Norton Green

Norton Green is a hamlet on the . It is located just north of in the west of the island.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Yarmouth Castle and All Saints’ Church, Freshwater.

Castle
Photo: Christophe.Finot, CC BY-SA 2.5.
is an artillery fort built by Henry VIII in 1547 to protect on the from the threat of French attack. Just under 100 feet across, the square castle was initially equipped with 15 artillery guns and a garrison of 20 men.

Church
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All Saints' Church, Freshwater is a parish church in the located in .

Castle
Photo: Ranger Steve, Public domain.
is a former military fort on the , , built to guard the Solent. The earliest fort on the site was a coastal fort known as Sharpenode Bulwark built in 1545–1547 by Henry VIII, but these defences had fallen into disrepair by the 17th century.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Freshwater and Colwell Bay.

Village
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Yarmouth is an attractive little town at the western tip of the , just offshore of the South East of . Everything in Yarmouth seems to be on a small scale; small narrow streets nestle against a small castle and harbour, and the ferry terminal is actually built against the castle walls.

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.

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 , and the hamlet of Middleton.

Norton Green

Latitude
50.69335° or 50° 41′ 36″ north
Longitude
-1.51869° or 1° 31′ 7″ west
Elevation
59 feet (18 metres)
Open location code
9C2WMFVJ+8G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5459656814
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
12261702
Wiki­data ID
Q7060633
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Welsh—“Norton Green” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Norton Green”
  • French: “Norton Green”
  • Irish: “Norton Green”
  • Japanese: “ノートングリーン”
  • Polish: “Norton Green”
  • Welsh: “Norton Green”

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