Alverstoke
in Hampshire of England, United Kingdom

Noteable things around
Location Summary
Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
50.788 and -1.150 (Lat./Lng.)
Coordinates by Time:
N 50° 47' 18" and W -1° 8' 58"
Currency and Currency Code:
Pound - GBP
Spoken languages:
English, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic
Local electricity:
230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
Local Time: 08:41 PM (Friday)
Timezone: Europe/London
UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
Sunrise and Sunset:
5:59 am and 8:07 pm
Antipode Coordinates:
-43.750 and 173.083 (Lat./Lng.)
Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Le Bons Bay
References
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Current travel safety evaluation for United Kingdom in Northern Europe

Safety Score: 3,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to United Kingdom.

Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning United Kingdom. Last Update: 2024-04-19 08:03:45

Discover Alverstoke

Alverstoke in Hampshire (England) is a city in United Kingdom about 67 mi (or 107 km) south-west of London, the country's capital city.

Local time in Alverstoke is now 08:41 PM (Friday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 11 airports in the vicinity of Alverstoke, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is Bembridge Airport in a distance of 8 mi (or 13 km), South. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).

There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in United Kingdom is Dorset and East Devon Coast in a distance of 8 mi (or 13 km), South-East. Also, if you like golfing, there are a few options in driving distance. We discovered 3 points of interest in the vicinity of this place. Looking for a place to stay? we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.

When in this area, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Portsmouth, Bembridge, Newchurch, Cowes and Newport. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.

Local weather forecast

Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 14°C / 57 °F

Morning Temperature 9°C / 49 °F
Evening Temperature 11°C / 52 °F
Night Temperature 8°C / 47 °F
Chance of rainfall 0%
Air Humidity 70%
Air Pressure 1017 hPa
Wind Speed Fresh Breeze with 16 km/h (10 mph) from South-East
Cloud Conditions Overcast clouds, covering 85% of sky
General Conditions Light rain

Saturday, 20th of April 2024

10°C (49 °F)
7°C (44 °F)
Scattered clouds, moderate breeze.

Sunday, 21st of April 2024

10°C (50 °F)
6°C (43 °F)
Scattered clouds, moderate breeze.

Monday, 22nd of April 2024

10°C (49 °F)
5°C (42 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, broken clouds.

Hotels and Places to Stay

The Florence Suite Boutique Hotel and Restaurant

Address
2,9 mi
Malvern Road 6
PO5 2NA Southsea
United Kingdom

Time Information

Checkout: 11:00 - Checkin: 15:00
Reception
Weekday: 7:00 - 23:00
Weekend: closed


The Clarence Boutique Hotel

Address
2,9 mi
Clarence Road
PO5 2LQ Portsmouth
United Kingdom

Time Information

Checkout: 11:00 - Checkin: 15:00
Reception
Weekday: 7:00 - 23:00
Weekend: 8:00 - 23:00


Somerset House Boutique Hotel and Restaurant

Address
3,0 mi
10 Florence Road
PO5 2NE Portsmouth
United Kingdom

Time Information

Checkout: 11:00 - Checkin: 15:00
Reception
Weekday: 7:00 - 23:00
Weekend: 7:00 - 23:00


Florence House Boutique Hotel and Restaurant

Address
3,0 mi
2 Malvern Rd
PO5 2NA Portsmouth
United Kingdom

Time Information

Checkout: 11:00 - Checkin: 15:00
Reception
Weekday: 7:00 - 23:00
Weekend: closed


The Boat House

Address
4,5 mi
Springvale Road
PO34 5AW Seaview
United Kingdom

Time Information

Checkout: 10:30 - Checkin: 15:00
Reception
Weekday: -
Weekend: closed


Florence Gardens Boutique Hotel and Restaurant

Address
2,9 mi
Malvern Road 4
PO5 2NA Southsea
United Kingdom

Time Information

Checkout: 11:00 - Checkin: 15:00
Reception
Weekday: 7:00 - 23:00
Weekend: 7:00 - 23:00 (lunchbreak: 23:00 - 8:00)


Number Four Boutique Hotel

Address
3,5 mi
69 Festing Road
PO4 ONQ Southsea
United Kingdom

Time Information

Checkout: 11:00 - Checkin: 15:00
Reception
Weekday: 7:00 - 7:00
Weekend: 7:00 - 23:00


