Backet’s Copse
Backet’s Copse is a forest in Freshwater, Isle of Wight, England. Backet’s Copse is situated nearby to the locality Wilmington Plantation, as well as near North Park.Places of Interest
Highlights include Yarmouth Castle and Dimbola Museum and Galleries.
Yarmouth Castle
Castle
Photo: Christophe.Finot, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Yarmouth Castle is an artillery fort built by Henry VIII in 1547 to protect Yarmouth Harbour on the Isle of Wight from the threat of French attack. Just under 100 feet across, the square castle was initially equipped with 15 artillery guns and a garrison of 20 men.
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.
Yarmouth Town Hall
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Yarmouth Town Hall is a municipal building in The Square in Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, England. The structure, which is used as a community events venue, is a Grade II listed building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yarmouth and Freshwater.
Yarmouth
Photo: Ian Stannard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Yarmouth is an attractive little town at the western tip of the Isle of Wight, just offshore of the South East of England. Everything in Yarmouth seems to be on a small scale; small narrow streets nestle against a small castle and harbour, and the ferry terminal is actually built against the castle walls.
Freshwater
Village
Yarmouth is an attractive little town at the western tip of the Isle of Wight, just offshore of the South East of England. Everything in Yarmouth seems to be on a small scale; small narrow streets nestle against a small castle and harbour, and the ferry terminal is actually built against the castle walls.
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.
Backet’s Copse
- Type: Forest
- Location: Freshwater, Isle of Wight, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.6851° or 50° 41′ 6″ northLongitude
-1.5° or 1° 29′ 60″ westOpen location code
9C2WMGP2+22OpenStreetMap ID
way 5235000OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Wilmington Plantation and North Park.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Freshwater Airstrip and All Saints’ Church, Freshwater.
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