2 girls and an interpreter dressed as Florence Nightingale

Fort Nelson Education

discover@the Fort uses the historic site and the artillery collection to introduce you to the lives of the Victorians who built and operated the Fort in defence of Portsmouth or the Second World War soldiers who helped protect Britain against the Blitz.

New education facilities at Fort Nelson

Brand new state-of-the-art education facilities are one of the key
enhancements made during Fort Nelson’s recent multi-million pound
redevelopment.

New facilities include:

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World's biggest bore!

The largest bore gun ever built, fired a 3 feet diameter cast iron ball weighing around 1 tonne, containing 215kg (400lbs) of gunpowder to a range of 2.4 kilometres (1.5 miles). It was designed by Robert Mallett and is on display at Fort Nelson.