Seacrest Hotel

Address
3,0 mi
12 South Parade
PO5 2JB Portsmouth
United Kingdom

Time Information

Checkout: 11:00 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: -
Weekend: closed


Stattons Boutique Hotel and Restaurant

Address
3,0 mi
6 Florence Road
PO5 2NE Portsmouth
United Kingdom

Time Information

Checkout: 11:00 - Checkin: 15:00
Reception
Weekday: 7:00 - 23:00
Weekend: 7:00 - 23:00


Best Western Royal Beach

Address
3,3 mi
St Helens Parade
PO4 0RN Portsmouth
United Kingdom

Time Information

Checkout: 11:00 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: 0:00 - 24:00
Weekend: 0:00 - 24:00


Videos from this area

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Gosport Borough v Hemel Hempstead Town, 2014/15

Published: October 06, 2014
Length: 48:38 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: Tudors TV

Gosport Borough v Hemel Hempstead Town, 2014/15.


Gosport Gators with Sport HIOW

Published: October 12, 2012
Length: 09:05 min
Rating: 2 of 5
Author: Coaching Hampshire & IOW

A short film documenting Sport Hampshire and Isle of Wight's coaching programme.


HD: Gosport Scrap Yard Fire - Fry's Car Components - 22nd March 2009

Published: March 22, 2009
Length: 53:49 min
Rating: 3 of 5
Author: BungleVision3D

Four fire engines were called to Fry's Car Components off Forton Road, Gosport, after 15 derelict cars caught alight at 1.30pm on 22nd March 2009. The smoke from the fire could be seen through...


Gosport karate gyaku tsuki heavy bag

Published: October 09, 2011
Length: 46:24 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: david hands

practicing reverse punch on the heavy bag as part of workout.


Largest Human Olympic Rings Record Attempt at Bay House School, Gosport, UK

Published: April 30, 2012
Length: 11:57 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: richjpat

Largest Human Olympic Rings Record Attempt at Bay House School, Gosport, UK with 2252 people, mostly children on 30th April 2012. This should break the record set by George Abbot School in...


Fareham-Gosport-Stubbington Part 3

Published: October 22, 2011
Length: 08:41 min
Rating: 0 of 5
Author: MyBicycleWeeblyCOM

Starting at the Fareham Aldi car park, this ride is partly intended to follow the old railway line down to Gosport. This video (edited for convenience) follows the coastal road from the old...


Griffon Hovercraft at Hover Museum Gosport Open Day 31/8/08

Published: September 09, 2008
Length: 13:27 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: Malcolm Dent

Griffon Hovercraft 200TD in action at Hover Museum Gosport Open Day 31/8/08 filmed by Malcolm Dent of MDDM www.mddm.co.uk.


HMS Sultan Freedom of Gosport 22nd March 2013

Published: March 29, 2013
Length: 55:30 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: Neil Cotgreave

HMS Sultan Freedom of Gosport HMS Sultan exercising their right to march through Gosport High Street for the first time in eight years on Friday 22nd March 2013.


WW2 Sexton Self Propelled Gun Firing at Explosion! Gosport, UK

Published: June 21, 2013
Length: 08:26 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: WarningRedAlert

A video of a Sexton self-propelled artillery vehicle moving into position and then firing five rounds as part of the 'Spirit of the 40s' event being held at the Explosion! Museum of Naval Firepower...


Gosport - Stokes Bay P1 Grand Prix September 2014

Published: September 08, 2014
Length: 01:25 min
Rating: 0 of 5
Author: Paul Elvin

Gosport P1 Grand Prix of the Sea - Stokes Bay September 2014 Jet-skis and P1 Panther powerboats racing.


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Attractions and noteworthy things

Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.

Fort Gilkicker

Fort Gilkicker is a historic Palmerston fort built at the eastern end of Stokes Bay, Gosport, Hampshire to dominate the key anchorage of Spithead. It was erected between 1863 and 1871 as a semi-circular arc with 22 casemates, to be armed with 5 12" guns, 17 10" guns and 5 9" guns. The actual installed armament rather differed from this.

