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07749 695523
WELCOME TO LANDGUARD FORT Viewpoint Road, FELIXSTOWE, Suffolk Admission prices are: Adults £3.50, Concessions £2.50 and Children (5 - 15 yrs) £1.00. Opening Hours: 10.00 am to 5.00 pm (21 March to 2 November 2008)
Are you comfortable with ..... GHOSTS ??? Join the "Man in Black" any Sunday at 2.45 pm for a special tour of suicide, murder and mayhem!
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The picture above portrays soldiers (marines) (whose alternative title was the Lord High Admiral's Regiment) successfully defending the Fort against a numerically superior Dutch invasion force at Languard Point on 2nd July 1667. Yellow was the "Royal" colour of the Stuarts and the Colonel was James, the Lord High Admiral, brother to Charles II, and who later became King James II. Royal Marines today have a small yellow line in their stable belt to remind them of their origin.
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We are open EVERY day from Friday 21st March until Sunday 2nd November 2008 |
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EVENTS 2008 21 MAR until 5 MAY 2008 "WALKING TO SAVE SOME SEA" A provocative exhibition by Fran Crowe with a conservation theme __________ 29 / 30 MARCH 2008
The 95th ("Sharpe's Regiment") demonstrate the skills of a British soldier in Napoleonic days! LIving history for you to enjoy! __________ 10 until 23 MAY 2008 "KISS IT BETTER" A contemporary art exhibition that reflects aspects of safety and identity in the 21st Century by Carol Gant & Mark Mathewson in collaboration with Landguard fort 24 MAY until 21 JUNE 2008 "WEATHER & ROOT" An exhibition of art & sculpture by Asylum Studio members; Emma Withers, Phil Robins & Lindsay Wright 7 until 28 JULY 2008 "WHERE SOLDIERS SLEEP" by ‘Punchdrunk’ __________
Colonel Pickering's Regiment (members of the Sealed Knot) celebrate "Darell's Day" with us! See (and hear) muskets, pikes, cannons, a rampart gun and camp life, plus a "Mummer's Play", all set in the 17th Century! An officer of the Duke of York & Albany's Maritime Regiment of 1667 will also be there! __________ 25/26 OCTOBER 2008 Skirmish action with the top Napoleonic era regiment! __________ AND ....... . LATE DECEMBER 2008
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An Officer in 1667
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An aerial view of the (1744 &1875) Fort of today.
Site of the Last major opposed Invasion of England and the First Land Battle of English Marines in 1667, it is now a large Victorian Fort.
It has been used by Coastal Artillery, Royal Engineers (for Sea Mines), Royal Navy (for Signalling and Boom Defence) and Royal Air Force (as Seaward Defence Headquarters) and was even used as a "piggery" by one regiment in the 1960s! Thank goodness our volunteers have long cleaned that up!
The first Marines in England were raised by Charles II in 1664 (as the first specific "land soldiers for sea service"). They were known as the Duke of York and Albany's Maritime Regiment. They fought for 3 years at sea and then fought their first land battle at Landguard Point on 2nd July 1667, under command of Captain Nathaniel Darell. |
A "potted" history of the Fort is HERE
If you would like to know even more about the Fort from 1939 onwards, you can read all about it HERE
Link to Official Site
