Castle Ledge
Castle Ledge is a shoal in Dartmouth, South Hams District, England. Castle Ledge is situated nearby to the locality Warfleet, as well as near the village Kingswear.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dartmouth Castle and Kingswear Castle.
Dartmouth Castle
Castle
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Dartmouth Castle is an artillery fort, built to protect Dartmouth harbour in Devon, England. The earliest parts of the castle date from the 1380s, when, in response to the threat of a French attack, the civic authorities created a small enclosure castle overlooking the mouth of the Dart estuary.
Kingswear Castle
Castle
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kingswear Castle is an artillery fort, built to protect Dartmouth harbour in Devon, England. It was constructed between 1491 and 1502 in response to the threat of French attack and was one of the first purpose-built artillery forts in Britain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Churston Ferrers and Galmpton.
Churston Ferrers
Village
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Churston Ferrers is an area and former civil parish, in the borough of Torbay, Devon, England, situated between the south coast towns of Paignton and Brixham. Churston Ferrers is situated 3½ miles north of Castle Ledge.
Galmpton
Village
Photo: Tom Jolliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Galmpton is a semi-rural village in Torbay, in the ceremonial county of Devon, England. It is located in the ward of Churston-with-Galmpton and the historic civil parish of Churston Ferrers, though some areas historically considered parts of Galmpton, such as Greenway and Galmpton Creek, are situated in the Devon borough of South Hams. Galmpton is situated 4 miles north of Castle Ledge.
Brixham
Photo: Tanya Dedyukhina, CC BY 3.0.
Brixham is a coastal town and civil parish in the borough of Torbay in the county of Devon, in the south-west of England. As of the 2021 census, Brixham had a population of 16,825.
Castle Ledge
- Type: Shoal
- Also known as: “West Ledge”
- Category: landform
- Location: Dartmouth, South Hams District, English Riviera and South Devon, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.34039° or 50° 20′ 25″ northLongitude
-3.56531° or 3° 33′ 55″ westOpen location code
9C2R8CRM+5VGeoNames ID
11594290
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Localities in the Area
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