<P> The fort was declared surplus to requirements in 1962 and disposed of by the Ministry of Defence in 1982 . The fort is now privately owned and operated by AmaZing Venues under the Solent Forts brand . It has 50 rooms, its own dance hall, restaurant, and was once available for private functions with limited accommodation available . It was the venue for the Coalition Festival in the summer of 2009, and other psytrance and hard dance parties . </P> <P> In 2009 it was put on sale for £ 800,000 but was sold before auction, reportedly for more than £ 1m . </P> <P> Beginning June 4, 2002 the fort was used as a location for Banged Up With Beadle . For six weeks British TV personality Jeremy Beadle was locked in its dungeons . Cameras followed him as he coped with survival, plus learning skills with a different member of the public each week . These skills were put to the test as a live insert each Saturday evening into Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway . The fort was also featured on an episode of Most Haunted in series 8 . </P> <P> It has been a Scheduled Monument since 1967 . </P>

Spitbank fort in the solent near portsmouth harbour