07. HMS SULTAN – Fort Rowner Tour (0930)

07. HMS SULTAN – Fort Rowner Tour (0930)

Enjoy a guided tour around one of the Palmerston Forts, built to defend Portsmouth from a possible French invasion…

By Gosport Heritage Open Days

Date and time

Location

HMS Sultan (Caledonia Gate)

Military Road Gosport PO12 3BY United Kingdom

About this event

A tour around one of the Palmerston Forts built to defend Portsmouth from the French. Visit the Tunnels, Caponiers, haunted Keep and Fort Museum in the grounds of the Royal Navy training establishment HMS Sultan

Please arrive 10 minutes before the start of tour

Family-friendly but children must be fully supervised. Event is not suitable for children under the age of five.

This tour is held in conjunction with three other events at HMS SULTAN. Visitors should book each tour they wish to join at separate times in the day.

Entrance: Caledonia Gate, HMS Sultan, Military Road, Gosport, PO12 3BY

Duration: approx 1hr 30mins

Booking OPENS on 23 Aug at 0930

Advance Registration required: Limited spaces on each tour. You may book up to 4 tickets per booking.

To complete your registration you will need the name of everyone who needs a ticket, contact telephone number, email, post code, car registration

Please complete registration within 10:00 minutes. After this, the reservation we're holding will be released to others.

Alternative dates: If your first choice of date or time is fully booked, you can either add your name to the waitlist or return to the booking page of our website and choose again.

Other tours at HMS Sultan on Saturday 13 September:

HMS Sultan: Marine Engineering Museum

HMS Sultan: Airfield Museum

HMS Sultan: Aircraft Tours

If you also want to register for these tours, please make sure you pick times which do not over-lap.

FAQs and more information:

Security: HMS Sultan is an active Military Establishment. Photo ID is required for all adult visitors. You must bring your ticket with you. Vehicle Registration Numbers must be provided in advance. Bags may be searched.

The Establishment may have to cancel at short notice for operational reasons. HMS Sultan reserves the right to refuse access on the day. No other part of HMS Sultan will be open to visitors.

Accessibility: Partial wheelchair access. For full accessibility options and facilities available, please go to 07. HMS SULTAN - Fort Rowner Tour - Gosport Heritage Open Days

Organized by

Heritage Open Days is England's biggest heritage festival, this year on 12th - 21st September. It celebrates our fantastic history, architecture and culture; offering people the chance to see hidden places and try out new experiences - all of which are FREE to explore. 

After a first pilot in Gosport proved a success, Heritage Open Days was established in 1994 as England’s contribution to the European Heritage Days.

We welcome people from near and far to join in and explore the wealth of heritage in Gosport; our little town with a big history.

On Sale Aug 23 at 9:30 AM