandridge District, Surrey, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.26346° or 51° 15′ 48″ north

Longitude

-0.07473° or 0° 4′ 29″ west

Open location code

9C3X7W7G+94

OpenStreetMap ID

way 908049484

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=fort

Wikidata ID

Q17673809

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Highlights include Gravelly Hill Common and Godstone Mines.

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