Freshwater Bay
Freshwater Bay is a bay in England, United Kingdom. Freshwater Bay is situated nearby to the locality Picturesque Rock, as well as near the hamlet Afton.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Graham Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Freshwater Redoubt and Freshwater Bay Independent Lifeboat Station.
Freshwater Redoubt
Castle
Photo: Editor5807, Public domain.
Freshwater Redoubt, also known as Fort Redoubt, is an old Palmerston fort built in Freshwater Bay on the western end of the Isle of Wight. Construction work for the fort began in 1855 and was completed in 1856.
Freshwater Bay Independent Lifeboat Station
Building
Photo: Alan Swain, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Freshwater Lifeboat Station is located on Gate Lane at Freshwater Bay, just south of the village of Freshwater, at the western end of the Isle of Wight, in the United Kingdom.
Dimbola Museum and Galleries
Museum
Photo: Editor5807, Public domain.
Dimbola was the home and workplace of the Victorian pioneer photographer Julia Margaret Cameron, where she lived from 1860 to 1875 on the Isle of Wight It is now a museum and galleries dedicated to her life and work which also showcases contemporary exhibitions of photographers from around the world.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Afton and Easton.
Afton
Hamlet
Afton is a hamlet just outside Freshwater on the west side of the Isle of Wight. It features a local hill known as Afton Down which was the site of the Isle of Wight Festival in 1970, one of the largest rock concerts to be held in the UK. Freshwater Bay Golf Course is located on Afton Down.
Easton
Village
Easton is a village on the Isle of Wight. It is located close to Totland on the west side of the island and forms part of the parish of Freshwater.
Freshwater Bay
- Type: Bay
- Description: bay on the south coast of the Isle of Wight in England, UK
- Category: body of water
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.66909° or 50° 40′ 9″ northLongitude
-1.5105° or 1° 30′ 38″ westOpen location code
9C2WMF9Q+JQOpenStreetMap ID
node 879665876OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
2649068Wikidata ID
Q24643559
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Freshwater Bay” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Freshwater Bay”
- Swedish: “Freshwater Bay”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Picturesque Rock and New Village.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Freshwater Beach and Stag Rock.
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