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Henley Fort: a London mobilisation centre

England
List entry 1019286
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1019286
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.11 hectares
Grid reference
SU 98192 48837
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Henley Fort is a defensive structure constructed during the Second World War as part of London's mobilisation and anti-invasion infrastructure. Located in Surrey, the fort represents the military preparations undertaken by Britain following the threat of German invasion in 1940 and subsequent years of conflict. The site consists of concrete and earthwork defences typical of emergency wartime fortification, designed to provide defensive positions and control over approaches to the capital. As a scheduled ancient monument, Henley Fort survives as physical evidence of the Home Defence efforts that characterised the Second World War period on the Home Front.

Henley Fort: a London mobilisation centre is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019286. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Henley Fort: a London mobilisation centre?

Henley Fort is a defensive structure constructed during the Second World War as part of London's mobilisation and anti-invasion infrastructure. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019286.

Who is responsible for protecting Henley Fort: a London mobilisation centre?

Henley Fort: a London mobilisation centre is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1019286.

What other scheduled monuments are near Henley Fort: a London mobilisation centre?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman villa N of Limnerslease, Down Lane (2.6 km), Frowsbury Mound: a bowl barrow 70m south of Clear Barn (4.4 km), Chilworth gunpowder works (4.9 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Roman villa N of Limnerslease, Down Lane
2.6 km
Frowsbury Mound: a bowl barrow 70m south of Clear Barn
4.4 km
Chilworth gunpowder works
4.9 km
Earth circles on St Martha's Hill
4.9 km
Anglo-Saxon fortified centre at Eashing
6.1 km
Eashing Bridge, Lower Eashing
6.1 km
St Mary's Church, 268m east of Ladywell Convent
6.6 km
Somerset Bridge
7.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Henley Fort: a London mobilisation centre

Henley Fort: a London mobilisation centre stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Henley Fort: a London mobilisation centre

SilchesterRoman town · ~22.8 miles
Domesday entry for Littleton, Surrey →
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