West High Down

Places of Interest

New Needles Battery

Museum

Photo: Wolmars, CC BY-SA 4.0.

New Needles Battery is a museum.

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.

High Down Rocket Test Site

Ruins

Photo: John M, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The High Down Rocket Test Site 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

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.

West High Down

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Localities in the Area

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