Bouldnor
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: hamlet on the Isle of Wight, in England, UK
- Also known as: “Bouldnor, Isle of Wight”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Yarmouth Castle and Yarmouth Town Hall.
Yarmouth Castle
Castle
Photo: Christophe.Finot, CC BY-SA 2.5.
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.
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 Swithun’s Church, Thorley
Church
Photo: Hassocks5489, CC0.
St Swithun's Church, Thorley is a parish church in the Church of England located in Thorley, Isle of Wight.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thorley and Yarmouth.
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
Photo: Ian Stannard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Yarmouth is an attractive little town at the western tip of the Isle of Wight, just offshore of the South East of England. Everything in Yarmouth seems to be on a small scale; small narrow streets nestle against a small castle and harbour, and the ferry terminal is actually built against the castle walls.
Bouldnor Cliff
Locality
Photo: Ranger Steve, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bouldnor Cliff is a submerged prehistoric settlement site in the Solent. The site dates from the Mesolithic era and is in approximately 11 metres of water just offshore of the village of Bouldnor on the Isle of Wight in the United Kingdom.
Bouldnor
- Category: locality
- Location: Shalfleet, Isle of Wight, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.70658° or 50° 42′ 24″ northLongitude
-1.47865° or 1° 28′ 43″ westElevation
43 feet (13 metres)Open location code
9C2WPG4C+JGOpenStreetMap ID
node 3484198032OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Bouldnor” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Bouldnor”
- French: “Bouldnor”
- Irish: “Bouldnor”
- Polish: “Bouldnor”
- Welsh: “Bouldnor”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Yarmouth Green and Fort Bouldnor.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Thorley Manor and Thorley Copse.
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