Located at 50.7742, -1.1408 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Palmerston Forts, Forts in Portsmouth

Stokes Bay

Stokes Bay is an area of the Solent that lies just south of Gosport, between Portsmouth and Lee-on-the-Solent, Hampshire. There is a shingle beach that has a great view of Ryde and East Cowes on the Isle of Wight to the south and also Fawley in the south west. The village of Alverstoke is close by. The annual Stokes Bay Festival takes place here every year during Cowes Week.

Located at 50.7786, -1.16454 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article, Homepage
Gosport

St Vincent College

St Vincent College is a small co-educational sixth form (16-18) college located in Gosport, Hampshire, England. The majority of students come from the surrounding towns including Gosport, Fareham, Stubbington and Winchester. The nearby Gosport Ferry link with Portsmouth also allows students from that city to attend. The college has around 1,200 full-time students; it also caters for older "Access" students.

Located at 50.8, -1.136 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article, Homepage
Sixth form colleges in Hampshire, Educational institutions established in 1987, 1987 establishments in England

Gosport Borough F.C

Gosport Borough Football Club are a semi-professional football club based in Gosport, England. The club is affiliated to the Hampshire Football Association, and is a FA Charter Standard Community Club They currently play in the Southern League Premier Division.

Located at 50.7949, -1.15656 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article, Homepage
Football clubs in Hampshire, Southern Football League clubs, Association football clubs established in 1944, Football clubs in England, 1944 establishments in England, Gosport

HMS Sultan (establishment)

HMS Sultan is a shore base of the Royal Navy in Gosport, Hampshire, England. It is the primary engineering training establishment for the Royal Navy. It is also home to the Network Rail Advanced Apprenticeship Scheme. Sultan was initially RAF Gosport and later the Royal Naval Air Station, HMS Siskin,

Located at 50.803, -1.161 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Royal Navy bases in Hampshire, Gosport, Royal Navy shore establishments

Fort Gomer

Fort Gomer was one of the Palmerston Forts, in Gosport, England, the southernmost and first-built polygonal land fort in the defence line to the west of Gosport. It was located on land immediately to the west of the present Gomer Lane. Fort Gomer was the most southerly fort in the line of five which formed part of the ‘Sea Front and Spithead Defences’, Inner Line, Land Front, Left Flank.

Located at 50.791, -1.165 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Forts in Hampshire, Palmerston Forts

HMS St Vincent (Gosport shore establishment)

HMS St Vincent was a shore establishment of the Royal Navy, located in Gosport, . The name was given to the barracks and training establishment in Gosport in 1927, after the one that been set up aboard the old first rate HMS St Vincent in 1862. The new HMS St Vincent was commissioned on 1 June 1927, originally like its predecessor as a training establishment for boys and juniors.

Located at 50.7997, -1.1359 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Royal Navy bases in Hampshire, Royal Navy shore establishments

Stokes Bay Lines

The Stokes Bay Lines were part of the great Victorian fortification of Portsmouth Harbour under Lord Palmerston. In 1857 Major Jervois had proposed a complex system of moats (ditches), ramparts and batteries to close off the gap between the new fort at Fort Gomer, and the earlier fort at Fort Gilkicker, and Fort Monckton. This defensive moat was to become the ‘Stokes Bay Lines’.

Located at 50.7834, -1.1524 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Forts in Portsmouth, Forts in Hampshire, Lists of Palmerston Forts

Fort Grange

Fort Grange is one of the Palmerston Forts, in Gosport, England. After Gomer and Elson forts had been approved in 1852, further consideration led to a decision to fill the gap between them by three more forts, and Grange is the most southerly of the three. Work began in 1858 and it was completed in 1863. Built as part of the outer defence line for Gosport along with Fort Brockhurst, Fort Elson and Fort Rowner to the North East and Fort Gomer to the South West.

Located at 50.7985, -1.1624 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Forts in Hampshire, Palmerston Forts, Grade II listed buildings in Hampshire

Fort Monckton

Fort Monckton is a historic military fort on the eastern end of Stokes Bay, Gosport, Hampshire. Built to protect Portsmouth harbour at the start of the American War of Independence, it was rebuilt in the 1880s as a Palmerston fort. Today it is the only remaining Ministry of Defence owned fort in the Portsmouth area.

Located at 50.7768, -1.13344 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Palmerston Forts, Forts in Portsmouth

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