Landguard Common
Landguard Common is a grassland in Felixstowe, Suffolk Coastal District, England. Landguard Common is situated nearby to the museum Landguard Fort, as well as near Felixstowe Museum.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Landguard Fort and Beacon Hill Battery.
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 820 feet west of Landguard Common.
Beacon Hill Battery
Photo: Oxyman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Beacon Hill Battery is a late-19th and 20th century coastal fortification that was built to defend the port of Harwich, Essex. It is a scheduled ancient monument. Beacon Hill Battery is situated 1½ miles west of Landguard Common.
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 1½ miles west of Landguard Common.
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. 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.
Dovercourt
Town
Photo: David Kemp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dovercourt is a seaside town and former civil parish, now in the parish of Harwich, in the Tendring district, in the county of Essex, England. It is older than its smaller but better-known neighbour, the port of Harwich. Dovercourt is situated 2 miles west of Landguard Common.
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 2½ miles north of Landguard Common.
Landguard Common
Latitude
51.93907° or 51° 56′ 21″ northLongitude
1.3246° or 1° 19′ 29″ eastOpen location code
9F33W8QF+JROpenStreetMap ID
way 32007312OpenStreetMap feature
natural=grassland
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Felixstowe Museum and Landguard Nature Reserve.
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