Heatherwood Point

Places of Interest

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.

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.

New Needles Battery

Museum

Photo: Wolmars, CC BY-SA 4.0.

New Needles Battery is a museum.

Places in the Area

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

Photo: Mypix, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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 2 miles northeast of Heatherwood Point.

Heatherwood Point

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Localities in the Area

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