
	Where results make sense

Topic: Calshot Spit

Related Topics

Southampton

Schneider Trophy

HMS Glamorgan

World War II

Joseph Wheeler

Iranian Embassy Siege

History of the United Kingdom

Alawites

Richard II of England

Rhineland

List of World War II casualties by country

Institute of Economic Affairs

French language

Reinhard Heydrich

Blyth Valley

In the News (Wed 15 Feb 12)

EXECUTIVE POWER

Iran

ANALYSIS

Pakistan

Family compact

	Calshot Spit - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Calshot Spit is a one mile long, sand and shingle bank located on the southern bank of the open end of Southampton Water on the south coast of England.
		At the end of the spit are a castle, built by King Henry VIII, an RNLI lifeboat, a HM Coastguard station, several marine slips and a former Royal Navy and Royal Air Force flying boat station.
		The spit was the venue of the Schneider Trophy races of 1929 and 1931.
	www.open-encyclopedia.com /Calshot_Spit (277 words)

	Calshot Activities Centre - The Cadland to Calshot Coastline
		This section of the Hampshire coast forms an area approximately one kilometre in length, from Stonepoint in the west to Calshot in the East, and is primarily post glacial in origin.
		As one moves west towards Calshot, it is possible to see the effects of LSD and deposition in the increased width of the beach.
		The spit is some 600 metres long, with a substantial recurve created by the interaction of currents down Southampton Water with those of the east and west Solent.
	www.hants.gov.uk /calshot/coast.html (876 words)

	Calshot - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Calshot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Calshot is a coastal village in Hampshire, England.
		In 1539, Henry VIII ordered the contstruction of Calshot Castle, at the end of Calshot Spit, to defend the port of Southampton from attack.
		Calshot is notable for its role in the development of aircraft and flying boats.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Calshot.html (147 words)

	Calshot Castle in the New Forest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Calshot Castle is situated at the extreme South East of the New Forest area and looks out over Southampton Water.
		Calshot Castle was built in 1539 by Henry VIII to protect the entrance to Southampton Water.
		In 1913, Calshot Spit area opened up as a navel air station and originally housed the first planes, one of these sheds was the Sopwith Hanger which still stands on the site today.
	www.new-forest-tourism.com /calshot%20castle.htm (393 words)

	eteach.com - Sports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Calshot is one of the largest Outdoor Education Centres in Britain.
		Calshot offers courses for schools, colleges, children and adults, groups and individuals, in an unrivalled number of exciting water and landbased activities, and also provides fully tutored environmental education and field study courses.
		Situated in a unique position on the shores of the Solent and two kilometres from the New Forest, its magnificent setting gives immediate access to a variety of learning environments and access to the country's most popular watersports playground.
	www.eteach.com /shopping/PPF/catID/131/dir.htm (83 words)

	Calshot Spit
		The mile long shingle spit that guards the entrance to Southampton water was formed when the sea broke through what is now the Needles channel.
		The spit formed a perfect location for one of Henry the VIII's Coastal fortifications which was adapted to serve right up to the second world war.
		In the last century a seaplane base was built at Calshot and the modern structures of the Lifeboat house and Coastgaurd tower arrived in the 1970s.
	www.geocities.com /teammanley/Solent/Calshot.htm (223 words)

	Calshot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Calshot was recognised by Henry's commissioners for forts as being of strategic importance and during the next 400 years there were many threats of invasion of the south coast and the castle was retained as a fully manned artillery outpost right up to the 20th century.
		Though Calshot was a lonely station for the soldiers and their families who accompanied them, being an isolated part of the coastline, it was also a favourite haunt for smugglers as the shingle beaches and inlets were the ideal place for small ships to land and discharge their cargo of contraband.
		In 1938 Calshot was again preparing for hostilities, and the land at the spit was bought by the RAF and the beaches and beach huts closed.
	www.southernlife.org.uk /calshot.htm (3274 words)

	Western Solent Shoreline Management Plan
		Hillhead to Calshot Spit Calshot Spit stems from the north end of this unit with a sandy beach that widens as it progresses eastwards.
		Calshot Spit Calshot Spit is a stabilised shingle bank hosting a multitude of interests including nature conservation, historical and recreational.
		Calshot Castle, like Hurst Castle, was built for maritime defence, but the spit has a larger role in protecting the saltmarsh and mudflats in its lee from wave activity.
	www.solentforum.hants.org.uk /othercoast/western_solent_smp.htm (5269 words)

	Calshot Castle, Fawley, Nr Southampton, Hampshire, UK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		A critical element in the improvement of the defences of the south coast by Henry VIII was the protection of the Solent, for this stretch of water gave access to the important ports of Portsmouth and Southampton.
		Calshot Castle and Hurst Castle were both strategically situated to provide their protection.
		Calshot was sited on a shingle spit close to the deep water channel at the mouth of Southampton Water.
	www.hants.gov.uk /discover/places/calshot.html (262 words)

