Knightstone View
Knightstone View is a residential area in Weymouth and Portland District, Dorset, England which is located on Wyke Road. Knightstone View is situated nearby to the grassland Tennyson Green, as well as near the monastery Convent of our Lady Mercy.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sandsfoot Castle and Tudor House Museum.
Sandsfoot Castle
Photo: Ajsmith141, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sandsfoot Castle, also known historically as Weymouth Castle, is an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII near Weymouth, Dorset. It formed part of the King's Device programme to protect against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire, and defended the Weymouth Bay anchorage. Sandsfoot Castle is situated 3,200 feet south of Knightstone View.
Tudor House Museum
Museum
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The Tudor House Museum, often simply known as Tudor House, is an early 17th-century building, which remains a museum and one of the UK's best preserved Tudor buildings. Tudor House Museum is situated 2,900 feet east of Knightstone View.
Castle Cove
Beach
Castle Cove, also known as Sandsfoot Cove, is a small secluded sand beach to the west of Weymouth, in Dorset, southern England. It is in the parish of Wyke Regis, close to that village but closer to Sandsfoot Castle, one of Henry VIII's Device Forts, built around 1541 opposite its contemporary Portland Castle to protect Portland Roads. Castle Cove is situated 2,800 feet southeast of Knightstone View.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Weymouth and Wyke Regis.
Weymouth
Photo: Caroline Granycome, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Weymouth is a seaside resort town in Dorset, a county on the south coast of the West Country, in England. Visitors are attracted by its harbour and position, approximately halfway along the Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site, important for its geology and landforms.
Wyke Regis
Village
Photo: Carl Whitehouse, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wyke Regis is a village in the civil parish of Weymouth, in south Dorset, England. The village is part of the south western suburbs of Weymouth, on the northern shore of Portland Harbour and the south-eastern end of Chesil Beach.
Melcombe Regis
Suburb
Melcombe Regis is an area of Weymouth in Dorset, England. Situated on the north shore of Weymouth Harbour and originally part of the waste of Radipole, it seems only to have developed as a significant settlement and seaport in the 13th century.
Knightstone View
- Type: Residential area
- Address: 21 Wyke Road, Weymouth, DT4 9QQ
- Location: Weymouth and Portland District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.60346° or 50° 36′ 13″ northLongitude
-2.46516° or 2° 27′ 55″ westOpen location code
9C2VJG3M+9WOpenStreetMap ID
way 1275313987OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residential
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