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What’s there
- Parking
- Picnic area
For car parking use PO41 0NS
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
Yarmouth Castle is a 16th-century square blockhouse built to defend Yarmouth harbour and the western Solent. It was Henry VIII's last and most advanced coastal fort, featuring the first 'arrowhead' bastion ever built in England. Inside, atmospheric recreations show how rooms were used in the 16th century, and an exhibition covers the many wrecks in the treacherous stretch of sea called Yarmouth Roads that the castle overlooks. The castle remained garrisoned until 1885. It is also a picnic spot with views over the Solent, and there is a World Builder trail to explore.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
- Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
- Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.
- Wet wipes
- Small first aid kitPlasters solve more days out than anything else here.
- Colouring book and pencils
- Spare carrier bagFor the wet things. There are always wet things.
- Painkillers for grown-ups
- Flask of tea
- Umbrella
- Plasters
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