Dartmouth Castle
Dartmouth Castle is a castle in Dartmouth, South Hams District, England. Dartmouth Castle is situated nearby to the headland Castle Point, as well as near Church of St Petrox, Dartmouth.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dartmouth Castle and Church of St Petrox, Dartmouth.
Dartmouth Castle
Castle
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Dartmouth Castle is an artillery fort, built to protect Dartmouth harbour in Devon, England. The earliest parts of the castle date from the 1380s, when, in response to the threat of a French attack, the civic authorities created a small enclosure castle overlooking the mouth of the Dart estuary.
Kingswear Castle
Castle
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kingswear Castle is an artillery fort, built to protect Dartmouth harbour in Devon, England. It was constructed between 1491 and 1502 in response to the threat of French attack and was one of the first purpose-built artillery forts in Britain. Kingswear Castle is situated 1,400 feet east of Dartmouth Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Churston Ferrers and Galmpton.
Churston Ferrers
Village
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Churston Ferrers is an area and former civil parish, in the borough of Torbay, Devon, England, situated between the south coast towns of Paignton and Brixham. Churston Ferrers is situated 3½ miles north of Dartmouth Castle.
Galmpton
Village
Photo: Tom Jolliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Galmpton is a semi-rural village in Torbay, in the ceremonial county of Devon, England. It is located in the ward of Churston-with-Galmpton and the historic civil parish of Churston Ferrers, though some areas historically considered parts of Galmpton, such as Greenway and Galmpton Creek, are situated in the Devon borough of South Hams. Galmpton is situated 3½ miles north of Dartmouth Castle.
Brixham
Photo: Tanya Dedyukhina, CC BY 3.0.
Brixham is a coastal town and civil parish in the borough of Torbay in the county of Devon, in the south-west of England. As of the 2021 census, Brixham had a population of 16,825.
Dartmouth Castle
- Type: Castle
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Dartmouth, South Hams District, English Riviera and South Devon, Devon, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.34227° or 50° 20′ 32″ northLongitude
-3.56595° or 3° 33′ 57″ westOpen location code
9C2R8CRM+WJOpenStreetMap ID
way 1080795983OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castle
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