Wroxall Down

Wroxall Down is a locality in Ventnor, Isle of Wight, England. Wroxall Down is situated near the suburb Lowtherville, as well as near the locality Littleton Down.

Places of Interest

Highlights: Rew Down and Appuldurcombe House.

Rew Down

Grassland

Rew Down is a 23.5-hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest and Local Nature Reserve located on the south-east edge of the Isle of Wight in the hills to the west of Ventnor.

Appuldurcombe House

Photo: Cpsterling, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Appuldurcombe House is the shell of a large 18th-century English Baroque country house of the Worsley family. The house is situated near to Wroxall on the Isle of Wight, England.

St Catherine’s Church, Ventnor

Church

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St Catherine's, Ventnor is a parish church in the Church of England located in Ventnor, Isle of Wight.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wroxall and Bonchurch.

Wroxall

Village

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Wroxall is a village and civil parish in the central south of the Isle of Wight, England. In 2021 the parish had a population of 1,709. It is close to Appuldurcombe House, and the parish church is St. John's Church.

Bonchurch

Village

Photo: David Short, CC BY 2.0.

Bonchurch is a small village in the civil parish of Ventnor, to the east of the town of Ventnor, now largely connected to the latter by suburban development, on the southern part of the Isle of Wight, England.

Luccombe

Village

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Luccombe is a hamlet a short distance south of Shanklin, on the south coast of the Isle of Wight, England. There is some indication of Bronze Age settlements on the top of the nearby hill of Luccombe Down. Luccombe is situated 2 miles northeast of Wroxall Down.

Wroxall Down

Type: Locality
Location: Ventnor, Isle of Wight, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.60452° or 50° 36′ 16″ north

Longitude

-1.21696° or 1° 13′ 1″ west

Open location code

9C2WJQ3M+R6

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4386027018

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Lowtherville and Littleton Down.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Wroxall Down and The Island Free School.

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