Castle Cove
Castle Cove, also known as Sandsfoot Cove, is a small secluded sand beach to the west of Weymouth, in Dorset, southern England. It is in the parish of Wyke Regis, close to that village but closer to Sandsfoot Castle, one of Henry VIII's Device Forts, built around 1541 opposite its contemporary Portland Castle to protect Portland Roads.- Type: Beach
- Description: beach in Weymouth, Dorset, England
- Also known as: “Castle Cove, Weymouth” and “Sandsfoot Cove”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sandsfoot Castle and Tudor House Museum.
Sandsfoot Castle
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Sandsfoot Castle, also known historically as Weymouth Castle, is an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII near Weymouth, Dorset. It formed part of the King's Device programme to protect against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire, and defended the Weymouth Bay anchorage. Sandsfoot Castle is situated 630 feet southwest of Castle Cove.
Tudor House Museum
Museum
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The Tudor House Museum, often simply known as Tudor House, is an early 17th-century building, which remains a museum and one of the UK's best preserved Tudor buildings. Tudor House Museum is situated 3,600 feet northeast of Castle Cove.
Weymouth Museum
Museum
Photo: Steve Daniels, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Weymouth Museum is a museum in Weymouth, Dorset, England. It was established in 1972 in the former Melcombe Regis Boys' School at Westham Road and moved to Brewers Quay, on the south side of Hope Square near Weymouth Harbour, in 1990. Weymouth Museum is situated 3,600 feet northeast of Castle Cove.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wyke Regis and Weymouth.
Wyke Regis
Village
Photo: Carl Whitehouse, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wyke Regis is a village in the civil parish of Weymouth, in south Dorset, England. The village is part of the south western suburbs of Weymouth, on the northern shore of Portland Harbour and the south-eastern end of Chesil Beach.
Weymouth
Photo: Caroline Granycome, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Weymouth is a seaside resort town in Dorset, a county on the south coast of the West Country, in England. Visitors are attracted by its harbour and position, approximately halfway along the Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site, important for its geology and landforms.
Melcombe Regis
Suburb
Melcombe Regis is an area of Weymouth in Dorset, England. Situated on the north shore of Weymouth Harbour and originally part of the waste of Radipole, it seems only to have developed as a significant settlement and seaport in the 13th century. Melcombe Regis is situated 2 miles north of Castle Cove.
Castle Cove
- Categories: cove and landform
- Location: Weymouth and Portland District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.59679° or 50° 35′ 49″ northLongitude
-2.4596° or 2° 27′ 35″ westOpen location code
9C2VHGWR+P5OpenStreetMap ID
way 466246723OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beachWikidata ID
Q16890137
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