HENRY VIII's Coastal Fortress | Hurst Castle COLLAPSE!!!

The 2025 season at Hurst Castle has come to a close 💙 Thank you to everyone who visited and supported us this year — it’s been another incredible season with you all, and we’ve loved seeing your smiley faces day in, day out. The castle is now closed for winter and will reopen on 28th March 2026. Until then, if you’re brave enough, you can still walk the spit and admire Hurst Castle from afar. 🔭 We look forward to seeing you again in just a few short months’ time. 🏰 | Hurst Castle UK

Imagine moving something as heavy as a grand piano… but shaped like a shell! Each of Hurst Castle’s Victorian RML 12.5-inch 38-ton gun shells weighed 818lb (371kg), and the challenge of getting them into the castle led to a clever solution — a narrow-gauge railway built in the late 19th century. Goods would arrive by sea at the military jetty (still visible today beyond Hurst Point Lighthouse), then be rolled along 500m of track on specially designed wooden carriages, each carrying up to three s

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