Butts Lagoon

Places of Interest Nearby

Hurst Point Lighthouse

Lighthouse

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Hurst Point Lighthouse is located at Hurst Point in the English county of Hampshire, and guides vessels through the western approaches to the Solent. Hurst Point Lighthouse is situated 1½ miles south of Butts Lagoon.

Yarmouth Castle

Castle

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Yarmouth Castle is an artillery fort built by Henry VIII in 1547 to protect Yarmouth Harbour on the Isle of Wight from the threat of French attack. Just under 100 feet across, the square castle was initially equipped with 15 artillery guns and a garrison of 20 men. Yarmouth Castle is situated 2½ miles southeast of Butts Lagoon.

Hurst Spit

Beach

Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hurst Spit is a one-mile-long shingle bank near the village of Keyhaven, at the western end of the Solent, on the south coast of England. The spit shelters an area of saltmarsh and mudflats known as Keyhaven and Pennington marshes. Hurst Spit is situated 1½ miles southwest of Butts Lagoon.

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Keyhaven

Village

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Keyhaven is a hamlet on the south coast of England in the county of Hampshire. It is a fishing village, but the trade has been in decline for a period of years and its main draw now is tourism, especially sailing.

Pennington

Village

Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pennington is a ward in the civil parish of Lymington and Pennington, in the New Forest district of Hampshire, England, which is defined based on the boundaries of the earlier manor. Pennington is situated 2 miles north of Butts Lagoon.

Lymington

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Lymington is a small port in Hampshire in the South East of England. It is adjacent to the New Forest and faces across the Solent to the western end of the Isle of Wight.

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