Landguard Fort, Felixstowe

Name: Landguard Fort
Address: View Point Road, Felixstowe, IP11 3TW, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1394 675900

#1 among attractions in Felixstowe

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Landguard Fort is a fort at the mouth of the River Orwell outside Felixstowe, Suffolk, designed to guard the mouth of the river. It is now open to the public. ()

Coordinates: 51°56'19"N, 1°19'15"E

Address

View Point RoadFelixstowe IP11 3TW United Kingdom

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+44 1394 675900

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Day trips

Landguard Fort – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Felixstowe Ferry Golf Club, High Lighthouse, Electric Palace Cinema, Ocean Boulevard Amusements.

4.1 miNE
Golf
Felixstowe Ferry Golf Club
105 min walk • Felixstowe Ferry Golf Club, nestled on the Suffolk coast of the United Kingdom, is a haven for golf enthusiasts and a gem within the British golfing community. Established in 1880, this venerable institution is one of the oldest golf clubs in England, boasting a rich...
1.4 miW
Lighthouse
High Lighthouse, Harwich
37 min walk • Harwich High and Low Lighthouses are a pair of early 19th-century towers in Harwich, Essex, which were built as leading lights to help guide vessels into the harbour. They replaced an earlier pair of lights established in the seventeenth century when Harwich was a key operational base for the Royal Navy.
1.5 miW
Nightlife, Concerts and shows, Cinema
Electric Palace Cinema, Harwich
38 min walk • The Electric Palace cinema, Harwich, is one of the oldest purpose-built cinemas to survive complete with its silent screen, original projection room and ornamental frontage still intact. It was designed by the architect Harold Ridley Hooper of Ipswich, Suffolk and opened on 29 November 1911.
1.5 miNE
51°57'22"N • 1°20'34"E
Ocean Boulevard Amusements, Felixstowe
39 min walk • Amusement, Amusement park
1.7 miNE
Piers and boardwalks
Felixstowe Pier, Felixstowe
44 min walk • Felixstowe Pier is a pleasure pier in the Edwardian seaside town of Felixstowe, Suffolk, England. The pier opened in August 1905 with a total length of 2,640 feet and its own railway station, and was once one of the longest in the country. Steamer services operated from the pier to various destinations.
1.3 miW
Forts and castles
Beacon Hill Battery, Harwich
35 min walk • Beacon Hill Battery is a late-19th and 20th century coastal fortification that was built to defend the port of Harwich, Essex. It is a scheduled ancient monument.
1.4 miW
Specialty museum, Museum, Military museum
Harwich Redoubt, Harwich
36 min walk • Harwich Redoubt is a circular fort built in 1808 to defend the port of Harwich, Essex from Napoleonic invasion. The Harwich Society opens it to the public.
~740 ftSE
Park
Landguard Common
4 min walk • Landguard Common is a 30.5 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Felixstowe in Suffolk. An area of 16.3 hectares at the southern end is also a Local Nature Reserve.
2.8 miNW
Forest
Ganges Wood, Harwich
73 min walk • Ganges Wood is a woodland in Suffolk, England, near the village of Shotley Gate. It covers a total area of 2.21 hectares. It is owned and managed by the Woodland Trust.
2.9 miNW
Park
Trimley Marshes, Felixstowe
73 min walk • Trimley Marshes is a 77 hectare nature reserve west of Trimley St Mary, on the outskirts of Felixstowe in Suffolk. It is managed by the Suffolk Wildlife Trust.
1.7 miNW
Harbor
Port of Felixstowe
45 min walk • The Port of Felixstowe, in Felixstowe, Suffolk, is the United Kingdom's busiest container port, dealing with 48% of Britain's containerised trade.