Fort Luton
Fort Luton was built between 1876 and 1892 south of Chatham, Medway, South East England. It is one of the five late Victorian land front forts built to defend the overland approaches to Chatham.Photo: Youfoundmeout, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Victory Academy and Holcombe Grammar School.
The Victory Academy
School
Photo: Boracademy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Victory Academy is a mixed secondary school and sixth form located in Chatham in the English county of Kent. The Victory Academy is situated 1,000 feet northeast of Fort Luton.
Holcombe Grammar School
School
Photo: Gary Kirk, Public domain.
Holcombe Grammar School is a grammar school with academy status in Chatham, Kent, England. They are part of Thinking Schools Academy Trust. Holcombe is a selective school. Holcombe Grammar School is situated 2,200 feet west of Fort Luton.
St Stephen’s Church
Church
Photo: Chris Whippet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Stephen’s Church is situated 2,700 feet west of Fort Luton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chatham and Gillingham.
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.
Gillingham
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gillingham is a town on the River Medway in the north of the English county of Kent. Together with its neighbouring towns of Rochester and Chatham it forms a large urban area known as the Medway Towns.
Brompton
Village
Photo: Chris Whippet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brompton is a suburban village situated between the town centres of Gillingham and Chatham, lying adjacent to Chatham Dockyard in Medway, Kent, England. Its name means "a farmstead where broom grows" — broom is a small yellow flowering shrub. Brompton is situated 2 miles north of Fort Luton.
Fort Luton
- Type: Fort
- Description: Medway fort
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Frindsbury Extra, Medway, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.36589° or 51° 21′ 57″ northLongitude
0.53057° or 0° 31′ 50″ eastOpen location code
9F329G8J+96OpenStreetMap ID
way 90929256OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortWikidata ID
Q5471557
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In Other Languages
“Fort Luton” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “حصن لوتون”
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