Nab Tower
The Nab Tower is a tower originally planned for anti-submarine protection in the English Channel in World War I. It was sunk over the Nab rocks east of the Isle of Wight to replace a lightship after the war, and is a well-known landmark for sailors as it lies off Spithead and marks the deep-water eastern entry into the Solent.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse east of Isle of Wight, UK
- Also known as: “Nab Tower Light”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Foreland Fields and Bembridge.
Foreland Fields
Locality
Foreland or Forelands, and the adjacent Foreland Fields, is the easternmost point of the Isle of Wight, part of the village of Bembridge. It is located about 6.5 miles due south of the city of Portsmouth on the British mainland, separated by the eastern reaches of the Solent. Foreland Fields is situated 6 miles west of Nab Tower.
Bembridge
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Bembridge is a village and civil parish located on the easternmost point of the Isle of Wight. It had a population of 3,848 according to the 2001 census of the United Kingdom, leading to the implausible claim by some residents that Bembridge is the largest village in England.
Nab Tower
- Categories: sea fort, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Hampshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.66792° or 50° 40′ 5″ northLongitude
-0.95249° or 0° 57′ 9″ westOpen location code
9C2XM29X+52OpenStreetMap ID
node 672768845OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseGeoNames ID
12104431Wikidata ID
Q6956691
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