For other places with the same name, see Castletown (disambiguation)

Castletown and Portland Harbour, seen from The Verne. Portland Harbour is located beside the Isle of Portland, off Dorset, on the south coast of England. The National Sailing Academy and Portland Castle are on the left. The large buildings in the foreground are former naval buildings, now converted into luxury flats.

Portland Castle entrance.

Castletown is a small village in Underhill on the Isle of Portland in Dorset. A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet, but smaller than a Town or City. The Isle of Portland ( is a limestone tied island long by wide in the English Channel. Dorset ( (or archaically, Dorsetshire) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast It has a sandy beach and has a working port, Portland Port. ||-||-|-||-||-||-||-||-||-|} A port is a facility for receiving Ships and transferring cargo The village itself is on the shores of Portland Harbour, and includes Portland Castle and the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy. Portland Harbour is located beside the Isle of Portland, off Dorset, on the south coast of England. Portland Castle is one of the Device Forts built in 1539 by Henry VIII on the Isle of Portland to guard the natural Portland anchorage known Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy is a centre for the sport of sailing on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, on the south coast The village has a long naval history, and the Royal Navy had a base in the harbour until 1999. The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore known as the Senior Service) Now Portland Port is commercial, whilst still servicing and berthing Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships.

External links

• Pictures of Castletown
• Archive photographs of Castletown, Portland