Cromwell's Castle, Isles of Scilly

Name: Cromwell's Castle
Address: Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom

#4 among attractions in Isles of Scilly

Forts and castles

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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. The castle was built in two phases; Sir Robert Blake constructed the tower between 1651 and 1652 in the aftermath of the Parliamentary invasion of the islands at the end of the English Civil War, and Master Gunner Abraham Tovey added the gun platform during the War of Jenkins' Ear around 1739. The tower fell into disuse soon afterwards, and in the 21st century is managed by English Heritage and open to visitors. ()

Coordinates: 49°57'44"N, 6°20'58"W

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Isles of Scilly United Kingdom

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Cromwell's Castle – 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
34 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.
0.7 miSE
Church
St Nicholas's Church, Tresco
19 min walk • St Nicholas's Church, Tresco, is a parish church in the Church of England located in Tresco, Isles of Scilly, UK.
1 miE
Historical place, Forts and castles
Old Blockhouse, Tresco
26 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.
~530 ftN
View point, Historical place, Forts and castles
King Charles's Castle, Tresco
3 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.
1.7 miNE
Lighthouse
Round Island Light
43 min walk • Round Island Lighthouse, in the Isles of Scilly was designed by William Tregarthen Douglass for Trinity House and completed in 1887.
0.7 miS
Church
All Saints' Church, Bryher
18 min walk • All Saints' Church is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England located in Bryher, Isles of Scilly.
0.6 miSE
49°57'23"N • 6°20'21"W
Gallery Tresco, Tresco
16 min walk • Museum
1.3 miNE
Island
St Helen's
33 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 Cromwell's Castle?

Nearby attractions include King Charles's Castle, Tresco (3 min walk), Gallery Tresco, Tresco (16 min walk), All Saints' Church, Bryher (18 min walk), St Nicholas's Church, Tresco (19 min walk).