Felixstowe: Landguard Fort Felixstowe: Landguard Fort English Heritage

Description


Protecting the Harwich Haven there has been a fort on this site since the 16th Century. The bulk of the current fort dates from the 19th Century when it was heavily modernised. The fort saw active service right up until the 1950's. Protecting the entrance to the port at Harwich it's been an important site for the protection of the country from Tudor wars to WWII. Today most of the site is open and accessible for visitors to wander around.

Charge


Charge

Getting There

From the centre of Felixstowe it's around a two mile walk out along the headland to Landguard fort. Alternatively the 77 bus runs every hour during the day Monday to Saturday (and Sunday's in Summer) out to the fort. The 77 also runs direct from the centre of Ipswich
Latitude: 51.938789; Longitude: 1.32087
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Photos


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Web Link


www.english-heritage.org.uk
Disclaimer: Details correct at time of writing (26/06/2011), and on time of last update (27/06/2011) but may no longer be accurate, particularly if some time has passed.