Castle · near Holbury · Hampshire

Calshot Castle

Calshot Castle is an artillery fort on the Calshot Spit, Hampshire. It lies 2 km east of Holbury. Its status is a scheduled monument.

Photo: Calshot Castle, Geni (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

2 km

east of Holbury

Run by

English Heritage

a national heritage body

How well known

Top 8%

#682 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–22°C

In brief

Castle near Holbury

One of the best-known places to visit in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

#682 of the 8,556 museums, castles, gardens and other attractions we list, by how widely it is covered (8 Wikipedias). About ↓

Just outside Holbury

Calshot Castle is 2 km east of Holbury. Towns near it ↓

Cared for by English Heritage

One of the places English Heritage looks after; members usually get in free. About ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Holbury has 8 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Seasons in Holbury

From May to September, Holbury sees highs of 18–22°C.

Jan9° / 3°97 mm

Feb9° / 3°64 mm

Mar11° / 4°55 mm

Apr14° / 6°57 mm

May18° / 8°47 mm

Jun20° / 11°48 mm

Jul22° / 13°48 mm

Aug22° / 13°63 mm

Sep20° / 11°63 mm

Oct16° / 9°95 mm

Nov12° / 6°102 mm

Dec10° / 4°98 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Holbury, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Holbury. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Holbury’s full climate →

About

Calshot Castle

Care of the site is provided by English Heritage. Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 8 languages. Nearby, Osborne House (8.1 km) heads a list of 97 within 15 km.

Holbury’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Run by: English Heritage
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 8 languages
Town: 2 km east of Holbury
Official site: english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/calshot-castle

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Map of Calshot Castle and nearby

Use the numbers to match each place near Calshot Castle with the list.

Towns near it

Towns around Calshot Castle, by distance

Of the 8, Locks Heath is the largest, at 35,744 people. The towns whose pages list it: the one it is in, those within 5 km of it, then larger towns further out.

1 · 2 km west of it

Holbury

7,339 people · 15 places to visit

2 · 2.7 km northeast of it

Locks Heath

35,744 people · 11 places to visit

3 · 3.6 km west of it

Blackfield and Langley

5,844 people · 11 places to visit

4 · 3.7 km north of it

Hamble-le-Rice

4,613 people · 10 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Calshot Castle is	People	Places to visit
Holbury	2 km west of it	7,339	15
Locks Heath	2.7 km northeast of it	35,744	11
Blackfield and Langley	3.6 km west of it	5,844	11
Hamble-le-Rice	3.7 km north of it	4,613	10
Lee-on-the-Solent	4.6 km east of it	24,307	21
Netley	6.8 km northwest of it	6,309	20
Cowes	7.3 km south of it	14,366	16
East Cowes	7.7 km south of it	8,424	16

Each has its own grades, prices and things to do.

Make a day of it

Close to Calshot Castle

97 more lie within 15 km, 3 castles, 2 historic ships and a historic house among them.

Historic house · English HeritageOsborne House8.1 km away 2

Historic shipHMS Victory14 km away 3

MuseumMary Rose14 km away 4

Castle · English HeritageCarisbrooke Castle15 km away 5

Historic shipHMS Warrior14 km away 6

Castle · English HeritagePortchester Castle14 km away 7

AttractionSpinnaker Tower14 km away 8

CastleNetley Castle7.4 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Questions before you go

Where is Calshot Castle?

Calshot Castle is 2 km east of Holbury, Hampshire.

What is Calshot Castle?

Artillery fort on the Calshot Spit, Hampshire, England, UK.

Who runs Calshot Castle?

English Heritage, so members usually get in free; check opening times before you go.

When is the best time to visit Calshot Castle?

May to September are the warmest months in Holbury, with afternoon highs of 18–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Calshot Castle a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Calshot Castle?

Within 15 km: Osborne House (8.1 km), HMS Victory (14 km), Mary Rose (14 km) and Carisbrooke Castle (15 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

Calshot Castle: Geni, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Osborne House: Humac45, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
HMS Victory: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Mary Rose: Mary Rose Trust, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Carisbrooke Castle: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
HMS Warrior: geni, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Portchester Castle: Matthew Folley from UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Spinnaker Tower: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Netley Castle: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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