King Charles‘ Battery

King Charles‘ Battery is a fort in , , . King Charles‘ Battery is situated nearby to , as well as near the hotel .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Star Castle and Arlo Porth.

Hotel
Photo: David Lally, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a fortress on , , built in 1593 by Robert Adams, Surveyor of the Royal Works and Francis Godolphin, Captain of the Scilly Isles, during the "Spanish invasion scare."… is situated 610 feet east of King Charles‘ Battery.

Beach
Photo: Professorbeach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a beach, which is situated 1,300 feet east of King Charles‘ Battery.

Public building
Photo: Andrewrabbott, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, Isles of Scilly was a Wesleyan Methodist church in Hugh Town, Isles of Scilly from 1790. It is currently Grade II listed and functions as an office of the Council of the Isles of Scilly. is situated 1,600 feet east of King Charles‘ Battery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hugh Town and Bartholomew Ledges Wreck.

Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
is the largest settlement on the and its administrative centre. The town is situated on the island of , the largest and most populous island in the archipelago, and is located on a narrow isthmus which joins the peninsula known as the Garrison with the rest of the island.

Locality
The is a wreck found in the late 1970s at St Marys Sound, is believed to be that of a mid-sixteenth to early seventeenth century armed cargo vessel.

Hamlet
Photo: John Rostron, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a coastal settlement on the island of in the , . It is situated about half a mile northeast of and is a popular tourist spot with a number of guest houses, a restaurant, several gift shops and art galleries.

King Charles‘ Battery

Latitude
49.91589° or 49° 54′ 57″ north
Longitude
-6.32352° or 6° 19′ 25″ west
Open location code
8CXMWM8G+9H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3955875371
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­fort
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