King Charles‘ Battery
King Charles‘ Battery is a fort in Isles of Scilly, West Country, England. King Charles‘ Battery is situated nearby to Newman House, as well as near the hotel Star Castle.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Star Castle and Arlo Porth.
Star Castle
Hotel
Star Castle is a fortress on St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, built in 1593 by Robert Adams, Surveyor of the Royal Works and Francis Godolphin, Captain of the Scilly Isles, during the "Spanish invasion scare."… Star Castle is situated 600 feet east of King Charles‘ Battery.
Wesleyan Methodist Church, Hugh Town
Public building
Wesleyan Methodist Church, Hugh Town, 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. Wesleyan Methodist Church, Hugh Town is situated 1,600 feet east of King Charles‘ Battery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hugh Town and Bartholomew Ledges Wreck.
Hugh Town
Town
Hugh Town is the largest settlement on the Isles of Scilly and its administrative centre. The town is in the west of the isle of St Mary's, the largest and most populous island in the archipelago; it is on a narrow isthmus which joins the peninsula known as the Garrison with the rest of the island.
Bartholomew Ledges Wreck
Locality
The Bartholomew Ledges Wreck is a wreck found in the late 1970s at St Mary's Sound, Isles of Scilly is believed to be that of a mid-sixteenth to early seventeenth century armed cargo vessel.
Porthloo
Hamlet
Porthloo is a coastal settlement on the island of St Mary's in the Isles of Scilly, England. It is situated about half a mile northeast of Hugh Town and is a popular tourist spot with a number of guest houses, a restaurant, several gift shops and art galleries.
King Charles‘ Battery
- Type: Fort
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Isles of Scilly, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
49.91589° or 49° 54′ 57″ north
Longitude
-6.32345° or 6° 19′ 24″ west
Open location code
8CXMWM8G+9J
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fort
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Newman House and Newman.
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