Needles Channel

Needles Channel is a channel in Isle of Wight, South East England, England. Needles Channel is situated nearby to the locality Totland Bay, as well as near Warden Point.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hurst Point Lighthouse and Needles Lighthouse.

Hurst Point Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Photo: Hertzsprung, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hurst Point Lighthouse is located at Hurst Point in the English county of Hampshire, and guides vessels through the western approaches to the Solent. Hurst Point Lighthouse is situated 2 miles northeast of Needles Channel.

Needles Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Photo: Christophe.Finot, CC BY-SA 2.5.

The Needles Lighthouse is an active 19th century lighthouse on the outermost of the chalk rocks at The Needles on the Isle of Wight in the United Kingdom, near sea level. Needles Lighthouse is situated 2 miles southwest of Needles Channel.

Hatherwood Battery

Ruins

Photo: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hatherwood Battery is a battery located to the east of Alum Bay on the Isle of Wight. It is one of the many Palmerston Forts built on the island to protect it in response to a perceived French invasion.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Alum Bay and Totland.

Alum Bay

Hamlet

Photo: Editor5807, Public domain.

Alum Bay is a bay near the westernmost point of the Isle of Wight, England, within close sight of the Needles rock formation. Of geological interest and a tourist attraction, the bay is noted for its multi-coloured sand cliffs.

Totland

Village

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Totland is a village, civil parish and electoral ward on the Isle of Wight. Besides the village of Totland, the civil parish comprises the western tip of the Isle of Wight, and includes The Needles, Tennyson Down and the hamlet of Middleton.

Colwell Bay

Village

Photo: Debnigo, CC BY 3.0.

Colwell Bay is a bay in the west of the Isle of Wight. It is located between the towns of Totland and Yarmouth. The bay's northernmost point is Cliff's End the closest point of the Island to the British mainland, with Hurst Castle situated at the end of a long peninsula just under a mile to the northwest. Colwell Bay is situated 1½ miles east of Needles Channel.

Needles Channel

Type: Channel
Category: body of water
Location: Isle of Wight, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.68732° or 50° 41′ 14″ north

Longitude

-1.57362° or 1° 34′ 25″ west

Open location code

9C2WMCPG+WH

GeoNames ID

2641823

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