"1867 Island Fortress - Now a Hotel?" Topic
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Editor in Chief Bill | 29 Apr 2015 4:12 p.m. PST |
The name – No Man's Fort – certainly isn't welcoming.But the just-opened hotel on a man-made island in the middle of the Solent is taking guest reservations. Located on the straight that separates the Isle of Wight from mainland England, the hotel is accessible by boat via Portsmouth. It was built in 1867 to protect Portsmouth, according to its owners… link |
Coelacanth | 30 Apr 2015 9:55 a.m. PST |
If the décor were a bit more Victorian, I would be happier. It still seems an interesting site. Ron |
Big Martin Back | 01 May 2015 4:26 a.m. PST |
I'd hardly call the Spithead forts "remote"! I've always wanted to get out to one of them. Maybe there's a chance now. |
Khazarmac | 01 May 2015 10:15 a.m. PST |
One used to be a museum, not sure if this is the same one actually. Have been on that one, both as a tourist and professionally during some construction work. Great fun. There are few of these dotted around the coast; in the Solent and I think other ports too. Even if you can't make it out to the sea forts, you can visit others "Palmerston's Follies" on land. Fort Nelson houses the Tower Armouries artillery collection, and you can also visit a whole range of other nearby forts. At least a couple are actually now industrial estates, with companies working in the artillery "embrasures" (not right word I think). link
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Khazarmac | 01 May 2015 10:15 a.m. PST |
Whoops, the picture was the map on the Wiki page. |
Legbiter | 01 May 2015 1:36 p.m. PST |
Fort Nelson is the best IMO, housing an interesting collection of artillery, and largely preserved in its Victorian state. HMS Warrior, a ship, is probably the best of the three historic ships preserved in Portsmouth purely in terms of a visit, and is roughly of the same epoch. |
Khazarmac | 02 May 2015 3:17 a.m. PST |
If in a car, Fort Brockhurst in Fareham/Gosport is also worth a visit. Very similar design to Fort Nelson and the others. Not sure if this will work, but Google Maps terrain view is a nice way to see all of these. This link here; link should (hopefully) show Fort Brockhurst at the top, and two more forts on MOD land south of it. With further forts and batteries dotted round the area. Interstingly, the land forts all point inland, to protect Portsmouth against a potential land invasion by the French further up the coast. |
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