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The Needles Old Battery and New Battery, Yarmouth

#4 among attractions in Yarmouth

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Built: 1861 (163 years ago)Coordinates: 50°39'44"N, 1°34'44"W
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West High Down, Alum Bay, Isle of Wight, PO39 0JHYarmouth United Kingdom

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The Needles Old Battery and New Battery – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: The Needles, The Needles Battery, Needles Lighthouse, High Down Rocket Test Site.

  • the needles isle of wight0.5 miW
    Rock formation with many attractions

    The Needles, Isle of Wight

    12 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~1170 ftW
    Museum, Historical place

    The Needles Battery, Isle of Wight

    6 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.

  • needles lighthouse0.6 miW
    Lighthouse

    Needles Lighthouse

    15 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.

  • high down rocket test site isle of wight aonb~340 ftS
    Ruins

    High Down Rocket Test Site, Isle of Wight AONB

    2 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.

  • hatherwood battery isle of wight0.8 miNE
    Forts and castles

    Hatherwood Battery, Isle of Wight

    21 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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Which popular attractions are close to The Needles Old Battery and New Battery?

Nearby attractions include High Down Rocket Test Site, Isle of Wight AONB (2 min walk), The Needles Battery, Isle of Wight (6 min walk), The Needles, Isle of Wight (12 min walk), Hatherwood Battery, Isle of Wight (21 min walk).

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