High Down Rocket Test Site
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.Photo: John M, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include New Needles Battery and Needles Lighthouse.
New Needles Battery
Photo: Wolmars, CC BY-SA 4.0.
New Needles Battery is situated 340 feet north of High Down Rocket Test Site.
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. Needles Lighthouse is situated 3,100 feet west of High Down Rocket Test Site.
Hatherwood Battery
Ruins
Photo: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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. Hatherwood Battery is situated 1 mile northeast of High Down Rocket Test Site.
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. Totland is situated 2½ miles northeast of High Down Rocket Test Site.
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 2½ miles northeast of High Down Rocket Test Site.
High Down Rocket Test Site
- Type: Ruins
- Description: former rocket testing facility on High Down, Isle of Wight
- Categories: launch site and historic site
- Location: Totland, Isle of Wight, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.66131° or 50° 39′ 41″ northLongitude
-1.57824° or 1° 34′ 42″ westOpen location code
9C2WMC6C+GPOpenStreetMap ID
node 5795592763OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata ID
Q18349428
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In Other Languages
“High Down Rocket Test Site” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “海登火箭測試場”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Rocket Testing Station and Needles Viewpoint.
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