West Blockhouse Fort
West Blockhouse Fort is a mid-19th century coastal artillery fort at West Blockhouse Point, a rocky headland near Dale, Pembrokeshire, to the west of Milford Haven in Wales.Photo: Peter Barr, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dale Fort and Thorne Island.
Dale Fort
Castle
Photo: Julian Cremona, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dale Fort is a mid-19th-century coastal artillery fort at Dale Head, a rocky promontory near Dale, Pembrokeshire, west of Milford Haven in Wales. It is one of the centres run by Field Studies Council and offers residential and non-residential fieldwork for schools, colleges and universities, holiday accommodation and professional and leisure courses in natural history and arts. Dale Fort is situated 1 mile north of West Blockhouse Fort.
Thorne Island
Island
Photo: Thorne17, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Thorne Island is a rocky islet and part of the community of Angle, Pembrokeshire, Wales, with an area of 2 acres, dominated by a coastal artillery fort built to defend the Milford Haven Waterway in the mid-19th century. Thorne Island is situated 1½ miles east of West Blockhouse Fort.
St Ishmaels
Church
Photo: Dara Jasumani, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Ishmaels or St Ishmael's is a village, parish and community close to the Milford Haven Waterway in Pembrokeshire, Wales. St Ishmaels is situated 2 miles north of West Blockhouse Fort.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dale and Angle.
Dale
Village
Photo: Izzy Johnson, Public domain.
Dale is a small village and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales, located on the peninsula which forms the northern side of the entrance to the Milford Haven Waterway.
Angle
Village
Photo: Jeremy Owen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Angle is a village, parish and community on the southern side of the entrance to the Milford Haven Waterway in Pembrokeshire, Wales. The village school has closed, as has the village shop. Angle is situated 3 miles east of West Blockhouse Fort.
Marloes
Village
Photo: Dara Jasumani, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Marloes is a village and parish in Pembrokeshire, Wales, on the Marloes Peninsula 7 miles west of Milford Haven and forms the western tip of the southern shore of St Brides Bay. Marloes is situated 3½ miles northwest of West Blockhouse Fort.
West Blockhouse Fort
- Type: Fort
- Description: 19th-century fort in Dale, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK
- Categories: vacation rental, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.6884° or 51° 41′ 18″ northLongitude
-5.15798° or 5° 9′ 29″ westOpen location code
9C3PMRQR+9ROpenStreetMap ID
way 1374217778OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortWikidata ID
Q17741760
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In Other Languages
“West Blockhouse Fort” goes by many names.
- Welsh: “West Blockhouse Fort”
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