Castle Down, Tresco

#8 among attractions in Tresco

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Facts and practical information

Castle Down is a windswept plateau of maritime heath in the northern part of the island of Tresco, Isles of Scilly. The area has a number of designations including Castle Down Site of Special Scientific Interest; is part of the Isles of Scilly Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty; part of the Isles of Scilly Heritage Coast; and part of Plantlife's Isles of Scilly Important Plant Area. There are a number of Schedule Ancient Monument's ranging in age from Bronze Age cairns to castles built in the 16th and 17th centuries to protect the anchorage of New Grimsby harbour. ()

Coordinates: 49°57'49"N, 6°20'43"W

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Tresco United Kingdom

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Castle Down – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Tresco Priory, St Nicholas's Church, Old Blockhouse, Tresco Abbey Gardens.

1.3 miSE
Monastery
Tresco Priory, Tresco
33 min walk • Tresco Priory is a former monastic settlement on Tresco, Isles of Scilly founded in 946 AD. It was re-founded as the Priory of St Nicholas by monks from Tavistock Abbey in 1114.
0.6 miSE
Church
St Nicholas's Church, Tresco
16 min walk • St Nicholas's Church, Tresco, is a parish church in the Church of England located in Tresco, Isles of Scilly, UK.
0.9 miSE
Historical place, Forts and castles
Old Blockhouse, Tresco
22 min walk • The Old Blockhouse, also known as the Dover Fort, is a 16th-century fortification on the island of Tresco in the Isles of Scilly. It was built between 1548 and 1551 by the government of Edward VI to protect the islands against French attack.
1.3 miSE
Botanical garden, Fishing charters and tours, Boat tours
Tresco Abbey Gardens, Tresco
34 min walk • Tresco Abbey Gardens are located on the island of Tresco in the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom. The 17 acre gardens were established by the nineteenth-century proprietor of the islands, Augustus Smith, originally as a private garden within the grounds of the home he designed and built.
~820 ftW
View point, Historical place, Forts and castles
King Charles's Castle, Tresco
4 min walk • King Charles's Castle is a ruined artillery fort overlooking New Grimsby harbour on the island of Tresco in the Isles of Scilly.
1.5 miNE
Lighthouse
Round Island Light
38 min walk • Round Island Lighthouse, in the Isles of Scilly was designed by William Tregarthen Douglass for Trinity House and completed in 1887.
0.8 miS
Church
All Saints' Church, Bryher
21 min walk • All Saints' Church is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England located in Bryher, Isles of Scilly.
~1090 ftSW
Forts and castles
Cromwell's Castle, Isles of Scilly
6 min walk • Cromwell's Castle is an artillery fort overlooking New Grimsby harbour on the island of Tresco in the Isles of Scilly. It comprises a tall, circular gun tower and an adjacent gun platform, and was designed to prevent enemy naval vessels from entering the harbour.
0.6 miSE
49°57'23"N • 6°20'21"W
Gallery Tresco, Tresco
15 min walk • Museum
1.1 miNE
Island
St Helen's
28 min walk • St Helen's is one of the fifty or so uninhabited islands in the archipelago of the Isles of Scilly and has an approximate area of 0.1885 square kilometres.

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Which popular attractions are close to Castle Down?

Nearby attractions include King Charles's Castle, Tresco (4 min walk), Cromwell's Castle, Isles of Scilly (6 min walk), Gallery Tresco, Tresco (15 min walk), St Nicholas's Church, Tresco (16 min walk).