Colwell Bay
Colwell Bay is a beach in England, United Kingdom. Colwell Bay is situated nearby to the recreation area Heathfield Farm Campsite Recreation Ground, as well as near the apartment building Fort Albert.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hurst Point Lighthouse and Fort Albert.
Hurst Point Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Hertzsprung, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hurst Point Lighthouse is located at Hurst Point in the English county of Hampshire, and guides vessels through the western approaches to the Solent. Hurst Point Lighthouse is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Colwell Bay.
Fort Albert
Apartment building
Fort Albert is a tower fort nestling under the cliffs south-west of Fort Victoria on the Isle of Wight, England. It was also known as Cliff End Fort, named after the Northern extremity of Colwell Bay. Fort Albert is situated 2,200 feet north of Colwell Bay.
Fort Victoria
Castle
Photo: Ranger Steve, Public domain.
Fort Victoria is a former military fort on the Isle of Wight, England, built to guard the Solent. The earliest fort on the site was a coastal fort known as Sharpenode Bulwark built in 1545–1547 by Henry VIII, but these defences had fallen into disrepair by the 17th century. Fort Victoria is situated 1 mile northeast of Colwell Bay.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Colwell Bay and Norton Green.
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.
Norton Green
Hamlet
Photo: Mypix, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Norton Green is a hamlet on the Isle of Wight. It is located just north of Freshwater in the west of the island.
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.
Colwell Bay
- Type: Beach
- Category: landform
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.69417° or 50° 41′ 39″ northLongitude
-1.53479° or 1° 32′ 5″ westOperator
IWCCOpen location code
9C2WMFV8+M3OpenStreetMap ID
way 836077455OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beach
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