Lavernock Battery
Lavernock Battery was built at Lavernock Point, Wales on the recommendations of the 1860 Royal Commission during the late 1860s to protect the ports of the Severn Estuary.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Celuici, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Fort
- Description: coastal battery on the Welsh side of the Severn Estuary
- Also known as: “Lavernock Fort”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sully Island and Sully Island.
Sully Island
Island
Photo: ben salter, CC BY 2.0.
Sully Island is a small tidal island of 14.5 acres by the hamlet of Swanbridge in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. It is located 400 m off the northern coast of the Bristol Channel, midway between the towns of Penarth and Barry and 10 km south of the Welsh capital city of Cardiff.
Sully Island
Archaeological site
Photo: Steve Daniels, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sully Island is an archaeological site, which is situated 1 mile southwest of Lavernock Battery.
Glamorganshire Golf Club
Golf course
Glamorganshire Golf Club is located in Lower Penarth in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, 7.3 miles south west from the capital city of Cardiff and is one of the oldest golf clubs in Wales. Glamorganshire Golf Club is situated 1¼ miles north of Lavernock Battery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lavernock and Cog.
Lavernock
Hamlet
Photo: Ben Salter, CC BY 2.0.
Lavernock is a hamlet in the Vale of Glamorgan in Wales, lying on the coast 7 miles south of Cardiff between Penarth and Sully, and overlooking the Bristol Channel.
Sully
Photo: ben salter, CC BY 2.0.
Sully is a village in the community of Sully and Lavernock, in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, lying on the northern coast of the Bristol Channel, midway between the towns of Penarth and Barry and 7 miles southwest of the Welsh capital city of Cardiff.
Lavernock Battery
- Categories: artillery battery, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.40432° or 51° 24′ 16″ northLongitude
-3.17955° or 3° 10′ 46″ westOpen location code
9C3RCR3C+P5OpenStreetMap ID
way 899673448OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortWikidata ID
Q6502607
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Marconi Holiday Village and St Lawrence Church.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as St Marys Well Bay Caravan Park Substation and Lavernock Holiday Camp Substation.
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