Roughs Tower

HM Fort Roughs is one of several World War II installations that were designed by Guy Maunsell and known collectively as His Majesty's Forts or as Maunsell Sea Forts; the purpose of which was to guard the port of , , and more broadly, the Thames estuary.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Dwelling
  • Description: Maunsell navy fort off the coasts of Suffolk and Essex, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Fort Rough Sands”, “Fort Roughs”, “Her Majesty’s Fort Roughs”, “His Majesty’s Fort Roughs”, “HM Fort Roughs”, and “Sealand”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Felixstowe.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a major port and 'garden resort' on the east coast of , in the county of . is long past its heyday as a tourist resort, and is best visited now as a place to enjoy some seaside calm.

Roughs Tower

Latitude
51.8944° or 51° 53′ 40″ north
Longitude
1.48254° or 1° 28′ 57″ east
Open location code
9F33VFVM+Q2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5703209919
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­isolated_dwelling
Wiki­data ID
Q4110607
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Roughs Tower” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بادي روي باتس”
  • Belarusian: “Гісторыя Сілэнда”
  • Catalan: “Fort Roughs”
  • Chinese: “怒涛堡垒”
  • Chinese: “怒涛塔”
  • Chinese: “怒濤堡壘”
  • Chinese: “怒濤塔”
  • French: “Fort Roughs”
  • German: “Fort Roughs”
  • German: “HM Fort Roughs”
  • Italian: “HM Fort Roughs”
  • Japanese: “フォート・ラフス”
  • Korean: “러프 요새”
  • Malay: “HM Fort Roughs”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rough Tower”
  • Russian: “платформа Рафс-Тауэр”
  • Spanish: “HM Fort Roughs”
  • Tatar: “Рафс-Тавер платформасы”
  • Vietnamese: “HM Fort Roughs”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sealand Chapel and Walton Castle.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Latimer House and Fludyer Arms.

Suffolk: Must-Visit Destinations

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