The best-known forts in England
Ordered by how much has been written about each place. The numbers match the map.
The Solent is the center of gravity. Gosport alone has Fort Brockhurst, Fort Rowner, Fort Gomer and Fort Grange within 3 km, Horse Sand Fort is 6 km out from Portsmouth, and St Helens Fort and Bembridge Fort are on the Isle of Wight. The Thames estuary has Tilbury Fort and Coalhouse Fort near Gravesend; Harwich has Landguard Fort and Beacon Hill Fort. Up north, Castra Vindolanda and Vercovicium are Roman.
RLQuest knows 91 named forts in England, 34 of them with a Wikipedia article. Castles (511) and ruins (783) have their own pages, since a fort here means purpose-built defenses rather than a lord's residence. Many are on the coast, so a quest to one doubles as a sea walk; the app logs the route, confirms the arrival and fills in the shoreline tiles behind you.
Every dot is a place. The numbers mark the highlights listed below.
Ordered by how much has been written about each place. The numbers match the map.
A selection, best known first, with the nearest larger town next to each.
and 39 more
RLQuest knows these places too. Which means:
Some of your daily quests lead to a real place near you. The app uses your location to check you were really there.
If you're the first person in RLQuest to complete a quest at a place, it's your first find. The Place Book shows you which kinds of place you're still missing.
Every walk uncovers tiles, each about 350 m across. Over time you can see which corners you know well, and where you've never set foot.
Place data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License. Borders: geoBoundaries (CC BY 4.0); Canada: Statistics Canada. As of 2026-10-02. The list shows the places RLQuest knows and isn't complete. Photos come from Wikimedia Commons; author and license are credited on each photo.
