Landguard Fort

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.

Photo: Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Photo: Tim Garrett-Moore, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Type: Museum
Description: fort in England, Britain
Also known as: “Landguard Fort and associated field works”
Address: Viewpoint Road, Felixstowe, IP11 3TW

Photo: Tim Garrett-Moore, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Harwich Town railway station and Beacon Hill Battery.

Harwich Town railway station

Railway station

Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Harwich Town railway station is the eastern terminus… Harwich Town railway station is situated 1½ miles west of Landguard Fort.

Beacon Hill Battery

Photo: Oxyman, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Beacon Hill Battery is a late-19th and 20th century… Beacon Hill Battery is situated 1¼ miles west of Landguard Fort.

Harwich Redoubt

Photo: John Fielding, CC BY 2.0.

Harwich Redoubt is a circular fort built in 1808… Harwich Redoubt is situated 1½ miles west of Landguard Fort.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Harwich and Dovercourt.

Harwich

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Harwich, pronounced 'Harich' or 'Harridge', is a port town in Essex, East Anglia.

Dovercourt

Town

Photo: David Kemp, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Dovercourt is a town and an area of Harwich in the Tendring district of Essex, England. Dovercourt is situated 2 miles west of Landguard Fort.

Walton

Village

Photo: michael wade, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Walton is a settlement and former civil parish, now… Walton is situated 2½ miles north of Landguard Fort.

Landguard Fort

Categories: castle, military museum, local museum, fort, tourism, historic site, and tourist attraction
Location: Felixstowe, Suffolk Coastal District, Suffolk, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.93838° or 51° 56′ 18″ north

Longitude

1.32115° or 1° 19′ 16″ east

Open location code

9F33W8QC+9F

OpenStreetMap ID

way 32007009

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=fort

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

Wikidata ID

Q6484546

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Turkish—“Landguard Fort” goes by many names.

Chinese: “蘭嘉城堡”
German: “Landguard Fort”
Turkish: “Landguard Kalesi”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Felixstowe Museum and Landguard Nature Reserve.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Landguard Fort and View Point Kiosk.

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Worth a closer look: Ipswich and Bury St Edmunds.

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