Fort Horsted
Fort Horsted is a scheduled monument that lies in the Horsted Valley to the South of Chatham, Kent, England. It is a late 19th-century Land Fort, and one of six constructed around Chatham and Gillingham, Kent to protect HM Dockyard Chatham from attack.- Type: Fort
- Description: fort in Medway, Kent, England, UK
- Also known as: “Fort Horstead”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rochester Airport and Thomas Aveling School and Community Library.
Rochester Airport
Aerodrome
Rochester Airport also known as Rochester Airfield, is a operational general aviation airport located 1.5 nautical miles south of Rochester in South East England, with the River Medway 1.5 NM from the end of runway 34, 3.4 mi from Chatham and its Historic Dockyard and the Medway area.
Thomas Aveling School and Community Library
Library
Photo: JuliaC2006, CC BY 2.0.
Thomas Aveling School and Community Library is situated 3,500 feet northwest of Fort Horsted.
St Stephen’s Church
Church
Photo: Chris Whippet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Stephen’s Church is situated 2,600 feet northeast of Fort Horsted.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Walderslade and Borstal.
Walderslade
Suburb
Photo: Chris Whippet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Walderslade is a large suburb of Chatham split between the unitary authority of Medway and the boroughs of Maidstone and Tonbridge & Malling in South East England.
Borstal
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. Borstal is situated 1½ miles northwest of Fort Horsted.
Chatham
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chatham is a historic maritime town in the English county of Kent, on the River Medway. Steeped in naval heritage, it offers a mix of cultural, outdoor, and family-friendly activities.
Fort Horsted
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Medway, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.3579° or 51° 21′ 28″ northLongitude
0.51351° or 0° 30′ 49″ eastOpen location code
9F329G57+5COpenStreetMap ID
way 90929255OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortWikidata ID
Q5471353
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