The Harbourside, Fort Road
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The Harbourside, Fort Road
Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 29 May 2008
Former hotel constructed in 1891 on the junction of Fort Road and Gibbon Road. Previously known as the Sheffield Arms and named after the local landowner, the hotel/pub only changed its name four years ago. There has been mention of a previous pub bearing the same name on or near the site from the 1860s serving a small shanty town that grew up whlst the nearby breakwater was being constructed. The area between the two road junctions on the left (Court Farm Road and Gibbon Road) was once a tramway connecting the nearby Meeching Quarry to the harbourside and operated between 1878 and 1939.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.787288
Longitude
0.05101