Fortifications of the Isle of Wight

Many forts and fortifications have been built to protect the Isle of Wight (South England) from foreign invasion.

The defences on the Isle of Wight were built to protect the approaches to the Solent, Southampton and Portsmouth.

Fort Albert was built in 1856 on an artificial island to defend the western approaches to Portsmouth.

Fort Victoria was a battery with barracks built west of Yarmouth in the 1850s, it was later used as a submarine mining centre and military training area.

It is one of the many Palmerston Forts built to protect against perceived French invasion threats.

A Palmerston Fort built on the island to protect against perceived French invasion threats.

The Device Forts (Henrician Castles) were built as a network of coastal defences to defend against the French and Spanish after his break from the Roman Catholic Church.