The private island Spitbank Fort in the Solent off Portsmouth
Saturday, 15 November 2014 - 03:36 am (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: Great Britain / Großbritannien General , House of the Month , Hotels
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Spitbank Fort 2012 © Sian Abrahams/cc-by-sa-3.0
🔊 Listen to this Post Spitbank Fort or
Spitsand Fort or
Spit Sand Fort or simply
Spit Fort is a sea fort built as a result of the 1859
Royal Commission . The fort is one of four located in the
Solent , near
Portsmouth in England.
Work on constructing the fort started in 1861 but was soon halted for a review into the best way to defend the Solent and approaches to Portsmouth Harbour . Work restarted in 1867 and was completed in 1878.Horse Sand Fort and No Man’s Land Fort . Its main purpose was as a further line of defence for ships that made it past the two main forts. It is 162 feet in diameter across at its base, with 1 floor and a basement and armour plating only on the seaward side.
No Man's Land Fort on the left, Spitbank Fort in front of Portsmouth Harbour entrance, Horse Sand Fort to the right © spitbankfort.com
The fort was declared surplus to requirements in 1962 and disposed of by the Ministry of Defence in 1982. The fort is now privately owned and once opened as a museum. It has 50 rooms, its own dance hall, restaurant, and was once available for private functions with limited accommodation available.
Beginning June 4, 2002 the Fort was used as a location for
Banged Up With Beadle . For six weeks British TV personality
Jeremy Beadle was locked in its dungeons. Cameras followed him as he coped with survival, plus learning skills with a different member of the public each week. These skills were put to the test as a live insert each Saturday evening into
Ant and Dec’s Takeaway . The fort was also featured on an episode of
Most Haunted in series 8.
In 2009 it was put on sale for GB£800,000 but was sold before auction, reportedly for more than £1m.
Spitbank Fort is currently owned by Clarenco LLP (owners of
Horse Sand Fort and
No Man’s Land Fort ), and has been renovated for use as a small luxury spa hotel and retreat with 8 bedroom suites.
Read more on
SolentForts.com – Spitbank Fort and
Wikipedia Spitbank Fort . Learn more about the
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