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Houston House, Calshot Spit
by Phil Champion
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Originally the Officers' mess at RAF Calshot. Now part of Calshot Activities Centre.
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Memorial to Calshot Airfield at Calshot Spit
by Phil Champion
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The spit was the site of a Royal Naval Air Station, later RAF Calshot, which... (more)
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Buildings at Calshot Spit
by Phil Champion
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Including the RNLI's Calshot Lifeboat Station, Calshot Castle (Henry... (more)
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Calshot Tower NCI Station and Calshot Lifeboat Station
by Phil Champion
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The radar and lookout tower at Calshot Spit was built in 1973 as part of the... (more)
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Vegetated shingle and buildings at Calshot Spit
by Phil Champion
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The buildings are part of the Calshot Activities Centre. This was RAF Calshot,... (more)
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Buildings at Calshot Activities Centre, Calshot Spit
by Phil Champion
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This was formerly RAF Calshot, initially a seaplane and flying boat station.... (more)
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Houston House, Calshot Spit
by Phil Champion
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Originally the Officers' mess at RAF Calshot. Now part of Calshot Activities Centre.
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Calshot Castle and 1970s radar / lookout tower, Calshot Spit
by Phil Champion
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Beach alongside Houston House, Calshot Spit
by Phil Champion
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The building was originally the Officers' mess at RAF Calshot. It is now... (more)
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Calshot Castle
by Phil Champion
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A panoramic view of the castle, with its surrounding moat.
This is an... (more)
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Calshot Castle
by Phil Champion
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An artillery fort built at the end of Calshot Spit for Henry VIII between 1539... (more)
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Traffic calming and cycle facility on Jack Maynard Road, Calshot Spit
by Phil Champion
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Vehicles leaving (heading south west) must give way to those heading on to the... (more)
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Drain on north side of Jack Maynard Road, Calshot Spit
by Phil Champion
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Sopwith Hangar and Stainforth Cottage, Calshot Activities Centre
by Phil Champion
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The hangar was built in 1913 to house seaplanes at Calshot Naval Air Station... (more)
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Vegetated shingle on Calshot Spit
by Phil Champion
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Calshot Lifeboat Station and base of Radar Tower / NCI Calshot lookout station
by Phil Champion
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Swimming Pool and Sopwith Hangar, Calshot Activities Centre
by Phil Champion
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The hangar was built in 1913 to house seaplanes at Calshot Naval Air Station.
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Schneider Hangar, Calshot Activities Centre
by Phil Champion
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The hangar is one of several on the site with date from Calshot's time as a... (more)
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Buildings at Calshot Activities Centre
by Phil Champion
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The buildings were formerly part of RAF Calshot, initially a seaplane flying... (more)
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Gate passage at Calshot Castle
by Phil Champion
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12 pounder Quick Firing gun on the roof of Calshot Castle
by Phil Champion
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View from the roof of Calshot Castle
by Phil Champion
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12 pounder QF gun on the roof of Calshot Castle
by Phil Champion
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Not the original gun installed in 1907, but of a similar type.
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Ammunition locker on the roof of Calshot Castle
by Phil Champion
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Supplying two 12 pounder QF guns installed on the roof in 1907.
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Window in the keep at Calshot Castle
by Phil Champion
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Tudor fireplace in the keep at Calshot Castle
by Phil Champion
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Hidden behind paneling, this appears to be the original Tudor fireplace, with... (more)
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Stairs in the keep at Calshot Castle
by Phil Champion
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Barracks on the first floor of Calshot Castle.
by Phil Champion
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This barracks room was created between 1896 and 1900 and would have housed 11... (more)
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24 pounder guns at Calshot Castle
by Phil Champion
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According to the Royal Armouries... (more)
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Searchlight housing at Calshot Castle
by Phil Champion
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Between 1895 and 1900 housings were added for three 'Defence Electric... (more)
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9 pounder guns at Calshot Castle
by Phil Champion
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Cast-iron smooth-bore 9 pounder Blomefield design guns. Sitting on reproduction... (more)
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Rear of the gatehouse range at Calshot Castle
by Phil Champion
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The original 16th century gatehouse was expanded in the 1770s to provide... (more)
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Calshot Lifeboat Station
by Phil Champion
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Lamp niches in the basement of Calshot Castle
by Phil Champion
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The brick cross wall with lamp niches was added in 1907 when the basement was... (more)
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