Coleton Hill

Coleton Hill is a hill in Kingswear, South Hams District, England and has an elevation of 531 feet. Coleton Hill is situated nearby to the village Kingswear, as well as near the locality Warfleet.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kingswear Castle and Dartmouth Castle.

Kingswear Castle

Castle

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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.

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.

Coleton Fishacre

Building

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Coleton Fishacre is a property consisting of a 24-acre garden and a house in the Arts and Crafts style, near Kingswear in Devon, England. The property has been in the ownership of the National Trust since 1982.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dartmouth and Townstal.

Dartmouth

Photo: matthewhartley369, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Dartmouth is a town in the English Riviera and South Devon region of Devon. A historic port location, Dartmouth's geography and seaside location combined with its traditional architecture make it an idyllic settlement popular with tourists from around Britain and the near continent.

Townstal

Neighborhood

Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Townstal is an historic manor and parish on elevated ground now forming part of the western suburbs of the town of Dartmouth, in the South Hams district, in the county of Devon, England. Townstal is situated 2 miles west of Coleton Hill.

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 3 miles north of Coleton Hill.

Coleton Hill

Type: Hill with an elevation of 531 feet
Category: landform
Location: Kingswear, South Hams District, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.34777° or 50° 20′ 52″ north

Longitude

-3.54179° or 3° 32′ 30″ west

Elevation

531 feet (162 metres)

Open location code

9C2R8FX5+47

GeoNames ID

12615927

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