Anchor Head
Anchor Head is a cape in North Somerset, England. Anchor Head is situated nearby to the hamlet Kewstoke, as well as near the suburb Worlebury.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Worlebury Camp and Holy Trinity Church.
Worlebury Camp
Archaeological site
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Worlebury Camp is the site of an Iron Age hillfort on Worlebury Hill, north of Weston-super-Mare in Somerset, England. The fort was well defended with numerous walls, embankments and ditches around the site.
Knightstone Pavilion and Opera House
Theater building
Photo: Jongleur100, CC0.
Knightstone Pavilion and Opera House is a theater building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Weston-super-Mare and Kewstoke.
Weston-super-Mare
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Weston-super-Mare is a typical English seaside resort on the shore of the Bristol Channel, in the county of Somerset, approximately 25 mi south-west of Bristol, 35 miles west of Bath and 20 miles north of Bridgwater.
Kewstoke
Hamlet
Photo: Adrian and Janet Quantock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kewstoke is a civil parish and village in Somerset, England, within the unitary authority of North Somerset, located next to the strip of coast called Sand Bay. Its population in the 2011 census was 1,690. Kewstoke is situated 1½ miles east of Anchor Head.
Uphill
Village
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Uphill is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Weston-super-Mare, in the North Somerset district, in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England, at the southern edge of the town, on the Bristol Channel coast. Uphill is situated 2½ miles south of Anchor Head.
Anchor Head
- Type: Cape
- Category: landform
- Location: North Somerset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Anchor Head” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Anchor Head”
- Swedish: “Anchor Head”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Worlebury and Milton.
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Highlights include Knightstone and Birnbeck Island.
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