Fort · near Portsmouth · Hampshire

Fort Purbrook

Look for Fort Purbrook 100 m northeast of Portsmouth. It counts as a scheduled monument. Around it, within 15 km, lie 73 more places, HMS Victory (7.6 km) first on our list.

Photo: Fort Purbrook, Simon Burchell (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where

100 m

northeast of Portsmouth

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–23°C

In brief

Fort near Portsmouth

Just outside Portsmouth

Fort Purbrook is 100 m northeast of Portsmouth. Towns near it ↓

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

The year in Portsmouth

Highs of 18–23°C mark May to September in Portsmouth.

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 Purbrook

Fort in Havant, Hampshire, England, UK.

Portsmouth’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Fort
Listed: Scheduled monument
Town: 100 m northeast of Portsmouth

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

The map

Mapping Fort Purbrook

The orange dot is Fort Purbrook; the numbers are the places near it, as listed below.

Towns near it

Bases near Fort Purbrook

Portsmouth is the biggest of the 7 bases nearby (223,324 people). Each of these towns lists it on its own page of things to do.

1 · 100 m southwest of it

Portsmouth

223,324 people · 64 places to visit

2 · 300 m north of it

Waterlooville

34,766 people · 11 places to visit

3 · 1.3 km east of it

Havant

46,964 people · 7 places to visit

4 · 4.1 km north of it

Horndean

34,046 people · 8 places to visit

Compare the 7 towns

Town	Where Fort Purbrook is	People	Places to visit
Portsmouth	100 m southwest of it	223,324	64
Waterlooville	300 m north of it	34,766	11
Havant	1.3 km east of it	46,964	7
Horndean	4.1 km north of it	34,046	8
Southwick	4.6 km northwest of it	703	9
Stoke	5 km southeast of it	1,267	8
Denmead	5 km north of it	6,509	5

Make a day of it

Close to Fort Purbrook

A visit can add 2 historic ships, 2 castles and 2 cathedrals, from 73 places within 15 km.

Historic shipHMS Victory7.6 km away 2

MuseumMary Rose7.7 km away 3

Castle · English HeritagePortchester Castle5.7 km away 4

Historic shipHMS Warrior7.9 km away 5

AttractionSpinnaker Tower8.1 km away 6

CathedralPortsmouth Cathedral8.4 km away 7

CathedralCathedral of St John the Evangelist7.1 km away 8

CastleSouthsea Castle9.1 km away

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

Asked about Fort Purbrook

Where is Fort Purbrook?

Fort Purbrook is 100 m northeast of Portsmouth, Hampshire.

What is Fort Purbrook?

Fort in Havant, Hampshire, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Fort Purbrook?

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

Is Fort Purbrook a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Fort Purbrook?

Within 15 km: HMS Victory (7.6 km), Mary Rose (7.7 km), Portchester Castle (5.7 km) and HMS Warrior (7.9 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 Purbrook: Simon Burchell, 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
Portchester Castle: Matthew Folley from UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
HMS Warrior: geni, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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
Southsea Castle: Geni, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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