Hatherwood Battery, Isle of Wight

Name: Hatherwood Battery
Address: Isle of Wight, United Kingdom

#31 among attractions in Isle of Wight

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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. It was sited to cross fire with the nearby Needles Battery ()

Built: 1869 (155 years ago)Coordinates: 50°40'16"N, 1°34'0"W

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Isle of Wight United Kingdom

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Hatherwood Battery – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: The Needles, The Needles Battery, Tennyson Down, Needles Lighthouse.

1.1 miSW
Rock formation with many attractions
The Needles, Isle of Wight
30 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.
0.9 miSW
Museum, Historical place
The Needles Battery, Isle of Wight
24 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.
1.1 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Outdoor activities
Tennyson Down, Freshwater
30 min walk • Tennyson Down is a hill at the west end of the Isle of Wight just south of Totland. Tennyson Down is a grassy, whale-backed ridge of chalk which rises to 482 ft/147m above sea level.
1.3 miSW
Lighthouse
Needles Lighthouse
32 min walk • 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.
0.8 miSW
Ruins
High Down Rocket Test Site, Isle of Wight AONB
22 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.
0.8 miSW
Museum
The Needles Old Battery and New Battery, Yarmouth
21 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.
1.2 miE
Hill
High Down, Isle of Wight, Freshwater
31 min walk • High Down is a chalk down making up the western extent of the ridge that crosses the Isle of Wight, England, and overlooking The Needles rock stacks. It includes Tennyson Down.
1.5 miNE
Forts and castles
Warden Point Battery, Milford on Sea
39 min walk • Warden Point Battery is a battery on the Isle of Wight begun in 1862, that was originally armed with 7-inch and 9-inch rifled muzzle loaders on barbette mountings. It was built in the 1890s for 9.2-inch breech loader guns. In use until 1936, and in World War II as a command post and searchlight battery.
1 miE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Christ Church, Isle of Wight
26 min walk • Christ Church, Totland is a parish church in the Church of England located in Totland, Isle of Wight.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Hatherwood Battery?

Nearby attractions include The Needles Old Battery and New Battery, Yarmouth (21 min walk), High Down Rocket Test Site, Isle of Wight AONB (22 min walk).

How to get to Hatherwood Battery by public transport?

The nearest stations to Hatherwood Battery:

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Needles Landmark Attraction • Lines: 12, 7 via Shalfleet, 7 via Wellow (6 min walk)
The Golf House • Lines: 12, 7 via Shalfleet, 7 via Wellow (15 min walk)