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The Isle of Wight Coastal Path runs along the esplanade, and the beach is dog-friendly from October through April. [152] Recreational diving is popular offshore, owing to the number of shipwrecks. [41] The Isle of Wight has been named as the best place in the world for cycling by Lonely Planet, [153] and Ventnor is on the route of the annual ...
Royal Air Force Ventnor or more simply RAF Ventnor is a former Royal Air Force radar station located 0.7 miles (1.1 km) north east of Ventnor on the Isle of Wight, England. [2] It was initially constructed in 1937 as part of a World War II coastal defence programme codenamed Chain Home .
St Boniface Down is a chalk down near Ventnor, on the Isle of Wight, England. Its summit, 241 metres (791 ft), is the highest point on the island, [ 1 ] with views on a clear day stretching over 70 miles from Beachy Head to the east, Walbury Hill to the north, the Isle of Portland to the west and the French coast of Normandy to the south.
About 20 homes are evacuated following a landslip between Bonchurch Shute and Smugglers Haven.
Bonchurch Landslips is a 28.2-hectare (70-acre) site of special scientific interest which is located north-east of Ventnor, Isle of Wight.A wooded coastal landslip zone, the site was notified in 1977 for both its biological and geological features.
Henry Bates Joel's 1895 artwork 'Bonchurch, near Ventnor, Isle of Wight' is a depiction of rural life on the island. It is exhibited in the Milntown Estate. The local accent is similar to the traditional dialect of Hampshire, featuring the dropping of some consonants and an emphasis on longer vowels.
St Lawrence is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Ventnor, on the south (English Channel) coast of the Isle of Wight, in southern England. It is located to the west of the town of Ventnor, in the Undercliff, which is subject to landslips. The Undercliff lies between the original high cliff and the sea, formed over thousands ...
Map of places on the Isle of Wight compiled from this list; Isle of Wight Towns & Villages, Isle of Wight Time, Greenwich Mean Time website; Place Name Index, Wightcam- Photographically Illustrated Walks on the Isle of Wight; The Villages and Towns of the Isle of Wight, Southern Life (UK) website; History of the Villages of Hampshire, Dorset ...