Yarmouth Castle
Yarmouth Castle is an artillery fort built by Henry VIII in 1547 to protect Yarmouth Harbour on the Isle of Wight from the threat of French attack. Just under 100 feet across, the square castle was initially equipped with 15 artillery guns and a garrison of 20 men.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Christophe.Finot, CC BY-SA 2.5.
- Opening hours: April—October 11:00 AM—4:00 PM
- Type: Castle
- Description: English artillery fort
- Address: Quay Street, Yarmouth, PO41 0PB
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Yarmouth Town Hall and The George Hotel.
Yarmouth Town Hall
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Yarmouth Town Hall is a municipal building in The Square in Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, England. The structure, which is used as a community events venue, is a Grade II listed building.
St James’ Church, Yarmouth
Church
Photo: Editor5807, Public domain.
St. James' Church, Yarmouth is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England located in Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. St James’ Church, Yarmouth is situated 480 feet southeast of Yarmouth Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bouldnor and Norton Green.
Bouldnor
Hamlet
Bouldnor is a hamlet near Yarmouth on the west coast of the Isle of Wight in southern England. It is the location of Bouldnor Battery, a gun battery emplacement.
Norton Green
Hamlet
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Norton Green is a hamlet on the Isle of Wight. It is located just north of Freshwater in the west of the island.
Thorley
Hamlet
Photo: Mypix, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Thorley is a village in the civil parish of Yarmouth, on the Isle of Wight, England. It is 1+1⁄2 miles from Yarmouth in the northwest of the island and is 9 miles west from Newport.
Yarmouth Castle
- Categories: military museum, fort, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.70668° or 50° 42′ 24″ northLongitude
-1.50018° or 1° 30′ 1″ westOperator
English HeritageOpen location code
9C2WPF4X+MWOpenStreetMap ID
way 108538775OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleGeoNames ID
6286294Wikidata ID
Q8049393
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Yarmouth Castle” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قلعة يارموث”
- Cebuano: “Yarmouth Castle”
- Chinese: “雅茅斯城堡”
- Danish: “Yarmouth Castle”
- German: “Yarmouth Castle”
- Japanese: “ヤーマス城”
- Portuguese: “Castelo de Yarmouth”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Yarmouth”
- Swedish: “Yarmouth Castle”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Yarmouth Green and Norton.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Yarmouth Quay and Yarmouth Ferry Terminal.
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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 “Yarmouth Castle”. Photo: Christophe.Finot, CC BY-SA 2.5.