East Weare Rifle Range
East Weare Rifle Range is a disused naval rifle range on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England. It is located within the area of East Weares, overlooking Portland Harbour.- Type: Ruins
- Description: Disused rifle range of the Royal Navy on the Isle of Portland, England
- Also known as: “East Weares Rifle Range”
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Folly Pier Waterworks and Folly Pier.
Folly Pier Waterworks
Ruins
Photo: Ajsmith141, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Folly Pier Waterworks was a 19th-century waterworks on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England. It was located at East Weares, the east side of Portland, below HM Prison Portland, which it supplied water for. Folly Pier Waterworks is situated 510 feet east of East Weare Rifle Range.
Folly Pier
Ruins
Photo: Ajsmith141, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Folly Pier is a disused stone shipping quay, located on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England; part of the Jurassic Coast. It is found on the east side of the island within the area of East Weares. Folly Pier is situated 750 feet east of East Weare Rifle Range.
St Peter’s Church
Church
Photo: Mike Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St. Peter's Church is a former Church of England church in The Grove, on the Isle of Portland, Dorset. Designed by Major-General Sir Edmund Du Cane, the church was built in 1870-72 and is now a Grade II* Listed building. St Peter’s Church is situated 1,300 feet west of East Weare Rifle Range.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include The Grove and Wakeham.
The Grove
Village
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Grove is a small village located at Tophill on the Isle of Portland in Dorset. The village is found close to the larger village Easton, and is most notable for containing the HM Prison Portland, including its museum Grove Prison Museum.
Wakeham
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wakeham is a hamlet near the village of Easton, in Tophill on the Isle of Portland in Dorset, England. It is situated between the Straits part of Easton, and Pennsylvania Castle.
Easton
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Easton is a village on the Isle of Portland in Dorset, England. The village is situated at Tophill, within the centre of the island. As with the rest of Portland's villages and settlements, Easton, including the settlements Reforne and Straits, has been designated as a conservation area, as it is a place of special architectural and historic interest.
East Weare Rifle Range
- Category: historic site
- Location: Isle of Portland, Weymouth and Portland District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.55324° or 50° 33′ 12″ northLongitude
-2.421° or 2° 25′ 16″ westOpen location code
9C2VHH3H+7JOpenStreetMap ID
node 8917304266OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noWikidata ID
Q16989293
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