Needles Lighthouse

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The Needles Lighthouse is an active 19th century lighthouse on the outermost of the chalk rocks at The Needles on the Isle of Wight in the United Kingdom, near sea level. Designed by James Walker, for Trinity House at a cost of £20,000. It was completed in 1859 from granite blocks, stands 33.25 metres high and is a circular tower with straight sides. It replaced an earlier light tower on top of a cliff overhanging Scratchell's Bay, which was first lit on 29 September 1786. ()

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

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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.

~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.
~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.
0.6 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.
0.6 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.
1.3 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.

Needles Lighthouse

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Needles Lighthouse plan & book

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

The Needles, Isle of Wight

The Needles Battery, Isle of Wight

High Down Rocket Test Site, Isle of Wight AONB

The Needles Old Battery and New Battery, Yarmouth

Hatherwood Battery, Isle of Wight