Museum · Gosport · Hampshire

Fort Brockhurst

Fort Brockhurst is a historic fort in Gosport. Its status is a scheduled monument. Within 15 km there are 99 more places to visit, starting with HMS Victory (3.5 km).

Photo: Fort Brockhurst, Michael Coppins (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where

In Gosport

inside the built-up area

Run by

English Heritage

a national heritage body

How well known

Top 19%

#1,601 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–23°C

In brief

Museum in Gosport

Inside Gosport

Fort Brockhurst is inside Gosport’s built-up area, with 34 more places to visit within 5 km. 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; Gosport has 160 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

Weather by the month

The warmest afternoons in Gosport run May to September, at 18–23°C.

Jan9° / 3°86 mm

Feb10° / 3°59 mm

Mar12° / 4°51 mm

Apr15° / 6°53 mm

May18° / 9°44 mm

Jun21° / 11°49 mm

Jul23° / 13°52 mm

Aug23° / 13°57 mm

Sep21° / 11°64 mm

Oct17° / 9°88 mm

Nov13° / 6°97 mm

Dec10° / 4°96 mm

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

About

Fort Brockhurst

It is in the care of English Heritage. There are Wikipedia articles on it in 3 languages.

Gosport’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Run by: English Heritage
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 3 languages
Town: in Gosport
Official site: english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/fort-brockhurst

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

The map

Where Fort Brockhurst is

Use the numbers to match each place near Fort Brockhurst with the list.

Towns near it

Staying near Fort Brockhurst

Largest of the 5 is Portsmouth, home to 223,324. Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.

1 · It’s in town

Gosport

70,120 people · 57 places to visit

2 · 2.5 km west of it

Peel Common

263 people · 12 places to visit

3 · 2.5 km west of it

Lee-on-the-Solent

24,307 people · 21 places to visit

4 · 2.8 km northwest of it

Fareham

42,633 people · 20 places to visit

Compare the 5 towns

Town	Where Fort Brockhurst is	People	Places to visit
Gosport	It’s in town	70,120	57
Peel Common	2.5 km west of it	263	12
Lee-on-the-Solent	2.5 km west of it	24,307	21
Fareham	2.8 km northwest of it	42,633	20
Portsmouth	2.8 km east of it	223,324	64

Make a day of it

Make a day of it near Fort Brockhurst

Choose from 99 places within 15 km, such as 2 historic ships, 2 cathedrals and a museum.

Historic shipHMS Victory3.5 km away 2

MuseumMary Rose3.8 km away 3

Historic shipHMS Warrior3.7 km away 4

Castle · English HeritagePortchester Castle3.8 km away 5

Historic house · English HeritageOsborne House11 km away 6

AttractionSpinnaker Tower3.9 km away 7

CathedralPortsmouth Cathedral4.5 km away 8

CathedralCathedral of St John the Evangelist4.6 km away

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

Fort Brockhurst: what to know

Where is Fort Brockhurst?

Fort Brockhurst is in Gosport, Hampshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Fort Brockhurst?

Historic fort in Gosport, England.

Who runs Fort Brockhurst?

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

When is the best time to visit Fort Brockhurst?

May to September are the warmest months in Gosport, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Fort Brockhurst a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Fort Brockhurst?

Within 15 km: HMS Victory (3.5 km), Mary Rose (3.8 km), HMS Warrior (3.7 km) and Portchester Castle (3.8 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)

Fort Brockhurst: Michael Coppins, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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
HMS Warrior: geni, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Portchester Castle: Matthew Folley from UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Osborne House: Humac45, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Spinnaker Tower: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Portsmouth Cathedral: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Cathedral of St John the Evangelist: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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