Palmerston Forts Society

Aberdeen

 
Chatham & Medway
Fort Horsted www.forthorsted.co.uk

Cork

Fort Camden
Fort Westmoreland
www.spikeislandcork.ie
 
Dover

 

Dundee

Falmouth
 
Harwich
Landguard Fort
Humber
Paull Point Fort Fort
Inverness
Jersey

Elizabeth Castle www.jerseyheritage.org/places-to-visit/elizabeth-castle
La Crete Fort www.jerseyheritage.org/heritage-holiday-lets/la-crete-fort
L’Etaquerel Fort www.jerseyheritage.org/heritage-holiday-lets/l-etacquerel-fort-
Lewis Tower www.jerseyheritage.org/heritage-holiday-lets/lewis-s-tower
Fort Regent www.gov.je/Leisure/Sport/Facilities/Indoor/Pages/FortRegent.aspx

 

Lough Foyle
 
Lough Swilly
 
Mersey
Milford Haven
Orkney
Hackness Battery
Plymouth

Portland
Portsmouth

Bembridge Fort

www.nationaltrust.org.uk/bembridge-fort/

Bouldnor Battery (1941)

www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/see-bouldnor-copse.pdf/$FILE/see-bouldnor-copse.pdf

Fort Brockhurst

www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/fort-brockhurst

Calshot Battery

www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/calshot-castle

Fort Cumberland

www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/fort-cumberland

Eastney Battery East

www.royalmarinesmuseum.co.uk

Fort Gilkicker

www.fortgilkicker.com

Golden Hill Fort

www.goldenhillfort.co.uk

Hilsea Lines

www.portsmouth.gov.uk/media/Hilsea_Lines_History_Leaflet.pdf

Horse Sand Fort

www.clarenco.com

Hurst Castle

www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/hurst-castle

Lumps Fort

www.portsmouth.gov.uk/living/4534.html

Fort Nelson

www.royalarmouries.org/visit-us/fort-nelson

New Needles Battery

www.nationaltrust.org.uk/home/item280438

Nodes Point Battery

www.park-resorts.com/holiday-parks/isle-of-wight/nodes-point

No Mans Land Fort www.clarenco.com

Old Needles Battery

www.theneedlesbattery.org.uk/

Point Battery

www.portsmouth-guide.co.uk/local/sqrntwr.htm

Fort Purbrook

www.peterashleyactivitycentres.co.uk

Sandown (Granite) Fort

www.isleofwightzoo.com/about-us.aspx

Southsea Castle Batteries

www.southseacastle.co.uk

Spitbank Fort

www.spitbankfort.com/

Fort Victoria

www.fortvictoria.co.uk

Fort Wallington

fwie.co.uk

Warden Point Battery

fortwardenheights.com

Fort Widley

www.peterashleyactivitycentres.co.uk

Yaverland Battery

http://sandownbay.com


Sussex

Littlehampton Fort

www.littlehamptonfort.co.uk

Newhaven Fort www.newhavenfort.org.uk
Shoreham Redoubt www.shorehamfort.co.uk

Thames

Coalhouse Fort www.coalhousefort.co.uk
Coalhouse QF Battery www.coalhousefort.co.uk
New Tavern Fort www.gravesham.gov.uk/index.jsp?articleid=960
Slough Fort
http://www.sloughfort.org.uk/
Tilbury Fort www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/tilbury-fort

Tyne - Tees

Heugh Battery www.heughbattery.com
Tynemouth Castle www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/tynemouth-priory-and-castle

 

West Country

Dartmouth Old Battery www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/dartmouth-castle
Fowey Battery www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/st-catherines-castle

News

Volunteers needed to help get the big guns firing at Fort Nelson.

Volunteers are needed to help bring gun firing back to Fort Nelson in Portsmouth. The Portsdown Artillery Volunteers (PAV) were established to reenact the firing of the Victorian guns at Fort Nelson on Portsdown Hill and they are looking to recruit new volunteers to help both fire and maintain the mighty Victorian guns. If you are interested in joining the Portsdown Artillery Volunteers and demonstrating this forgotten part of Britain’s history, you can contact the team at enquiries@palmerstonfortssociety.org.uk or you can talk to some of the volunteers at their Fort Nelson open day between 10am and 4pm on Sunday 22 October
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R.I.P. David Moore

The PFS is saddened to announce the passing of a founding member and great friend of the PFS - David Moore - a person of vast Victorian fortifications knowledge. The delay in advising the membership is out of respect for David's family who did not want it to be publicised until after his funeral.

Fort Gilkicker sold for £1.386M

The online auction on the Clive Emson site has just ended with Fort Gilkicker being sold for £1.386 million against a guide price of £1.5 million.  There were four bidders willing to pay at least £1.35 million. We also have just had a recent report that intruders to the site – which is hardly secure – have done more permanent damage to the barracks block. We can only hope that the new owner – whatever their intentions – gets this site secure and safe very soon.

Horse Sand Fort sold for £715,000

The BBC website has just announced the following.... 'A derelict sea fort built to deter a French invasion in the 19th Century has been sold for £715,000.
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