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Sandsfoot Castle

Sandsfoot Castle is a castle in Weymouth, Dorset. It is a scheduled monument. Look also at Portland Castle, 3.2 km away, first of 47 more within 15 km.

Photo: Sandsfoot Castle, Ajsmith141 (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

100 m

south of Weymouth

How well known

Top 13%

#1,081 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 18–22°C

In brief

Castle near Weymouth

Just outside Weymouth

Sandsfoot Castle is 100 m south of Weymouth. Towns near it ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Weymouth has 571 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

How the seasons run

Highs of 18–22°C mark May to September in Weymouth.

Jan9° / 4°93 mm

Feb9° / 3°60 mm

Mar12° / 4°60 mm

Apr15° / 6°53 mm

May18° / 8°48 mm

Jun20° / 11°45 mm

Jul22° / 13°60 mm

Aug22° / 13°67 mm

Sep20° / 11°61 mm

Oct16° / 9°97 mm

Nov12° / 6°113 mm

Dec10° / 4°98 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Weymouth, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Weymouth. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Weymouth’s full climate →

About

Sandsfoot Castle

7 Wikipedia editions have an article on it.

Weymouth’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Castle
Listed: Scheduled monument
Wikipedias: Covered in 7 languages
Town: 100 m south of Weymouth
Official site: sandsfootcastle.org.uk

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Finding Sandsfoot Castle

The map centres on Sandsfoot Castle, in orange, with nearby places numbered.

Towns near it

Which towns are near Sandsfoot Castle

In size, Weymouth comes first of the 8, with 55,540 people. They run in order of distance, starting where it stands.

1 · 100 m north of it

Weymouth

55,540 people · 26 places to visit

2 · 2.6 km south of it

Fortuneswell

4,554 people · 23 places to visit

3 · 3.3 km northwest of it

Chickerell

3,973 people · 13 places to visit

4 · 4.9 km south of it

Weston

5,208 people · 17 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Sandsfoot Castle is	People	Places to visit
Weymouth	100 m north of it	55,540	26
Fortuneswell	2.6 km south of it	4,554	23
Chickerell	3.3 km northwest of it	3,973	13
Weston	4.9 km south of it	5,208	17
Grove	5.7 km southeast of it	1,032	16
Southwell	7.3 km south of it	1,700	16
Osmington	7.6 km northeast of it	208	6
Broadmayne	11 km northeast of it	607	9

Make a day of it

Also within reach

The 47 places within 15 km include 4 museums, 2 castles and a fort.

Castle · English HeritagePortland Castle3.2 km away 2

Fort · English HeritageMaiden Castle11 km away 3

CastleRufus Castle6.6 km away 4

MuseumNothe Fort1.8 km away 5

MuseumTudor House1.3 km away 6

MuseumBennetts Water Gardens3.5 km away 7

MuseumWeymouth Museum1.3 km away 8

Abbey or priory · English HeritageAbbotsbury Abbey12 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Quick answers on Sandsfoot Castle

Where is Sandsfoot Castle?

Sandsfoot Castle is 100 m south of Weymouth, Dorset.

What is Sandsfoot Castle?

Castle in Weymouth, Dorset, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Sandsfoot Castle?

May to September are the warmest months in Weymouth, with afternoon highs of 18–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Sandsfoot Castle a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Sandsfoot Castle?

Within 15 km: Portland Castle (3.2 km), Maiden Castle (11 km), Rufus Castle (6.6 km) and Nothe Fort (1.8 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

Sandsfoot Castle: Ajsmith141, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Portland Castle: Mark.murphy at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Maiden Castle: Major George Allen (1891–1940), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Rufus Castle: Mike Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Nothe Fort: Stephen Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tudor House: Ajsmith141, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bennetts Water Gardens: Schlaier, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Weymouth Museum: Steve Daniels, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Abbotsbury Abbey: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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