Cliff End Battery

Cliff End Battery
Cliff End, Isle of Wight, England
A 12.5 inch gun from Cliff End Battery.
Cliff End Battery
Coordinates	50°42′01″N 1°31′45″W / 50.700141°N 1.52914°W / 50.700141; -1.52914
Site information
Open to the public	Yes
Site history
Built	1868
In use	Holiday bungalow development
Materials	Concrete

Cliff End Battery (map reference SZ333890) is a battery on the west coast of the Isle of Wight overlooking Fort Albert. It is one of the many Palmerston Forts built on the island to protect it in response to a perceived French invasion. Construction of the battery began in 1862 and was completed by 1868 at a cost of £32,714. Today much of the land is used as a site for holiday bungalows.

External links

Victorian Forts data sheet on Fort Albert

Palmerston Forts on the Isle of Wight

Western side	Freshwater Redoubt The Needles Battery Hatherwood Battery Warden Point Battery Golden Hill Fort Cliff End Battery Fort Albert Fort Victoria Bouldnor Battery

Eastern side	Puckpool Battery Nodes Point Battery Steynewood Battery Culver Battery Bembridge Fort Redcliff Battery Yaverland Battery Sandown Fort Sandown Barrack Battery

Solent	Spitbank Fort St Helens Fort Horse Sand Fort No Man's Land Fort

List of Palmerston Forts on the Isle of Wight

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