| Topic |
Description |
| Rescuing The Site |
Rescuing the website from histories dustbin |
| About
Portsdown |
Describes Portsdown past and present in text
and photographs |
| Aerial
Location Photos |
Aerial photos of Portsdown with links
to locations |
|
Aerial Photos of Portsdown |
A series of aerial photos taken by the
author: Bob Hunt |
| Author of this website |
Tells you a bit about me, and how this
website came to be created |
| Bedhampton
Vaults |
Old vaults once used by a long gone pub |
| Bevis
Long Barrow (site of) |
Portsdown underground 4000 years ago |
| Burial
Ground |
Bronze Age and Anglo Saxon burial ground |
| Cave
1 |
Cave use as a pantry by an old teashop |
| Cave
2 |
Cave used as an air raid shelter in Candy's
Pit |
| Christ
Church Portsdown |
A Victorian built Church with remarkable
links to Portsdown's Military past. |
| Civil
Defence Bunker |
Portsmouth and Hampshire's cold war bunker |
| Cooper
Shelter |
WWII private air-raid shelters in Paulsgrove
Chalk Pit |
| Cosham
War Diaries |
WWII diary extracts of Blitzed Portsdown |
| Dead
Man's Copse |
The intriguing history of this place and its
memorials |
| Falklands
Memorial Plantation |
A forgotten and abandoned memorial to the
UK's Falklands War dead. |
| FAQs |
Frequently Asked Questions - answered |
|
Farlington
Aqueducts |
Old tunnels beneath Portsdown |
| F/O
James Tillett |
Memorial dedicated to this Battle of Britain
pilot. |
| Fort
Nelson |
Suspected countermine in the north ditch |
| Fort
Purbrook tunnel No1 |
Examines the legends and mysteries connected
with Fort Purbrook, Farlington Redoubt and Crookhorn
Redoubt. |
| Fort
Purbrook tunnel No2 |
Describes how a long lost service tunnel
from Fort Purbrook was re-discovered and documented |
| Fort
Purbrook tunnel No3 |
A cavern found the ditch during scrub
clearance and how its history was discovered |
| Fort
Widley memorial |
Memorial to a miner who was killed during
construction of the tunnels under one of the Palmerston
Forts. |
| Fort
Widley Midden |
Victorian underground cesspits |
|
Fort Southwick Midden |
Fort Southwick cesspits |
| Fuel bunkers |
Massive underground Naval oil reservoir |
| Fuel
Pipeline |
Traces the route of the fuel bunker pipeline |
| Gobs
Long Barrow |
Site of a Bronze age warrior |
| GPO
PR1 Repeater Station |
Cold war hardened GPO repeater station |
|
Green Pipes |
Green Pipe behind the Churchillian pub |
| Grenade
accident |
Tragic accident in 1945 involving two young
boys. |
| Heavy
Anti-aircraft batteries |
HAA batteries on Portsdown during WWII |
| Palace Café & Restaurant |
If you are looking for a
place to eat when visiting Portsdown then I strongly recommend
this Café. |
| Hillsley
Road Mystery |
Looks at the strange underground happenings in
the Hillsley Road area of Paulsgrove, Portsmouth,
UK. |
| Hurricane
Crash Site |
Site of WWII aircraft crash |
|
Interdiction
Gun Battery |
WWII anti-invasion defence. Targeting and casemates |
|
Links |
Links to other similar sites |
|
London
Road Shelter |
WWII public tunnel shelter |
| Mediaeval
Church |
Deserted mediaeval village (Widley) and
church |
| Minor Updates
Page |
Lists the past minor updates to this site.
Major updates are on the Home
Page. |
| NATO comms
centre |
Cold war NATO underground communications
centre |
| Panoramic
location photos |
Gives an idea of where many sites are on
Portsdown |
| Paulsgrove
Chalkpit |
General information on Portsdown's largest
Chalk Pit |
| Paulsgrove
Housing Estate |
History of the Paulsgrove Housing Estate |
| Paulsgrove
Racecourse |
Portsmouth's pre-WWII racecourse |
| Pill
Box - Pinks Hill |
The only WWII pill box remaining on
Portsdown |
| Pilot
Sgt Lake |
The mystery of the stained glass window in
Christ Church |
| Portsdown
Location Plan |
Shows where Portsmouth and Portsdown are |
| Portsdown
Main |
The old ASWE building dominating the west
Portsdown skyline |
| Portsdown
Telegraphs |
Lists the details of the two stations which
existed on Portsdown which linked the Admiralty to
Portsmouth |
| Portsdown
Walk No 1 |
Details a walk on Portsdown which visits 5
different locations featured on this website. Includes all
the maps and instructions you need |
| Portsdown
Then and Now |
Old photos of Portsdown compared with the
modern day equivalent. |
| Portsdown
Walk No 2 |
Details a walk on Portsdown which visits 7 different locations featured on this website. Includes all
the maps and instructions you need |
| Portsdown
Walk No 3 |
Details a walk on Portsdown which visits 2 different locations featured on this website. Includes all
the maps and instructions you need |
| Portsdown
WWII photos |
Photos of Portsdown and the surrounding
areas during the war years |
| Portsmouth
& the cold war |
General information |
| 'Q' Site |
WWII bomber decoy site |
| Radio
Station |
WWII underground radio station in Paulsgrove Chalk
Pit |
| Racecourse
Lane Pillbox |
WWII Pillbox undergoing destruction |
| Repeater
Station Info |
Describes the purpose of a Repeater
Station |
| ROC
Monitoring Post |
Cold war ROC post "HAVANT" |
| Sgt
Henry Gallagher |
The resting place of a Rorke's Drift
combatant |
| Spigot
Mortar |
Spigot Mortar weapons pit east of Paulsgrove
Chalkpit |
| Tunnel
Shelters |
General info on the 2 deep tunnel shelters
in Portsdown |
| Underground
Headquarters WWII |
Underground Headquarters for operation Overlord underneath Fort
Southwick |
| Website Information |
Contains technical info about this site, and
why it was created this way |
| Wymering
Manor |
Legendary tunnel between the Manor and the
Church |
| Wymering
Shelter |
WWII public tunnel shelter |
| WWI
redoubt |
Anti-invasion redoubt built on a Victorian
redoubt site. |