Set off at stupid o'clock and made my long journey to Gosport from Norfolk. Met a couple of guys down there and on we went to gain access to a well known hospital in the area. Unfortunately it didnt go to plan as we thought it would and got busted by secca and had a nice little chat with the local fuzz 
. Now while we was sat, in the freezing cold, waiting for the fuzz I asked the secca if there were any local abandonment as I had already made the long journey and nowhere else planned. Being the nice(ish) guy that he was he told us about a local place just down the road, Fort Gilkicker
After our little chat with the local fuzz and being followed by them to our cars we had a little drive down the road to the fort. It was still dark and the sun still hadnt rose so we headed for the beach for the sunrise by the fort. After taking the obligatory sunrise shot we climbed the mound surrounding the fort and gained access by one of the many ridiculously easy access points. When we got in we realised the place was in a really bad state of disrepair, surprised it hadnt collapsed already. There is scaffolding holding certain parts of the place together and looks like a strong wind would push it over.
There was bits and bobs knocking about hinting at housing redevelopment but it looked like they had abandoned the idea. The website of the company says "The restoration of Fort Gilkicker will transform this Victorian coastal fort on Stokes Bay into 22 stunning 3-storey luxury houses". To be fair there wasnt a lot here, most of it is not accessible and bits you dont want to risk your life getting to. I was so tired after the journey I kept choosing the wrong settings on the camera and my shots arent that great. When the sun finally rose and warmed the ground up my lens steamed up so thought sod it, pack the camera away lol
History of the place
The Fort, a Grade II* Listed Building and Scheduled Ancient Monument, is a unique piece of Victorian engineering and of immense importance to the history of coastal defence in the United Kingdom.
Fort Gilkicker is a ‘Palmerston’ Fort, so called because it was commissioned in the 19th century by the then Prime Minister, Lord Palmerston, as a gun battery to protect the waters around Portsmouth, which was the most important deep sea anchorage in the British Empire, from the threat of invasion.
Built on the site of the earlier Fort Monckton Auxiliary Battery, construction commenced in 1863 and was completed in 1871. It consisted of 22 gun emplacements in a semi-circular series of granite-faced casemates designed to sweep the approaches to Portsmouth harbour with devastating gun fire.
Fort Gilkicker was stood down in 1956 when Coastal Defence was abolished
. Now while we was sat, in the freezing cold, waiting for the fuzz I asked the secca if there were any local abandonment as I had already made the long journey and nowhere else planned. Being the nice(ish) guy that he was he told us about a local place just down the road, Fort GilkickerAfter our little chat with the local fuzz and being followed by them to our cars we had a little drive down the road to the fort. It was still dark and the sun still hadnt rose so we headed for the beach for the sunrise by the fort. After taking the obligatory sunrise shot we climbed the mound surrounding the fort and gained access by one of the many ridiculously easy access points. When we got in we realised the place was in a really bad state of disrepair, surprised it hadnt collapsed already. There is scaffolding holding certain parts of the place together and looks like a strong wind would push it over.
There was bits and bobs knocking about hinting at housing redevelopment but it looked like they had abandoned the idea. The website of the company says "The restoration of Fort Gilkicker will transform this Victorian coastal fort on Stokes Bay into 22 stunning 3-storey luxury houses". To be fair there wasnt a lot here, most of it is not accessible and bits you dont want to risk your life getting to. I was so tired after the journey I kept choosing the wrong settings on the camera and my shots arent that great. When the sun finally rose and warmed the ground up my lens steamed up so thought sod it, pack the camera away lol
History of the place
The Fort, a Grade II* Listed Building and Scheduled Ancient Monument, is a unique piece of Victorian engineering and of immense importance to the history of coastal defence in the United Kingdom.
Fort Gilkicker is a ‘Palmerston’ Fort, so called because it was commissioned in the 19th century by the then Prime Minister, Lord Palmerston, as a gun battery to protect the waters around Portsmouth, which was the most important deep sea anchorage in the British Empire, from the threat of invasion.
Built on the site of the earlier Fort Monckton Auxiliary Battery, construction commenced in 1863 and was completed in 1871. It consisted of 22 gun emplacements in a semi-circular series of granite-faced casemates designed to sweep the approaches to Portsmouth harbour with devastating gun fire.
Fort Gilkicker was stood down in 1956 when Coastal Defence was abolished
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