Afton

Afton is a hamlet just outside on the west side of the . 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. Golf Course is located on Afton Down.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Hamlet
  • Description: hamlet on the Isle of Wight, in England, UK
  • Also known as: “Afton, Isle of Wight”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dimbola Museum and Galleries and Freshwater Redoubt.

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.

Castle
Photo: Editor5807, Public domain.
, also known as Fort Redoubt, is an old Palmerston fort built in on the western end of the . Construction work for the fort began in 1855 and was completed in 1856.

Church
Photo: Basher Eyre, CC BY-SA 2.0.
All Saints' Church, Freshwater is a parish church in the located in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Easton and Freshwater Bay.

Village
is a village on the . It is located close to on the west side of the island and forms part of the parish of .

Village
Photo: Graham Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.
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.

Afton

Latitude
50.67494° or 50° 40′ 30″ north
Longitude
-1.50806° or 1° 30′ 29″ west
Elevation
49 feet (15 metres)
Open location code
9C2WMFFR+XQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2385853447
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
13267857
Wiki­data ID
Q4690819
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Satellite Map

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Freshwater Bay Independent Lifeboat Station and Afton Manor.

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