Fort Borstal

Fort Borstal was built as an afterthought from the 1859 Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom, by convict labour. Construction started in 1875 but was suspended in 1885.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St Matthew’s and HM Prison Rochester.

St Matthew’s

Church

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St Matthew’s is a church, which is situated 1,300 feet north of Fort Borstal.

HM Prison Rochester is a male Young Offenders Institution, founded in 1874, and located in the Borstal area of Rochester in Kent, England. The prison is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service, and is located next to HMP Cookham Wood. HM Prison Rochester is situated 1,300 feet southeast of Fort Borstal.

Sir Joseph Williamson’s Mathematical School

School

Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School is an all boys' grammar school with academy status in Rochester, Kent, and a co-ed sixth form, also referred to as Rochester Math or The Math School. Sir Joseph Williamson’s Mathematical School is situated 1,900 feet east of Fort Borstal.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Borstal and Medway Gate.

Borstal

Village

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Borstal is a location in the Medway unitary authority of Kent in South East England. Originally a village near Rochester, it has become absorbed by the expansion of that town. The youth prison at Borstal gave its name to the Borstal reform school system.

Medway Gate

Locality

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Medway Gate, formerly Cuxton Pit No. 3, is a modern residential neighbourhood, built within a former chalk quarry, in Strood, in the Medway district, in the ceremonial county of Kent, England.

Rochester

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Rochester is a town on the River Medway in the north of the English county of Kent. Together with its neighbouring towns of Chatham and Gillingham it forms a large urban area known as the Medway Towns.

Fort Borstal

Type: Fort
Description: fort in Medway, Kent, England, UK
Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Medway, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.3703° or 51° 22′ 13″ north

Longitude

0.48873° or 0° 29′ 19″ east

Open location code

9F329FCQ+4F

OpenStreetMap ID

way 90929252

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=fort

Wikidata ID

Q8564707

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