West Blockhouse
West Blockhouse is a historic building in United Kingdom. West Blockhouse is situated nearby to the beach Watwick Bay, as well as near the disaster remains HMS Barking.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include West Blockhouse Fort and Dale Fort.
West Blockhouse Fort
Fort
Photo: Peter Barr, CC BY-SA 2.0.
West Blockhouse Fort is a mid-19th century coastal artillery fort at West Blockhouse Point, a rocky headland near Dale, Pembrokeshire, to the west of Milford Haven in Wales.
Dale Fort
Castle
Photo: Julian Cremona, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dale Fort is a mid-19th-century coastal artillery fort at Dale Head, a rocky promontory near Dale, Pembrokeshire, west of Milford Haven in Wales. It is one of the centres run by Field Studies Council and offers residential and non-residential fieldwork for schools, colleges and universities, holiday accommodation and professional and leisure courses in natural history and arts. Dale Fort is situated 1 mile north of West Blockhouse.
Thorne Island
Island
Photo: Thorne17, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Thorne Island is a rocky islet and part of the community of Angle, Pembrokeshire, Wales, with an area of 2 acres, dominated by a coastal artillery fort built to defend the Milford Haven Waterway in the mid-19th century. Thorne Island is situated 1½ miles east of West Blockhouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dale and Angle.
Dale
Village
Photo: Izzy Johnson, Public domain.
Dale is a small village and community in Pembrokeshire, Wales, located on the peninsula which forms the northern side of the entrance to the Milford Haven Waterway.
Angle
Village
Photo: Jeremy Owen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Angle is a village, parish and community on the southern side of the entrance to the Milford Haven Waterway in Pembrokeshire, Wales. The village school has closed, as has the village shop. Angle is situated 3 miles east of West Blockhouse.
Marloes
Village
Photo: Dara Jasumani, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Marloes is a village and parish in Pembrokeshire, Wales, on the Marloes Peninsula 7 miles west of Milford Haven and forms the western tip of the southern shore of St Brides Bay. Marloes is situated 3½ miles northwest of West Blockhouse.
West Blockhouse
- Type: Historic building
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.68838° or 51° 41′ 18″ northLongitude
-5.15804° or 5° 9′ 29″ westOpen location code
9C3PMRQR+9QOpenStreetMap ID
way 45579438OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=building
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