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Needles Lighthouse

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Alternative names: Coordinates: 50°39'44"N, 1°35'30"W
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EnglandUnited Kingdom

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Needles Lighthouse – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: The Needles, The Needles Battery, High Down Rocket Test Site, The Needles Old Battery and New Battery.

  • the needles isle of wight~590 ftE
    Rock formation with many attractions

    The Needles, Isle of Wight

    3 min walk • The Needles is a row of three stacks of chalk that rise about 30m out of the sea off the western extremity of the Isle of Wight in the English Channel, United Kingdom, close to Alum Bay, and part of Totland, the westernmost civil parish of the Isle of Wight.

  • the needles battery isle of wight~1880 ftE
    Museum, Historical place

    The Needles Battery, Isle of Wight

    10 min walk • The Needles Batteries are two military batteries built above the Needles stacks to guard the West end of the Solent. The field of fire was from approximately West South West clockwise to Northeast and they were designed to defend against enemy ships.

  • high down rocket test site isle of wight aonb0.6 miE
    Ruins

    High Down Rocket Test Site, Isle of Wight AONB

    16 min walk • 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.

  • the needles old battery and new battery yarmouth0.6 miE
    Museum

    The Needles Old Battery and New Battery, Yarmouth

    15 min walk • The Needles Batteries are two military batteries built above the Needles stacks to guard the West end of the Solent. The field of fire was from approximately West South West clockwise to Northeast and they were designed to defend against enemy ships.

  • hatherwood battery isle of wight1.3 miNE
    Forts and castles

    Hatherwood Battery, Isle of Wight

    32 min walk • 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.

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