Watermouth Castle, Ilfracombe

Name: Watermouth Castle
Address: Ilfracombe, United Kingdom

#3 among attractions in Ilfracombe

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Watermouth Castle is a building in Watermouth, near Ilfracombe, North Devon, England, designed by George Wightwick as a residence for the Bassett family in the mid-19th century and is not a true castle but a country house built to resemble one. It has been designated as a Grade II* listed building. ()

Coordinates: 51°12'48"N, 4°4'49"W

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Ilfracombe United Kingdom

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

Nearby attractions include: Pack of Cards, Combe Martin Wildlife and Dinosaur Park, Arlington Court, Bull Point Lighthouse.

2.4 miE
Nightlife
Pack of Cards, Combe Martin
60 min walk • The Pack o' Cards is a historic house built about 1690 in Combe Martin in North Devon. Today it is a public house and hotel. It is listed Grade II* on the National Heritage List for England.
3.7 miSE
51°11'18"N • 4°0'15"W
Combe Martin Wildlife and Dinosaur Park, Combe Martin
95 min walk • Amusement, Nature and wildlife, History museum
6.3 miSE
Museum, History museum
Arlington Court
161 min walk • Arlington Court is a neoclassical style country house built 1820-23, situated in the parish of Arlington, next to the parish church of St James, 5 1/4 miles NE of Barnstaple, north Devon, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.
5.3 miW
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Bull Point Lighthouse, Woolacombe
136 min walk • Bull Point Lighthouse is a lighthouse on Bull Point, about one mile north of the village of Mortehoe, on the northern coast of Devon, England. The lighthouse provides a visual aid to the villages of Mortehoe, Woolacombe and Ilfracombe, and warns of the inhospitable and rocky coast that lines the area.
6 miSW
Church
Church of St Sabinus, Woolacombe
153 min walk • The Church of St Sabinus in Woolacombe in Devon is the Church of England parish church for the village. It is the only church in the United Kingdom that is dedicated to St Sabinus of Canosa and has been a Grade II* listed building since 1985. The church comes under the Diocese of Exeter.
$ilfracombe museum$ 1.9 miW
51°12'36"N • 4°7'25"W
Ilfracombe Museum, Ilfracombe
49 min walk • Natural history museum, Children's museum, History museum
$landmark theatre ilfracombe$ 1.9 miW
Concerts and shows, Theater
Landmark Theatre, Ilfracombe
48 min walk • The Landmark Theatre is a theatre in the North Devon coastal town of Ilfracombe. Of unusual double conical design, it is locally referred to as Madonna's Bra, a reference to its shape and that of an iconic bra worn by the singer Madonna.
$chambercombe manor ilfracombe$ 1.2 miSW
Historical place, Museum, Reportedly haunted
Chambercombe Manor, Ilfracombe
32 min walk • Chambercombe Manor is a Norman manor house located near Ilfracombe, Devon, which dates back to the 11th century and was recorded in the Domesday Book.
2.6 miW
Park
The Torrs, North Devon Coast
67 min walk • The Torrs are a Local Nature Reserve and one of the four main hills in the North Devon coastal town of Ilfracombe. The Park originally was designed in the 1880s for Victorian recreation. The South West Coast Path passes through the Torrs.
2.6 miSE
Church
Church of St Peter ad Vincula, Combe Martin
67 min walk • The Church of St Peter ad Vincula is the Church of England parish church for the village of Combe Martin in North Devon in the UK.
$bicclescombe park ilfracombe$ 2.1 miSW
51°11'52"N • 4°7'18"W
Bicclescombe Park, Ilfracombe
54 min walk • Park