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Piel Castle passed directly to the monarch, and during the threat of the Spanish Armada efforts were made to upgrade the castle.

In 1888 the Hoe became a park and the Armada Memorial (left) was erected to mark the tercentenary of Drake's great victory.

In 1457 the Earl of Pembrokeshire helped the inhabitants to rebuild and strengthen the walls to guard against the Spanish Armada.

Tiny fishing smacks still set out from the cove each day, much as they probably did in 1588 when the Spanish Armada was first sighted off the Devon coast.

hundred feet above sea level, and with commanding views of the Sound and the English Channel, the Hoe is where Sir Francis Drake is reputed to have played his famous game of bowls while waiting for the Armada

Lady Margaret Hawkins, after whom the school is named, was the wife of Sir John Hawkins, one of the commanders fighting against the Spanish Armada in 1588.

The bridge, contemporary with the cutting of the waterway, provides an ideal backdrop to the little armada of pleasure craft.

An old New Forest tradition alleges that the ponies are the descendants of Spanish horses that swam ashore from the wrecked galleons of the Spanish Armada.

Tiny fishing smacks still set out from the cove each day, much as they probably did in 1588 when the Spanish Armada was first sighted off the Devon coast.

Known from the 13th century, bowling passed into history with the tradition that Sir Frances Drake played the game at Plymouth Hoe whilst watching the approach of the Spanish Armada.

Its tower occupied a position which today is on the west side of Armada Way near where the Western Morning News office now stands.

The Keigwin Arms takes its name from Jenkin Keigwin, a local squire killed by the Spaniards in 1595 when they sacked the town in revenge for the destruction of the Armada.

Mildred's Church, with its bold crocketed pinnacles, dominates the centre of this small town, which stands 322 feet above sea level; it was formerly used as a beacon tower in the time of the Spanish Armada

A castle was first erected on Brownsea Island by Henry VIII, and was strengthened at the time of the Armada.

Lady Margaret Hawkins, after whom the school is named, was the wife of Sir John Hawkins, one of the commanders fighting against the Spanish Armada in 1588.

Tiny fishing smacks still set out from the cove each day, much as they probably did in 1588 when the Spanish Armada was first sighted off the Devon coast.

Mildred's Church, with its bold crocketed pinnacles, dominates the centre of this small town, which stands 322 feet above sea level; it was formerly used as a beacon tower in the time of the Spanish Armada

There are claims, however unlikely, that nearby Haslington Hall was built using timbers that had been salvaged from Spanish galleons captured at the time of the Armada.

The house dates from the time of the Armada in 1588, and was originally a Friends' Meeting House.

At RAF Cottesmore, a few miles away, the biggest armada of aircraft ever seen in Rutland prepared to move off for Arnhem, where paratroops were to seize a crossing over the Rhine.

It was raised in height in the time of the threat of the Spanish Armada.

Sited on a Bronze Age tumulus, the Beacon was built in Elizabethan times and was used at the time of the Armada to warn of the Spanish threat.

By the time of the Spanish Armada in 1588, Weymouth managed to send out only six vessels.

The Manor of Bedgebury, near Goudhurst, had a foundry in the 16th century; it cast the guns for the fleet that fought the Spanish Armada in 1588.