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Fort Widley
Portsdown Hill Road, Cosham, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England[1][2][3]
View from north of Fort Widley
Coordinates50°51′15″N 1°04′03″W / 50.8541°N 1.0676°W / 50.8541; -1.0676
Site information
OwnerPortsmouth City Council
Site history
Built1860–1870
Built byWilliam Tredwell
MaterialsBrick, earth

Fort Widley is one of the forts built on top of Portsdown Hill between 1860 and 1868 on the recommendation of the Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom.[4] It was designed, along with the other Palmerston Forts atop Portsdown, to protect Portsmouth from attack from the rear.[4]

  1. ^ "Peter Ashley Activity Centres - Fort Widley Equestrian Centre". Visit Portsmouth. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Peter Ashley Activity Centres - Fort Widley, Equestrian Centre". Visit Hampshire. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Fort Widley, Cosham, City of Portsmouth". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  4. ^ a b Corney, Arthur (1984). Fort Widley and the Great Forts on Portsdown. Portsmouth City Museums. pp. 5–6.

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