Round Tower Point
Round Tower Point is a locality in Freshwater, Isle of Wight, England. Round Tower Point is situated nearby to the locality Cliff End, as well as near Sconce Point.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fort Victoria and Hurst Point Lighthouse.
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.
Hurst Point Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Hertzsprung, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hurst Point Lighthouse is located at Hurst Point in the English county of Hampshire, and guides vessels through the western approaches to the Solent.
Fort Albert
Apartment building
Fort Albert is a tower fort nestling under the cliffs south-west of Fort Victoria on the Isle of Wight, England. It was also known as Cliff End Fort, named after the Northern extremity of Colwell Bay.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Norton Green and Colwell Bay.
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.
Colwell Bay
Village
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.
Totland
Village
Photo: Mypix, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Totland is a village, civil parish and electoral ward on the Isle of Wight. Besides the village of Totland, the civil parish comprises the western tip of the Isle of Wight, and includes The Needles, Tennyson Down and the hamlet of Middleton.
Round Tower Point
- Type: Locality
- Location: Freshwater, Isle of Wight, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.70322° or 50° 42′ 12″ northLongitude
-1.53046° or 1° 31′ 50″ westOpen location code
9C2WPF39+7ROpenStreetMap ID
node 12391698657OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Cliff End and Sconce Point.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Fort Victoria Model Railway and Fort Victoria Country Park.
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