Site Index
Created 15-03-2002 Last update 01-02-2013
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Below is an index of the entire contents of this website.
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Topic
Description
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
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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.
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