Coastwatch Lookout Station

Coastwatch Lookout Station is a tower in Felixstowe, Suffolk Coastal District, England. Coastwatch Lookout Station is situated nearby to Martello Park, as well as near the church River of Life.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Felixstowe Town Hall and Landguard Fort.

Felixstowe Town Hall

Town hall

Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Felixstowe Town Hall is a municipal building in Undercliff Road West, Felixstowe, Suffolk, England. The building is the meeting place of Felixstowe Town Council. Felixstowe Town Hall is situated 1 mile northeast of Coastwatch Lookout Station.

Landguard Fort

Museum

Photo: Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Landguard Fort is a fort at the mouth of the River Orwell outside Felixstowe, Suffolk, designed to guard the mouth of the river. It is now managed by the charity English Heritage and is open to the public. Landguard Fort is situated 1 mile southwest of Coastwatch Lookout Station.

Church of St John the Baptist and St Felix

Church

Photo: Tim Marchant, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of St John the Baptist and St Felix is situated 1 mile northeast of Coastwatch Lookout Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Walton and Harwich.

Walton

Village

Photo: michael wade, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Walton is a settlement and former civil parish, now in the parish of Felixstowe, in the East Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England, lying between the rivers Orwell and Deben. Walton is situated 1½ miles north of Coastwatch Lookout Station.

Harwich

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Harwich, pronounced 'Harich' or 'Harridge', is a port town in Essex, East Anglia. The ancient town centre is predominantly residential with a series of independent shops and the Harwich Redoubt Fort built in 1808 to defend its port against a Napoleonic invasion.

Trimley St Mary

Village

Photo: Oxymoron, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Trimley St. Mary is a parish and village on the outskirts of Felixstowe, on a low-lying peninsula between Harwich Harbour and the River Deben, in the East Suffolk district, in Suffolk, England. Trimley St Mary is situated 2 miles north of Coastwatch Lookout Station.

Coastwatch Lookout Station

Type: Tower
Categories: building and historic site
Location: Felixstowe, Suffolk Coastal District, Suffolk, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.94896° or 51° 56′ 56″ north

Longitude

1.33493° or 1° 20′ 6″ east

Inception

1809

Operator

National Coastwatch

Open location code

9F33W8XM+HX

OpenStreetMap ID

way 310201046

OpenStreetMap feature

building=tower

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=martello_tower

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=tower

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