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The anticline has eroded to expose older rocks to the north of the hill, with a surviving inward-facing circular escarpment encompassing St. Catherine's and other hills to the south, Oliver's Battery to the west, Magdalen Hill to the north, and Telegraph Hill and Chilcomb Down to the east. St. Catherine's Hill belongs to the roughly 90 million ...
The Hoy Monument on St. Catherine's Down. The northern end of St. Catherine's Down carries the Hoy Monument. [2] This was created in 1814 by Russian merchant Michael Hoy (1758–1828), whose wealth came from trade with Britain, to commemorate the visit of the Russian Tsar to Great Britain, [3] hence its informal alternative name the "Russian Monument".
Twyford Down is an area of chalk downland lying directly to the southeast of Winchester, Hampshire, England next to St. Catherine's Hill and close to the South Downs National Park. It has been settled since pre-Roman times, and has housed a fort and a chapel, as well as being a 17th and 18th century coaching route.
St Catherine's Hill, Dorset, a hill in Dorset, England; St. Catherine's Hill, Hampshire, a chalk hill in Hampshire, England; St Catherine's Hill, Surrey, a sandstone hill in Surrey, England; St. Catherine's Down, a chalk down on the Isle of Wight, England; St Catherine's Point, the southernmost point on the Isle of Wight, England
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.
St. Catherine's Oratory is a medieval lighthouse on St. Catherine's Down, above the southern coast of the Isle of Wight.It was built by Lord of Chale Walter de Godeton (sometimes spelled "Goditon") as an act of penance for plundering wine from the wreck of St. Marie of Bayonne in Chale Bay on 20 April 1313. [1]
Blashford Lakes is a 159-hectare (390-acre) nature reserve north of Ringwood in Hampshire, England, which is managed by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust. [1] ...
Wether Down [3] 234 37 TuMP: Butser Hill: South Downs: Ladle Hill [3] 232 41 TuMP: Walbury Hill: Hampshire Downs [6] Unique example of an unfinished hill fort. Holybourne Hill [3] 225 64 TuMP: Butser Hill: Hampshire Downs: Near the village of Holybourne. Also known as Holybourne Down. Red Hill [3] 221 48 TuMP: Butser Hill: Hampshire Downs