Colwell Bay

Places of Interest Nearby

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

Photo: Naturenet, CC BY 2.5.

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.

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Colwell Bay

Village

Photo: Debnigo, CC BY 3.0.

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

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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

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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.

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