	The official Calshot Neighbourhood Group website (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Calshot Spit is a natural coastal landform, approximately 10,000 years old, formed at the mouth of Southampton Water.
		The spit encloses a salt marsh which is designated as a Hampshire Nature Reserve, important as a feeding ground for migrating birds.
		Not very much information is available on these periods, however it is well known that Calshot Spit has a history as a defence heritage site stretching back almost five hundred years due to its strategic location at the entrance to Southampton Water and central Solent location.
	www.calshot.org /History/History-1.htm (245 words)

	Calshot Spit - Term Explanation on IndexSuche.Com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		At the end of the spit are a castle, built by King Henry_VIII, an RNLI lifeboat, a HM_Coastguard station, several marine_slips and a former Royal_Navy and Royal_Air_Force flying_boat station.
		Calshot Naval Air Station was originally set up in, several miles away, on the fourth side.
		By the end of World_War_I flying boat patrols from Calshot had sunk three U-boats.
	www.indexsuche.com /Calshot_Spit.html (259 words)

	Hampshire County Council
		3 The Geography of Calshot Spit 3.1 Calshot Spit is a natural coastal landform, approximately 10,000 years old, formed at the mouth of Southampton Water.
		It was formed at the latter end of the last ice age as sea level rose, dragging shingle and glacially deposited material on to the coast which was then reworked via Longshore Drift.
		3.2 The spit encloses a salt marsh which is designated as a Hampshire Nature Reserve, important as a feeding ground for migrating birds.
	www.hants.gov.uk /scrmxn/c27723.html (1470 words)

	Calshot Activities Centre - Geography courses
		Calshot Activity Centre's Field Study Department provides a wide range of courses for geography students at GCSE and 'A' level.
		Calshot staff act as supervisors and advisors, providing equipment, advice and ensuring safe working.
		Coastal processes and management, involving the classic 'Barton on Sea' location within Christchurch Bay, as well as the local area of which Calshot Spit is a part.
	www.calshot.com /geog.html (458 words)

	Forces-of-Nature \| UK Beach Guide \| Calshot
		Calshot beach is part of a shingle spit which lies within the open landscape of the South Hampshire coast.
		Calshot is a spit, and so works in pretty much all wind directions.
		Calshot Activities centre: £5.50 per launch and £1 per aditional board including use of the showers and changing facilities in the centre.
	www.forces-of-nature.co.uk /dbdriven/beachguide/beachguide.php?action=display_location&loc_id=202 (635 words)

	Saunders-Roe Princess Flying Boat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Remarks by Des Nicholas: On August 22, 1952 I was stationed, as a National Serviceman, at R.A.F. Calshot, learning "a trade" prior to being posted to 1103 Section, Air Sea Rescue, Felixstowe.
		I'm not sure if it ever took off again, but within a few short weeks, while I was yet at Calshot, one of the three Princesses that were built (I'm not sure if it was the one that flew) was hauled up on the slip at Calshot.
		The aircraft was secured on the end of the spit, with one wing right overhanging the old Calshot tower, and there she was mothballed.
	www.1000aircraftphotos.com /Transports/deBourcierRemarks.htm (251 words)

	Summary of Information - Coast Protection & Sea Defence
		Hurst Spit -A naturally formed shingle spit protecting the whole Western Solent from the prevailing south west winds and long fetch waves from the Atlantic.
		The Spit is in the joint ownership of New Forest District Council, Hampshire County Council and a private owner.
		Calshot Activity Centre is operated by Hampshire County Council who maintain the concrete protection walls around it, whilst Calshot Castle and its surrounding stone revetment is in the hands of English Heritage.
	www.solentforum.hants.org.uk /coaprot/summinfocoaprot.htm (3023 words)

	Old Hampshire Gazetteer, Calshot Castle, Fawley
		Calshot Castle is on the end of a shingle spit, an excellent location for the defence of Southampton Water and the Solent.
		Come the 16th century, the modern form with 'shot' is found, as if for the common 'sceat' of North Hampshire, but the reason for the change is unclear.
		The Tudor fort is first 'Calshot castel' on Saxton's map of 1579.
	www.envf.port.ac.uk /hantsgaz/hantsgaz/s0001260.htm (453 words)

	£1 Million Residential block planned for Calshot Activities Centre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		A £1 million residential block for Calshot Activities Centre has moved a step closer after the scheme was approved by Hampshire County Council's Buildings, Land and Procurement Panel.
		Calshot Activities Centre will contribute £310,000 towards the £1,043,000 cost of the building if it gets the go ahead.
		calshot activities centre is the best sports centre around with the best instructers who help you along the way if you dont know what to do.
	www.fawley-hants.co.uk /Council/Council-News/2004/April/One-Million-Residential-block-planned-for-Calshot-Activities-Centre.htm (486 words)

