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Fort Widley

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Fort Wildley, Portsdown Hill, Portsmouth North
Fort Wildley, Portsdown Hill, Portsmouth North

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. It was designed, along with the other Palmerston Forts atop Portsdown, to protect Portsmouth from attack from the rear.

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Fort Widley
Portsdown Hill Road, Portsmouth Cosham

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Fort Widley

Portsdown Hill Road
PO6 3LS Portsmouth, Cosham
England, United Kingdom
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Fort Wildley, Portsdown Hill, Portsmouth North
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