Royal Armouries Fort Nelson
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"Friendly staff and an excellent and well-stocked shop."
Overview
Home to the Royal Armouries' collection of over 350 big guns, this superbly restored Victorian fort overlooks Portsmouth Harbour. Built in the 1860s to deter a threatened French invasion, there are secret tunnels, ramparts and galleries to explore with daily explosive gun firings.
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Location
Fort Nelson, Portsdown Hill Road, PORTSMOUTH, Hampshire, PO17 6AN
About the area
Hampshire’s varied landscape of hills and heaths, downlands and forests, valleys and coast are without rival in southern England. Hike across the chalk downland of the north Hampshire ‘highlands’, meander along peaceful paths through unspoilt river valleys of the Test, Itchen, Avon and Meon, or explore the lonely salt marshes and the beautiful medieval forest and heathland of the New Forest.
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