Liikkala Fort is situated in the village of Liikkala in Anjalankoski along the old main road from Hamina to Kouvola (Road no. 371).

In 1791 – 1792, under the direction of General Alexander Suvorov, Russia built Liikkala Fort as part of the new defence system for St. Petersburg. The purpose of Liikkala was to defend the road from the Swedish border to Hamina, which the Swedish army had used to attack Hamina in the war started by Gustav III in 1788.

Liikkala Fort comprises two fortification works with a fosse in between. The main work, which is closest to the road, consists of four demi-bastions. The other, an irregularly shaped redoubt, is at the end of the north-facing, meandering fosse. Unlike the rest of Suvorov’s defence line, Liikkala Fort consisted of timber-supported earthworks with no stone facing.

In 1809 Finland became an autonomous grand duchy within Russia. The fort had become superfluous, and was abandoned.

Restoration of Liikkala Fort has been in progress since 1980 as an employment project by the National Board of Antiquities and the Ministry of Labour. The trees growing in the fort, the fosse and the redoubt have been removed.  The ramparts are a prominent feature in the surrounding cultural landscape. Other sights close to the fort include the ruins of the foundations of Russian barracks built in 1804 – 1805 and a stone commemorating the  note sent by Swedish officers to the Russian tsarina during Gustav’s War in 1788.

Restaurants and accommodation are also available nearby.