Palmerston Forts, Chatham
- Palmerston Forts, Chatham
The Palmerston Forts around Chatham, Kent include:
*Fort Amherst, technically a Napoleonic fort but later extended.
*Fort Borstal, in the village that gave its name to the youth offender's institution The Borstal.
*Fort Bridgewood
*Cliffe Fort
*Fort Darland
*Fort Darnet
*Fort Pitt
*Garrison Point Fort
*Grain Battery
*Grain Fort
*Grain Tower
*Grange Redoubt
*Fort Hoo
*Fort Horsted
*Fort Luton
*New Tavern Fort
*Shornemead Fort
*Slough Fort
*Twydall Redoubts, that includes Grange and Woodlands.
*Woodlands Redoubt
External links
* [http://www.palmerstonforts.org.uk/map/chat.htm Palmerston Forts Society: map of Chatham forts]
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