Martello Tower M
Martello Tower M is a tower in Shotley, Babergh District, England. Martello Tower M is situated nearby to the marina Shotley Point, as well as near HMS Ganges Museum.Photo: Hamish Griffin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Tower
- Description: Martello Tower in Shotley, Suffolk, England, UK
- Also known as: “North Martello Tower Approximately 500 Metres East Of Bristol Hill On The Site Of The Former Hms Ganges, Royal Naval Training Establishment”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Martello Tower L and Harwich International railway station.
Martello Tower L
Tower
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Martello Tower L is situated 1,900 feet southwest of Martello Tower M.
Harwich International railway station
Railway station
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Harwich International railway station is a railway station on the Mayflower Line, a branch of the Great Eastern Main Line, the station serves Harwich International Port in Essex, England. Harwich International railway station is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Martello Tower M.
Harwich Town railway station
Railway station
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Harwich Town railway station is the eastern terminus of the Mayflower Line, a branch of the Great Eastern Main Line, in the East of England, serving the port town of Harwich, Essex. Harwich Town railway station is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Martello Tower M.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Trimley Marshes and Shotley.
Trimley Marshes
Locality
Photo: Keith Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Trimley Marshes is a 77 hectare nature reserve west of Trimley St Mary, on the outskirts of Felixstowe in Suffolk. It is managed by the Suffolk Wildlife Trust.
Shotley
Village
Photo: Andrew Hill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shotley is a village and civil parish 8 miles south-east of Ipswich in the English county of Suffolk. It is in the Babergh district and gives its name to the Shotley peninsula between the Rivers Stour and Orwell.
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.
Martello Tower M
- Categories: Martello tower, building, and historic site
- Location: Shotley, Babergh District, Suffolk, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.96019° or 51° 57′ 37″ northLongitude
1.27538° or 1° 16′ 31″ eastOpen location code
9F33X76G+35OpenStreetMap ID
way 310201048OpenStreetMap feature
building=towerOpenStreetMap feature
historic=martello_towerOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=towerWikidata ID
Q17641272
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Highlights include Shotley Point and HMS Ganges Museum.
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