High Down Rocket Test Site, Isle of Wight AONB

Name: High Down Rocket Test Site
Address: Isle of Wight AONB, United Kingdom

#1 among attractions in Isle of Wight AONB

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Facts and practical information

The High Down Rocket Test Site is a former Rocket Testing facility on High Down near The Needles. ()

Coordinates: 50°39'41"N, 1°34'42"W

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Isle of Wight AONB United Kingdom

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High Down Rocket Test Site – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: The Needles, The Needles Battery, Needles Lighthouse, The Needles Old Battery and New Battery.

0.5 miW
Rock formation with many attractions
The Needles, Isle of Wight
13 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.
~1390 ftNW
Museum, Historical place
The Needles Battery, Isle of Wight
7 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 miW
Lighthouse
Needles Lighthouse
16 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.
~340 ftN
Museum
The Needles Old Battery and New Battery, Yarmouth
2 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.
0.8 miNE
Forts and castles
Hatherwood Battery, Isle of Wight
22 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 High Down Rocket Test Site?

Nearby attractions include The Needles Old Battery and New Battery, Yarmouth (2 min walk), The Needles Battery, Isle of Wight (7 min walk), The Needles, Isle of Wight (13 min walk), Hatherwood Battery, Isle of Wight (22 min walk).