Daws Castle
Located in Watchet, West Somerset District Coordinates: 51°10′49″ N 3°20′41″ W
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
- Elevation
- 69 m
- above sea level
- Airports
- CWL Cardiff International Airport24 km
- BRS Bristol Airport49 km
About Daws Castle
Daws Castle is a historic site. Location: Watchet, West Somerset District.
Daw's Castle (or Dart's Castle or Dane's Castle) is a sea cliff hillfort just west of Watchet, a harbour town in Somerset, England. It is a Scheduled Monument. The name comes from Thomas Dawe, who owned castell field in 1537. The fort is situated on an east-west cliff about 80 metres (260 ft) above the sea, on a tapering spur of land bounded by the Washford River to the south, as it flows to the sea at Watchet, about 1 km east.
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At a glance
- Heritage designation
- scheduled monument
Source: Wikidata
Photos of Daws Castle
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Tropiquaria Rabbi WP Thinrod · CC BY-SA 2.0
Climate of Daws Castle
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: June–August.
This month · November
A wet month
Day 11° · Night 5° · Rain 117 mm
- Hottest month
- July (day 20°)
- Coldest month
- February (night 3°)
- Wettest month
- November (117 mm)
- Driest month
- April (59 mm)
Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Average high (°C) | 8° | 8° | 10° | 12° | 15° | 18° | 20° | 20° | 17° | 14° | 11° | 9° |
| Average low (°C) | 3° | 3° | 4° | 5° | 7° | 10° | 12° | 12° | 11° | 8° | 5° | 4° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 106 | 77 | 80 | 59 | 59 | 62 | 68 | 82 | 92 | 104 | 117 | 110 |
How to get to Daws Castle
The nearest airport is Cardiff International Airport (CWL), 24 km to the north as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Cardiff, 35 km to the north.
Airports
- Cardiff International Airport (CWL) Cardiff 24 kmnorth
- Bristol Airport (BRS) Bristol 49 kmnortheast
- Exeter International Airport (EXT) Exeter, Devon 50 kmsouth
Nearby large cities
- Cardiff Population: 372.1K 35 kmnorth
- Newport Population: 161.5K 51 kmnortheast
- Exeter Population: 130.7K 52 kmsouth
- Bristol Population: 479K 60 kmnortheast
- Swansea Population: 300.4K 64 kmnorthwest
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Daws Castle
Within 100 km: 593 historic and cultural sites, 1,554 natural sites, 154 lakes, rivers and coasts.
0–25 km123 places
- Kilve Beach Beach 8 kmE
- Steep Holm Island 24 kmNE
- Barry Island Island 24 kmN
- Stert Island Island 24 kmE
25–60 km746 places
- Charmouth Beach Beach 59 kmSE
- Flat Holm Island 27 kmNE
- Sully Island Island 26 kmNE
- Horsey Island Island 59 kmW
60–100 km1,432 places
- Goodrington Sands Beach 86 kmS
- Chesil Beach Beach 82 kmSE
- Saunton Sands Beach 62 kmW
- Man O'War Beach Beach 98 kmSE
Straight-line distances.
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Tropiquaria Attraction, Williton2.3 km S
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Washford Mediumwave Transmitter, Mast East Landmark, Williton2.1 km S
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Washford Mediumwave Transmitter, Mast West Landmark, Williton2.2 km S
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Warren Bay Natural site, West Somerset District0.7 km NW
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Helwell Bay Natural site, Watchet1.8 km E
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Five Bells Hill Mountain, Williton1.7 km SE
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Cleeve Abbey Historic site, Old Cleeve2.9 km SW
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Claydowns Hill Mountain, Old Cleeve2.7 km SW
Nearest towns and villages
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Watchet Village, Watchet1 km E
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Williton Village, Williton2.5 km SE
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Saint Decumans Village, Watchet0.8 km SE
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Washford Village, Old Cleeve2.5 km SW
Sources & licences
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