Yaverland Battery
Yaverland Battery is a battery on the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. It was constructed between 1861 and 1864. It originally mounted eight 7-inch Armstrong Rifled Breech Loading guns, and enclosed with a Carnot wall.Photo: Editor5807, Public domain.
Photo: Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Shrubland
- Description: artillery battery in Sandown, Isle of Wight, England, UK
- Also known as: “Yaverland Battery, 660m south of Yaverland Church”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wildheart Animal Sanctuary and St John the Baptist Church, Yaverland.
Wildheart Animal Sanctuary
Zoo
Photo: Fluteflute, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Wildheart Animal Sanctuary, previously known as the Isle of Wight Zoo and Sandown Zoo, is a wildlife sanctuary on the coastline of Sandown, Isle of Wight. Wildheart Animal Sanctuary is situated 2,200 feet southwest of Yaverland Battery.
St John the Baptist Church, Yaverland
Church
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St John the Baptist Church, Yaverland is a parish church in the Church of England located in Yaverland, Isle of Wight. St John the Baptist Church, Yaverland is situated 2,300 feet north of Yaverland Battery.
Dinosaur Isle
Museum
Photo: Editor5807, Public domain.
Dinosaur Isle is a purpose-built dinosaur museum located in Sandown on the Isle of Wight in southern England. The museum was designed by Isle of Wight architect Rainey Petrie Johns in the shape of a giant pterosaur. Dinosaur Isle is situated 3,300 feet southwest of Yaverland Battery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yaverland and Sandown.
Yaverland
Village
Photo: Editor5807, Public domain.
Yaverland is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Sandown, on the Isle of Wight, England. It is just north of Sandown on Sandown Bay.
Sandown
Town
Photo: ITookSomePhotos, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sandown is a seaside resort and civil parish on the south-east coast of the Isle of Wight, England. The neighbouring resort of Shanklin and the settlement of Lake are sited just to the south of the town.
Brading
Town
Photo: Editor5807, Public domain.
The ancient 'Kynges Towne' of Brading is the main town of the civil parish of the same name. The ecclesiastical parish of Brading used to cover about a tenth of the Isle of Wight.
Yaverland Battery
- Categories: artillery battery, ruins, and historic site
- Location: Sandown, Isle of Wight, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.66374° or 50° 39′ 50″ northLongitude
-1.13064° or 1° 7′ 50″ westOpen location code
9C2WMV79+FPOpenStreetMap ID
way 513511722OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsOpenStreetMap feature
natural=scrubWikidata ID
Q8050390
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