Southsea Castle

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Southsea Castle by Martyn Pattison as part of the Geograph project.

The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.

There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk

Southsea Castle

Image: © Martyn Pattison Taken: 7 May 2005

The castle is divided between SZ6498 and SZ6497. It was built in 1544 by Henry VIII as part of a campaign of castle building along the south coast.

Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0

Image Location

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Latitude
50.778109
Longitude
-1.08881