Sleeping Bay
Sleeping Bay is a bay in Wales, United Kingdom. Sleeping Bay is situated nearby to the locality Sandy Haven, as well as near South Hook Fort.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Thorne Island and Fort Hubberstone.
Thorne Island
Island
Photo: Thorne17, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Thorne Island is a rocky islet and part of the community of Angle, Pembrokeshire, Wales, with an area of 2 acres, dominated by a coastal artillery fort built to defend the Milford Haven Waterway in the mid-19th century. Thorne Island is situated 2 miles south of Sleeping Bay.
Fort Hubberstone
Fort
Photo: Alvear24, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fort Hubberstone, on the west side of Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, is a Grade II* Listed Building which belongs to a series of forts built as part of the inner line of defence of the Haven following the Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom. Fort Hubberstone is situated 2½ miles east of Sleeping Bay.
Dale Fort
Castle
Photo: Julian Cremona, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dale Fort is a mid-19th-century coastal artillery fort at Dale Head, a rocky promontory near Dale, Pembrokeshire, west of Milford Haven in Wales. It is one of the centres run by Field Studies Council and offers residential and non-residential fieldwork for schools, colleges and universities, holiday accommodation and professional and leisure courses in natural history and arts. Dale Fort is situated 2 miles southwest of Sleeping Bay.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Herbrandston and South Hook Fort.
Herbrandston
Photo: Robin Lucas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Herbrandston is a small village in the south west Pembrokeshire coast. It has a large beach with clean red 'Sandy Haven' sand, which leads up to a tidal creek.
South Hook Fort
Locality
Photo: Robin Lucas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
South Hook Fort, on the northern shore of Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, is a Grade II* listed building which belongs to a series of forts built as part of the inner line of defence of the Haven following the Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom.
Angle
Village
Photo: Jeremy Owen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Angle is a village, parish and community on the southern side of the entrance to the Milford Haven Waterway in Pembrokeshire, Wales. The village school has closed, as has the village shop. Angle is situated 2½ miles south of Sleeping Bay.
Sleeping Bay
- Type: Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.71841° or 51° 43′ 6″ northLongitude
-5.10517° or 5° 6′ 19″ westOpen location code
9C3PPV9V+9WGeoNames ID
11103294
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