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UK. England. Berkshire. 51°27′29″N 0°51′07″W. / 51.458°N 0.852°W / 51.458; -0.852. Hurst is a village in the civil parish of St Nicholas Hurst in the Borough of Wokingham, Berkshire, England. The village lies between Twyford and Wokingham, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of the M4 motorway.
- 2,008 (2001 census), 2,059 (2011 Census)
- Wokingham
Milford on Sea, Lymington, Hampshire, SO41 0TP. Hurst Castle provides a remote escape by the sea with plenty of things to see and do. Built by Henry VIII at the seaward end of a coastal spit, it was one of the most advanced artillery fortresses in England.
- Milford on Sea, Lymington, SO41 0TP, Hampshire
- 01590 642500
Hurst Castle is an artillery fort established by Henry VIII on the Hurst Spit in Hampshire, England, between 1541 and 1544. It formed part of the king's Device Forts coastal protection programme against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire , and defended the western entrance to the Solent waterway.
- 1541–44; 1861–74
- 1544-1945
- 9 October 1981
- English Heritage
Hurst Castle was built between 1541 and 1544 by Henry VIII as part of a chain of artillery fortresses protecting key ports and landing places around southern England. The castle guarded the Needles Passage leading to the Solent, the port of Southampton and the growing naval base at Portsmouth.
Research. Sources. Description of Hurst Castle. Hurst Castle stands at the end of a long, narrow shingle spit that connects it to the Hampshire coast. The Tudor fort at its heart still looks much as it did in the 16th century. To either side are the massive wing batteries built in the 1860s to house the huge new guns then coming into service.
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Hurst is a village in the civil parish of St Nicholas Hurst in the Borough of Wokingham, Berkshire, England. The village lies between Twyford and Wokingham, about 1.5 miles north of the M4 motorway. Map. Directions. Satellite. Photo Map. hurstpc.org.uk. Wikipedia. Photo: Brendan and Ruth McCartney, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Feb 25, 2022 · James Brooke. A section of wall in the east wing of Hurst Castle collapsed in February last year. Part of a castle built by Henry VIII has now been stabilised after it collapsed, English...
