Old ROC Post
Old ROC Post is a ruins in Freshwater, Isle of Wight, England. Old ROC Post is situated nearby to the park Afton Down, as well as near Mermaid Rock.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dimbola Museum and Galleries and Freshwater Redoubt.
Dimbola Museum and Galleries
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. Dimbola Museum and Galleries is situated 3,100 feet west of Old ROC Post.
Freshwater Redoubt
Castle
Photo: Editor5807, Public domain.
Freshwater Redoubt, also known as Fort Redoubt, is an old Palmerston fort built in Freshwater Bay on the western end of the Isle of Wight. Construction work for the fort began in 1855 and was completed in 1856. Freshwater Redoubt is situated 2,700 feet west of Old ROC Post.
Freshwater Bay Independent Lifeboat Station
Building
Photo: Alan Swain, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Freshwater Lifeboat Station is located on Gate Lane at Freshwater Bay, just south of the village of Freshwater, at the western end of the Isle of Wight, in the United Kingdom. Freshwater Bay Independent Lifeboat Station is situated 1,800 feet west of Old ROC Post.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Freshwater Bay and Afton.
Afton
Hamlet
Afton is a hamlet just outside Freshwater on the west side of the Isle of Wight. 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. Freshwater Bay Golf Course is located on Afton Down.
Easton
Village
Easton is a village on the Isle of Wight. It is located close to Totland on the west side of the island and forms part of the parish of Freshwater.
Old ROC Post
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Categories: tourism, ruins, and historic site
- Location: Freshwater, Isle of Wight, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.67015° or 50° 40′ 13″ northLongitude
-1.50242° or 1° 30′ 9″ westOpen location code
9C2WMFCX+32OpenStreetMap ID
node 5982885428OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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