Horseshoe Bay
Horseshoe Bay is a bay on the south-east coast of the Isle of Wight, England. It lies to the south-east of the village of Bonchurch. It faces south-east towards the English Channel and its shoreline is approximately 250 yards in length.Photo: Debnigo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Bay
- Description: bay near Bonchurch, Isle of Wight, England, UK
- Also known as: “Horseshoe Bay no.2” and “Horseshoe Bay, Bonchurch, Isle of Wight”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ventnor Botanic Garden and Shanklin railway station.
Ventnor Botanic Garden
Garden
Photo: Shaun Ferguson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ventnor Botanic Garden is a botanic garden located in Ventnor, Isle of Wight. It was founded in 1970, by Sir Harold Hillier, and donated to the Isle of Wight Council.
Shanklin railway station
Railway station
Photo: Andrew Bowden, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shanklin railway station is a Grade II listed railway station serving Shanklin on the Isle of Wight. It is the present terminus of the Island Line from Ryde, although the line used to continue to Wroxall and 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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sandown and Shanklin and Sandown.
Sandown and Shanklin
Sandown and Shanklin are seaside towns on the southeast coast of the Isle of Wight.
Sandown
Town
Photo: ITookSomePhotos, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sandown is a seaside resort and civil parish on the south-east coast of the Isle of Wight, England. The neighbouring resort of Shanklin and the settlement of Lake are sited just to the south of the town.
Shanklin
Town
Photo: Steven Muster, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shanklin is a seaside resort town and civil parish on the Isle of Wight, England, located on Sandown Bay. Shanklin is the southernmost of three settlements which occupy the bay, and is close to Lake and Sandown.
Horseshoe Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: Ventnor, Isle of Wight, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.5966° or 50° 35′ 48″ northLongitude
-1.1859° or 1° 11′ 9″ westOpen location code
9C2WHRW7+JJOpenStreetMap ID
node 4745448688OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayWikidata ID
Q5905973
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Horseshoe Bay” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “馬蹄灣2號”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Horseshoe Bay no.2”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Horseshoe Bay no.2”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Bonchurch and Upper Bonchurch.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Old St Boniface Church, Bonchurch and Ventnor oppidum.
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