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Lighthouses · South East England

St Helens Fort

In or near Brading.

St Helens Fort — sea fort with lighthouse in the Solent close to the Isle of Wight, England, UK.

St Helens Fort

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St Helens Fort is a lighthouse in south east. Established 1867. (Sea fort off the Isle of Wight, England.) Wikipedia notes: "St Helens Fort is a sea fort in the Solent close to the Isle of Wight, one of the Palmerston Forts near Portsmouth. It was built as a result of the Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom of 1859, in order to protect the St Helens anchorage.". Coordinates 50.7051°, -1.0839°. Sources are credited at the bottom of this page.

Coordinates
50.7051, -1.0839
Established
1867

Sources

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