306495°W / 50.816272; -1.306495 Calshot Spit is a one-mile long sand and shingle bank, near the village of Calshot, located on the southern bank of the...
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Solent. In 1539, Henry VIII ordered the construction of Calshot Castle, at the end of Calshot Spit, to defend the port of Southampton from attack. Its strategic...
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Ocean Village, Southampton (redirect from Calshot Spit (lightship))
No. 78 - Calshot Spit 1914 - 1978". Archived from the original on 9 August 2006. Retrieved 2 July 2006. Bethan Phillips. "Landmark Calshot Spit lightship...
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Solent Sky (section Calshot Spit lightship)
also coverage of the Schneider Trophy seaplane races, twice held at Calshot Spit, and the flying boat services which operated from the Solent. The forerunner...
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LV 78 Calshot Spit is a former Trinity House lightvessel that was anchored off Calshot Spit and is now a museum ship in Southampton. LV 78 was built in...
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marine craft maintenance and training unit. It was located at the end of Calshot Spit in Southampton Water, Hampshire, England, at grid reference SU487024...
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Calshot Castle is an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII on the Calshot Spit, Hampshire, England, between 1539 and 1540. It formed part of the King's...
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Country Park. To the south, Southampton Water enters the Solent between Calshot Spit and Hill Head. Southampton Water is an estuary with major potential for...
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Calshot Activities Centre is located on Calshot Spit near Southampton. Indoor facilities include the oldest indoor velodrome in Britain, a dry ski slope...
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Light Vessel 12 Spurn Light Vessel 14 Spurn North Carr LV 14 Sula LV 78 Calshot Spit LV 91 Warships CMB 4 HMS Alliance HMS Belfast HMS Bronington HMS Caroline...
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