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The Principality of Sealand

Roughs Tower, off Felixstowe, Suffolk

A wartime sea fort that declared itself an independent country.

Roughs Tower is a wartime fort built on two concrete legs in the North Sea. In 1967 a former army major, Paddy Roy Bates, took it over and declared it the independent Principality of Sealand.

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When
Since 1967
Where
51.8950, 1.4820
Group
Secret bunkers & war sites

Visiting

Visible from the coast near Felixstowe on a clear day. Visits are not normally allowed.

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