• Fort Victoria is a former military fort on the Isle of Wight, England (grid reference SZ339898), built to guard the Solent. The earliest fort on the site...
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  • Fort Victoria may refer to: Fort Victoria, Alberta, Canada Fort Victoria (British Columbia), Canada Fort Victoria (Isle of Wight), England Fort Victoria...
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    Fort Albert (map reference SZ330890) is a tower fort nestling under the cliffs south-west of Fort Victoria on the Isle of Wight, England. It was also...
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    The Isle of Wight (/waɪt/ WYTE) is an island off the south coast of England which, together with its surrounding uninhabited islets and skerries, is also...
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    member of her class. Fort Victoria was ordered from Harland and Wolff in 1986, and was launched in 1990. She is named after Fort Victoria on the Isle of Wight...
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    Archaeology Discover Centre (category Museums on the Isle of Wight)
    in Fort Victoria on the Isle of Wight, England. The museum was run by archaeologists based on the Isle of Wight. It was housed in five of the fort's former...
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    Isle of Wight The Palmerston Forts are a group of forts and associated structures built during the Victorian period on the recommendations of the 1860...
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    in the north of the Isle of Wight, on the east bank of the River Medina, next to its west bank neighbour Cowes. It has a population of 8,428 according...
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    The Isle of Wight is rich in historical and archaeological sites, from prehistoric fossil beds with dinosaur remains, to dwellings and artefacts dating...
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    village and civil parish at the western end of the Isle of Wight, England. The southern, coastal part of the village is Freshwater Bay, named for the...
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  • Many forts and fortifications have been built to protect the Isle of Wight (South England) from foreign invasion. Throughout history the island has been...
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  • This is a list of beaches of the Isle of Wight[better source needed]: Alum Bay Bembridge Beach Binnel Bay Binstead Bouldnor Brighstone Bay Brook Bay Castle...
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    Cowes (redirect from Cowes, Isle of Wight)
    civil parish on the Isle of Wight. Cowes is located on the west bank of the estuary of the River Medina, facing the smaller town of East Cowes on the east...
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  • south-east coast of the Isle of Wight, England. The neighbouring resort of Shanklin and the settlement of Lake are sited just to the south of the town. Sandown...
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    village of Carisbrooke (near Newport), Isle of Wight, England. Charles I was imprisoned at the castle in the months prior to his trial. The site of Carisbrooke...
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  • list of notable people born in or strongly associated with the Isle of Wight, alphabetically within categories. Dr Thomas Arnold, headmaster of Rugby...
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    Needles are a row of three stacks of chalk that rise about 30 metres (98 ft) out of the sea off the western extremity of the Isle of Wight in the English...
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  • The Isle of Wight Militia (IoWM) was an auxiliary military force on the Isle of Wight off the South Coast of England. From their formal organisation as...
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    The Solent (category Landforms of the Isle of Wight)
    strait between the Isle of Wight and mainland Great Britain; the major historic ports of Southampton and Portsmouth lie inland of its shores. It is about...
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    Norris Castle (category Country houses on the Isle of Wight)
    on the Isle of Wight. It was designed by James Wyatt for Lord Henry Seymour. The estate adjoins Osborne House, country home to Queen Victoria. On the...
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    in Scotland of which circa 110 are located around the coasts of Shetland. Bedruthan Steps, Cornwall, England The Needles, Isle of Wight, England Old...
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    Barton Manor (category Country houses on the Isle of Wight)
    first mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. It is a Jacobean manor house in Whippingham, on the Isle of Wight. While it retains two 17th-century elevations...
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  • The following is a list of tourist attractions on the Isle of Wight. List of beaches of the Isle of Wight...
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  • resurgence of French naval power under Louis Napoleon III. On the Isle of Wight there was a major programme of fortification, including Forts Victoria, Albert...
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  • events. The Trust also runs the Sunken Secrets exhibition at Fort Victoria on the Isle of Wight. In 2011, the Trust was awarded a Europa Nostra award for...
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  • Seesaw searchlight (category Types of lamp)
    found at: Fort Ballance, Wellington, New Zealand Fort Victoria, Isle of Wight Warden Point Battery on the Isle of Wight Military applications of searchlight...
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  • Hampshire Militia was an auxiliary military force in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight in Southern England. From their formal organisation as Trained Bands...
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    Wikimedia Commons has media related to Museums on the Isle of Wight. This list of museums on the Isle of Wight, England contains museums which are defined for...
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    (1993). Fort Victoria; A History. 1855-1969. Isle of Wight Countryside Service. ISBN 0-9521370-0-3. Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the...
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    Front Forts of Milford Haven, Plymouth, Cork and Portsmouth/ Isle of Wight Fortresses. The 1869 'Report on the Construction Condition and Costs of Fortification'...
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