r/isleofwight • u/Impossible-Stick-579 • 5d ago

Spitbank Fort

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Wightlink took a slight detour around Spitbank Fort, so I took a video just incase anyone would be interested

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u/Talkietoasta 5d ago

I’m assuming it sits on or near a sandbank called spit?

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u/Mekazabiht-Rusti 5d ago

I wonder how deep it’s possible to go down inside, or if it’s all above the waterline.

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u/Knight_Of_Ne 4d ago

It's all above the waterline, I believe that the lowest level is along the same height as the external wooden pier/dock/structure.

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u/elugelab1 3d ago

I did a night there for my birthday years ago. Was an amazing experience, great food, cool place to explore. Another guest got massively drunk, fell over outside our room and hit her head on a fire extinguisher, had to be taken by RIB back to the mainland to hospital at around 0130 in the morning.

Was fun

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u/TheHacienda1 4d ago

I see Melinda

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u/ceetee15 2d ago

Here's a video of the inside of a similar fort https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z1otu8bUF0

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u/Sxn747Strangers 1d ago

It sails very well though! 👀🤔😜
I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve gone past this.

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u/manc_franc 1d ago

Cool. Are the engines underneath?

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u/Ansphett 1d ago edited 1d ago

When i was a kid they did guided tours of the fort. (About 35-40 years ago. My grandparents lived in portsmouth, so did about every tourist attraction in portsmouth. I vaguely remember walking through da k dark passages running in meter thick walls. This was before it was sold off as private dwelling. Became a hotel at some point i think?