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On the Isle of Wight neolithic occupation is attested to by flint tool finds, pottery and monuments. The Isle of Wight's neolithic communities were agriculturalists, farming livestock and crops. The Isle of Wight's most recognisable neolithic site is the Longstone at Mottistone, the remains of an early Neolithic long barrow. Initially ...
Seagrove Bay is a bay on the northeast coast of the Isle of Wight, England. It lies to the east of the village of Seaview facing towards Selsey Bill with a 2 ⁄ 3 mile (1.1 km) shoreline stretching from Nettlestone Point in the north to Horestone Point in the south. [1] The bay has both the Seaside Award Flag and the Water Quality Award. [2]
Nettlestone and Seaview is a civil parish [4] and electoral ward on the Isle of Wight. It contains the villages of Nettlestone and Seaview . Public Transport is provided by Southern Vectis bus route 8, which operates between Ryde , and Newport via Bembridge and Sandown .
Priory Bay is a small privately owned bay on the northeast coast of the Isle of Wight, England.It lies 3 ⁄ 4 mile (1.2 km) to the east of Nettlestone village and another 3 ⁄ 4 mile along the coast from Seaview. [1]
St Catherine's Point is the southernmost point on the Isle of Wight. It is close to the village of Niton and the point where the Back of the Wight changes to the Undercliff of Ventnor. On nearby St Catherine's Down is St Catherine's Oratory, locally known as the "Pepperpot", a stone lighthouse built in the 1323 by Walter De Godeton. It is ...
The church dates from 1871 and was designed by the architect W. J. Stratton. [1]Of the ancient church of St Swithun the only portion remaining is the porch and belfry standing within a small disused graveyard adjacent to Thorley Manor.
Amazon World Zoo Park is a medium-sized zoo located in Newchurch, on the outskirts of Sandown, Isle of Wight. It became a charity in 2024, adopting the name Amazon Rainforest Conservation Centre . [ 1 ]
Calbourne, Newtown and Porchfield (formerly just Calbourne) is a civil parish on the Isle of Wight, in the county of the Isle of Wight, England.The parish includes the settlements of Calbourne, Chessell, Five Houses, Great Thorness, Little Whitehouse, Locksgreen, Mark's Corner, Newtown and Porchfield.