Watch House
Watch House is a building in Southwold, Waveney District, England. Watch House is situated nearby to the scenic viewpoint Gun Hill, as well as near the village green South Green.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Southwold Sailors’ Reading Room and Southwold Town Hall.
Southwold Sailors’ Reading Room
Museum
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The Southwold Sailors' Reading Room is a Grade II listed building on the seafront at Southwold, England. It was built in 1864 as a place for fishermen and mariners to read, as an alternative to drinking in pubs, and also to encourage the pursuit of Christian ideals. Southwold Sailors’ Reading Room is situated 1,300 feet northeast of Watch House.
Southwold Town Hall
Town hall
Photo: Keith Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Southwold Town Hall is a municipal building in the Market Place in Southwold, Suffolk, England. The building, which is the meeting place of Southwold Town Council, is a Grade II listed building. Southwold Town Hall is situated 1,400 feet north of Watch House.
Southwold Lighthouse
Historic building
Photo: Ella Mullins, CC BY 2.0.
Southwold Lighthouse is a lighthouse operated by Trinity House in the centre of Southwold in Suffolk, England. It stands on the North Sea coast, acting as a warning light for shipping passing along the east coast and as a guide for vessels navigating to Southwold harbour. Southwold Lighthouse is situated 1,900 feet north of Watch House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Walberswick and Reydon.
Walberswick
Village
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Walberswick is a village and civil parish on the Suffolk coast in England. It is at the mouth of the River Blyth on the south side of the river. The town of Southwold lies to the north of the river and is the nearest town to Walberswick, around 1 mile away.
Reydon
Village
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Reydon is a village and civil parish, 1.0 mile north-west of Southwold and 2.5 miles south-east of Wangford, in the East Suffolk district and the ceremonial county of Suffolk, England.
Easton Bavents
Hamlet
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Easton Bavents is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Reydon, in the East Suffolk district of the county of Suffolk, England. Once an important village with a market, it has been much eroded by the North Sea.
Watch House
- Type: Building
- Description: house in Southwold, Waveney, Suffolk, England, UK
- Category: house
- Location: Southwold, Waveney District, Suffolk, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.32238° or 52° 19′ 21″ northLongitude
1.6788° or 1° 40′ 44″ eastOpen location code
9F438MCH+XGOpenStreetMap ID
way 207571498OpenStreetMap feature
building=towerWikidata ID
Q26664200
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