Sconce Point

Places of Interest

Fort Victoria

Castle

Photo: Ranger Steve, Public domain.

Fort Victoria is a former military fort on the Isle of Wight, England, built to guard the Solent. The earliest fort on the site was a coastal fort known as Sharpenode Bulwark built in 1545–1547 by Henry VIII, but these defences had fallen into disrepair by the 17th century.

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.

Places in the Area

Norton Green

Hamlet

Photo: Mypix, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Norton Green is a hamlet on the Isle of Wight. It is located just north of Freshwater in the west of the island.

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.

Colwell Bay

Village

Photo: Debnigo, CC BY 3.0.

Colwell Bay is a bay in the west of the Isle of Wight. It is located between the towns of Totland and Yarmouth. The bay's northernmost point is Cliff's End the closest point of the Island to the British mainland, with Hurst Castle situated at the end of a long peninsula just under a mile to the northwest.

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