Fort Widley
Fort Widley is a fort in Portsmouth. It is on the official list as a scheduled monument. Top of the 75 other places within 15 km is HMS Victory, 6.5 km off.
Fort near Portsmouth
Just outside Portsmouth
Fort Widley is 200 m north 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.
Seasons and weather
Highs of 18–23°C mark May to September in Portsmouth.
Fort Widley
There are Wikipedia articles on it in 3 languages.
- Type
- Fort
- Listed
- Scheduled monument
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 3 languages
- Town
- 200 m north of Portsmouth
Getting to Fort Widley
The map centres on Fort Widley, in orange, with nearby places numbered.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns around Fort Widley, by distance
The 6 towns are led in size by Portsmouth, with 223,324 people. The towns are in order of distance, its own town first.
Portsmouth
Waterlooville
Southwick
Havant
Compare the 6 towns
| Town | Where Fort Widley is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portsmouth | 200 m south of it | 223,324 | 64 |
| Waterlooville | 900 m northeast of it | 34,766 | 11 |
| Southwick | 2.9 km northwest of it | 703 | 9 |
| Havant | 3.4 km east of it | 46,964 | 7 |
| Denmead | 4.5 km north of it | 6,509 | 5 |
| Horndean | 4.9 km northeast of it | 34,046 | 8 |
More to see nearby
Within 15 km you can add 2 historic ships, 2 castles and 2 cathedrals.
Historic shipHMS Victory6.5 km away2
MuseumMary Rose6.6 km away3
Castle · English HeritagePortchester Castle3.8 km away4
Historic shipHMS Warrior6.9 km away5
AttractionSpinnaker Tower7.1 km away6
CathedralPortsmouth Cathedral7.5 km away7
CathedralCathedral of St John the Evangelist6.3 km away8
CastleSouthsea Castle8.6 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Questions before you go
Where is Fort Widley?
Fort Widley is 200 m north of Portsmouth, Hampshire.
What is Fort Widley?
Fort in Portsmouth, UK.
When is the best time to visit Fort Widley?
May to September are the warmest months in Portsmouth, with afternoon highs of 18–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Fort Widley a listed building?
Yes: scheduled monument.
What else is there to see near Fort Widley?
Within 15 km: HMS Victory (6.5 km), Mary Rose (6.6 km), Portchester Castle (3.8 km) and HMS Warrior (6.9 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 Widley: Martyn Pattison, 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
- 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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