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Fort Cumberland

Fort Cumberland is a fort in City of Portsmouth, Hampshire. The register lists it as a scheduled monument. Around it, within 15 km, lie 87 more places, HMS Victory (5.6 km) first on our list.

Photo: Fort Cumberland, Chris Gunns (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

100 m

southeast of Portsmouth

Run by

English Heritage

a national heritage body

How well known

Top 23%

#1,932 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–23°C

In brief

Fort near Portsmouth

Just outside Portsmouth

Fort Cumberland is 100 m southeast of Portsmouth. 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; Portsmouth has 490 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

Warm months and wet ones

Aim for May to September, when Portsmouth reaches 18–23°C.

Jan9° / 3°86 mm

Feb9° / 3°60 mm

Mar12° / 4°50 mm

Apr15° / 6°53 mm

May18° / 8°43 mm

Jun21° / 11°50 mm

Jul23° / 13°46 mm

Aug23° / 13°60 mm

Sep20° / 11°58 mm

Oct16° / 9°88 mm

Nov12° / 6°90 mm

Dec10° / 3°89 mm

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

About

Fort Cumberland

It is looked after by English Heritage. Articles on it exist in 2 languages.

Portsmouth’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Fort
Run by: English Heritage
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: 100 m southeast of Portsmouth
Official site: historicengland.org.uk/about/contact-us/fort-cumberland

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

The map

Where to find Fort Cumberland

On this map, Fort Cumberland is orange and its neighbours are numbered.

Towns near it

Towns a short way from Fort Cumberland

The 3 towns are led in size by Portsmouth, with 223,324 people. From nearest to farthest, these towns all list it.

1 · 100 m northwest of it

Portsmouth

223,324 people · 64 places to visit

2 · 1.8 km east of it

South Hayling

15,305 people · 10 places to visit

3 · 4.4 km northeast of it

Stoke

1,267 people · 8 places to visit

Compare the 3 towns

Town	Where Fort Cumberland is	People	Places to visit
Portsmouth	100 m northwest of it	223,324	64
South Hayling	1.8 km east of it	15,305	10
Stoke	4.4 km northeast of it	1,267	8

Make a day of it

Next door to Fort Cumberland

Our list has 87 more within 15 km, among them 2 historic ships, 2 castles and 2 cathedrals.

Historic shipHMS Victory5.6 km away 2

MuseumMary Rose5.3 km away 3

Historic shipHMS Warrior5.5 km away 4

AttractionSpinnaker Tower5.4 km away 5

Castle · English HeritagePortchester Castle7.9 km away 6

CathedralPortsmouth Cathedral5.1 km away 7

CastleSouthsea Castle4.2 km away 8

CathedralCathedral of St John the Evangelist4.5 km away

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

A visit to Fort Cumberland: questions

Where is Fort Cumberland?

Fort Cumberland is 100 m southeast of Portsmouth, Hampshire.

What is Fort Cumberland?

Fort in City of Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK.

Who runs Fort Cumberland?

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

When is the best time to visit Fort Cumberland?

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

Is Fort Cumberland a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Fort Cumberland?

Within 15 km: HMS Victory (5.6 km), Mary Rose (5.3 km), HMS Warrior (5.5 km) and Spinnaker Tower (5.4 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 Cumberland: Chris Gunns, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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
Spinnaker Tower: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Portchester Castle: Matthew Folley from UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Portsmouth Cathedral: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Southsea Castle: Geni, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cathedral of St John the Evangelist: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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