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This list of museums on the Isle of Wight, England contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
Wheelers Bay took its name from a notorious Isle of Wight family "the Wheeler's" known for their involvement in smuggling on the isle. In the 1800s Robert Wheeler had logged 70 wrecks, His father James wheeler was said to saved three souls from the sea when he entered the water tied only to a rope and carried the remaining survivors ashore.
Historically, Blackgang was a hamlet that expanded into a small village in the mid-19th century, partly out of a Victorian fashion for speculative building of marine villas, [1] [2] and partly in association with the establishment of the amusement park at the chine, the large coastal ravine (historically known for being a haunt of smugglers [3]) after which the park was named.
Blackgang Chine is the oldest amusement park in the United Kingdom, having opened in 1843. Named after a now-destroyed chine (a coastal ravine) in the soft Cretaceous cliffs, it is about 6 miles from Ventnor at the southern tip of the Isle of Wight just below St Catherine's Down.
Orchard Bay is a sandy bay and shingle beach on the south-east coast of the Isle of Wight, England. It lies to the south-west of the Ventnor Botanic Garden and just along the coast west from Steephill Cove. It faces south towards the English Channel, its shoreline is 220 yards (200 m) in length - 65 yards (60 m) of which is beach. [1]
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The Brigham Young University Museum of Art owns an anonymous drawn plan of a Puckaster dwelling [15] and a watercolor of a Puckaster cottage. [16] Mrs. W. Bartlett and W. Willis made a well known etching of Puckaster Cove that was published in "Barber's Picturesque Illustrations of the Isle of Wight" in 1845. [17]
Shanklin Chine on the Isle of Wight Shanklin Chine is a geological feature and tourist attraction in the town of Shanklin , on the Isle of Wight , England . A wooded coastal ravine, it contains waterfalls, trees and lush vegetation, with footpaths and walkways allowing paid access for visitors, and a heritage centre explaining its history.