Hatherwood Battery
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include High Down Rocket Test Site and Tennyson Down.
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. High Down Rocket Test Site is situated 1 mile southwest of Hatherwood Battery.
Tennyson Down
Peak
Photo: Mypix, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tennyson Down is a hill at the west end of the Isle of Wight just south of Totland. Tennyson Down is a grassy, whale-backed ridge of chalk which rises to 482 ft/147m above sea level.
Christ Church
Church
Photo: Toby, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Christ Church, Totland is a parish church in the Church of England located in Totland, Isle of Wight. Christ Church is situated 1 mile east of Hatherwood Battery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alum Bay and Totland.
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
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 Hatherwood Battery.
Hatherwood Battery
- Type: Ruins
- Description: artillery battery in Totland, Isle of Wight, England, UK
- Categories: artillery battery and historic site
- Location: Totland, Isle of Wight, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.67105° or 50° 40′ 16″ northLongitude
-1.56673° or 1° 34′ 0″ westOpen location code
9C2WMCCM+C8OpenStreetMap ID
node 3126869053OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata ID
Q5681507
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Hatherwood Battery”. Photo: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0.