Rofford Marsh

Rofford Marsh is in Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, England. Rofford Marsh is situated nearby to the locality Yarmouth Green, as well as near the hamlet Bouldnor.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Yarmouth Castle and Fort Victoria.

Yarmouth Castle

Castle

Photo: Christophe.Finot, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Yarmouth Castle is an artillery fort built by Henry VIII in 1547 to protect Yarmouth Harbour on the Isle of Wight from the threat of French attack. Just under 100 feet across, the square castle was initially equipped with 15 artillery guns and a garrison of 20 men.

Fort Victoria

Castle

Photo: Ranger Steve, Public domain.

Fort Victoria is a former military fort on the Isle of Wight, England, built to guard the Solent. The earliest fort on the site was a coastal fort known as Sharpenode Bulwark built in 1545–1547 by Henry VIII, but these defences had fallen into disrepair by the 17th century.

Yarmouth Town Hall

Museum

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Yarmouth Town Hall is a municipal building in The Square in Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, England. The structure, which is used as a community events venue, is a Grade II listed building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Freshwater and Totland.

Freshwater

Village

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Yarmouth is an attractive little town at the western tip of the Isle of Wight, just offshore of the South East of England. Everything in Yarmouth seems to be on a small scale; small narrow streets nestle against a small castle and harbour, and the ferry terminal is actually built against the castle walls.

Totland

Village

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Totland is a village, civil parish and electoral ward on the Isle of Wight. Besides the village of Totland, the civil parish comprises the western tip of the Isle of Wight, and includes The Needles, Tennyson Down and the hamlet of Middleton.

Shalfleet

Village

Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Shalfleet is a village and civil parish on the Isle of Wight. It is located between Yarmouth and Newport in the northwest of the island. The civil parish includes the settlements of Cranmore, Hamstead, Newbridge, Ningwood, Shalcombe and Thorley Street, and had a population of 1,627 at the 2021 census.

Rofford Marsh

Type: Wetland
Category: body of water
Location: Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.705° or 50° 42′ 18″ north

Longitude

-1.4901° or 1° 29′ 25″ west

Open location code

9C2WPG45+2W

OpenStreetMap ID

way 872925391

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wetland

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Localities in the Area

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