	Calshot Spit - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Calshot Spit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Calshot Spit - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Calshot Spit.
		Here you will find more informations about Calshot Spit.
		The orginal Calshot Spit article can be editet
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Calshot-Spit.html (345 words)

	On the Wire - Catamaran Sailing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		calshot spit is on the end of the promentory that houses the Calshot activities centre.
		Calshot Cats club proves what is arguable the best access to the solent for cat sailors, with areas such as Cowes, Ryde and other well known areas with in an easy sail.
		It is worth noting that the club is 50 metres off the deep water channel for southampton docks so be aware of the big boats.
	www.thebeachcats.com /OnTheWire/www.catsail.com/place361.htm (83 words)

	new forest: today (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The memory of New Forest District councillor Jack Maynard, who died in January, is to be honoured in the naming of a road at Calshot.
		Jack Maynard, who represented Blackfield and Langley on NFDC and was also a county councillor, was a keen supporter of the Calshot Activities Centre.
		The road, which is privately owned by NFDC and leads to Calshot Spit, will officially be named in January 2003.
	www.newforesttoday.org /archive/road.html (92 words)

	Hampshire County Council
		Summary 1.1 Listed Building Consent is sought, retrospectively, for the removal of existing lettering on the hangars and replacement with new lettering, in identical size, style and colour, to rename the hangars at Calshot Activities Centre, Calshot Spit, Fawley.
		The relevant policy is CA-1 which outlines that the development, rationalisation and enhancement of recreational facilities at Calshot Activities Centre will normally be permitted, provided they protect the character, appearance and setting of the listed buildings, etc. 4.
		County Planning Officers Comments 5.1 The proposal is in accordance with the policies of the local plan in that it identifies with the history of the hangars and a previous use of Calshot.
	www.hants.gov.uk /scrmxn/c24394.html (496 words)

	It's not convenient - This Is Hampshire archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Calshot Spit is used by sailboarders, visitors to Calshot Castle and families who just want to relax on the beach.
		The area is currently served by a public lavatory at the landward end of the Spit and a similar facility near Calshot Activities Centre.
		Eddie Holtham, chairman of the public services committee, told fellow councillors: "Hilary was so incensed at the district's decision to close the toilets that she chose to do something about it.
	archive.thisishampshire.net /2002/10/31/59078.html (444 words)

	Geology of Fawley Power Station Excavations, Southampton Water.
		Conveniently fixing the position is the old red-brick officers' mess of the former RAF camp at Calshot Spit.
		The normal southeastern shoreline of the spit at that time would have been out here where the photograph was taken or even further south.
		The spit is known from boreholes to have been present in Neolithic times (Hodson and West, 1972).
	www.soton.ac.uk /~imw/Fawley-Power-Station-geology.htm (4349 words)

	Calshot Castle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Calshot Castle is one of Henry VIII's device forts, built on Calshot Spit at the Solent near Fawley to guard the entrance to Southampton Water.
		Vistitors to the castle can park in the adjacent leisure centre carpark for free.
		This page was last modified 19:24, 4 October 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Calshot_Castle (73 words)

	HOME PAGE
		Engine failure and possible propeller damage after grounding on Calshot spit.
		Called to assist Calshot Lifeboat as vessel in shallow water.
		Y boat from Calshot lifeboat took Hamble Lifeboat towline to casualty.
	www.hamblelifeboat.org.uk /2003.htm (676 words)

	Bluedome
		Calshot is one of the premier outdoor activities centres in the country, offering an unrivalled range and level of activities to young people and adults.
		We have a reputation for excellence, operate to the highest safety standards and are the largest of Hampshire?s outdoor centre's.
		For an application form please contact Calshot using the contact details below.
	www.bluedome.co.uk /jobs/jobs/job245.html (174 words)

	Statutory Instrument 1999 No. 697 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Whereas an application for an Order to vary the Calshot Oyster Fishery Order 1982[1] was made under section 1 of the Sea Fisheries (Shellfish) Act 1967[2] to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (hereinafter referred to as "the Minister") by Calshot Oyster Fishermen Limited (hereinafter referred to as "the grantees");
		This Order, which comes into force on 1st April 1999, substitutes for the existing area of the Calshot Oyster Fishery an extended area defined in a map sealed by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (article 2(2)).
		The map may be inspected (subject to prior appointment) during office hours at the offices of Calshot Oyster Fisherman Limited at Crampmoor Farm, Crampmoor Lane, Romsey, Hampshire SO51 9AJ or at the offices of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Nobel House, 17 Smith Square, London SW1P 3JR.
	www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk /si/si1999/19990697.htm (800 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)