The Needles

The Needles are a row of three stacks of chalk that rise about 30 metres out of the sea off the western extremity of the in the English Channel, United Kingdom, close to and Scratchell's Bay, and part of , the westernmost civil parish of the Isle of Wight.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Needles Lighthouse and New Needles Battery.

Lighthouse
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The is an active 19th century lighthouse on the outermost of the chalk rocks at The Needles on the in the , near sea level.

Museum
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is a museum.

Ruins
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The is a former Rocket Testing facility on High Down near The Needles. The remains of the High Down Test Site are a rare example of a 1950s British rocket test facility, built at a time when the country was amongst a handful of nations at the forefront of rocket and missile technology.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Alum Bay and Totland.

Hamlet
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is a bay near the westernmost point of the , 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.

Village
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is a village, civil parish and electoral ward on the Isle of Wight. Besides the village of , the civil parish comprises the western tip of the , and includes The Needles, and the hamlet of Middleton. is situated 2½ miles northeast of The Needles.

Village
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is a bay in the west of the . It is located between the towns of and . The bay's northernmost point is Cliff's End the closest point of the Island to the British mainland, with situated at the end of a long peninsula just under a mile to the northwest. is situated 3 miles northeast of The Needles.

The Needles

Latitude
50.66265° or 50° 39′ 46″ north
Longitude
-1.58941° or 1° 35′ 22″ west
Elevation
3 feet (1 metre)
Open location code
9C2WMC76+36
Geo­Names ID
2641824
Wiki­data ID
Q2281259
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Welsh—“The Needles” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “The Needles”
  • Cebuano: “The Needles”
  • Chinese: “三針石”
  • Chinese: “三针石”
  • Chinese: “尼德爾斯”
  • Czech: “The Needles”
  • Danish: “The Needles”
  • Dutch: “The Needles”
  • Esperanto: “La Nadloj”
  • French: “The Needles”
  • German: “The Needles”
  • Hausa: “The Needles”
  • Italian: “The Needles”
  • Japanese: “ザ・ニードル”
  • Japanese: “ザ・ニードルズ”
  • Lithuanian: “Adatos”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “The Needles”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “The Needles”
  • Norwegian: “The Needles”
  • Polish: “The Needles”
  • Russian: “The Needles”
  • Russian: “Нидлз”
  • Russian: “Нидлс”
  • Spanish: “The Needles”
  • Swedish: “The Needles”
  • Turkish: “The Needles”
  • Welsh: “Y Needles”

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