West Country
Dorset
Weymouth & Portland District

Sandsfoot Castle

Sandsfoot Castle, also known historically as Weymouth Castle, is an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII near , . It formed part of the King's Device programme to protect against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire, and defended the anchorage.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: castle in Weymouth, Dorset, England, UK

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Castle Cove and Tudor House Museum.

Beach
, also known as Sandsfoot Cove, is a small secluded sand beach to the west of , in , southern . It is in the parish of , close to that village but closer to Sandsfoot Castle, one of Henry VIII's Device Forts, built around 1541 opposite its contemporary to protect . is situated 630 feet northeast of Sandsfoot Castle.

Museum
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The , often simply known as Tudor House, is an early 17th-century building, which remains a museum and one of the UK's best preserved Tudor buildings. is situated 1 mile northeast of Sandsfoot Castle.

School
All Saints Church of England Academy is a coeducational secondary school located in in the English county of . It is a Church of England school within the Diocese of Salisbury. is situated 2,700 feet west of Sandsfoot Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wyke Regis and Weymouth.

Village
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is a village in the civil parish of , in south , England. The village is part of the south western suburbs of Weymouth, on the northern shore of and the south-eastern end of .

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is a seaside resort town in , a county on the south coast of the , in . Visitors are attracted by its harbour and position, approximately halfway along the Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site, important for its geology and landforms.

Suburb
is an area of in , England. Situated on the north shore of Weymouth Harbour and originally part of the waste of , it seems only to have developed as a significant settlement and seaport in the 13th century. is situated 2 miles north of Sandsfoot Castle.

Sandsfoot Castle

Latitude
50.59523° or 50° 35′ 43″ north
Longitude
-2.4608° or 2° 27′ 39″ west
Elevation
20 feet (6 metres)
Open location code
9C2VHGWQ+3M
Open­Street­Map ID
way 210280965
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
6286275
Wiki­data ID
Q1164888
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Sandsfoot Castle”. Photo: Ajsmith141, CC BY-SA 3.0.