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No. of vessels. 1 (No. 6) The Cowes Floating Bridge is a vehicular chain ferry which crosses the River Medina on the Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England. The ferry crosses the tidal river from East Cowes to Cowes. The first floating bridge between the two towns was established in 1859 and the crossing is one of the few remaining that ...
Sandown Bay is a broad open bay which stretches for much of the length of the Isle of Wight 's southeastern coast. It extends 81⁄2 miles (13.7 km) from Culver Down, near Yaverland in the northeast of the Island, to just south of Shanklin, near the village of Luccombe in the southwest. [1] At Luccombe, the bay is separated from The Undercliff ...
The setting for Free Rein was based on the Isle of Wight. [161] Portions of the 2021 drama series It's a Sin on Channel 4 were supposedly set in the Isle of Wight, the home of one of the lead characters, although they were actually filmed in Rhos-on-Sea [162] and Bangor [163] in north Wales. The sitcom The Cockfields is set on the Isle of Wight ...
Alum Bay is a bay near the westernmost point of the Isle of Wight, England, within close sight of the Needles rock formation. Of geological interest and a tourist attraction, the bay is noted for its multi-coloured sand cliffs. [1] The waters and adjoining seabed form part of the Needles Marine Conservation Zone and the shore and heath above ...
Isle of Wight. 50°45′34″N1°18′01″W / 50.7595°N 1.3002°W. Cowes (/ kaʊz /) is an English seaport town and civil parish [ 3 ] on the Isle of Wight. Cowes is located on the west bank of the estuary of the River Medina, facing the smaller town of East Cowes on the east bank. The two towns are linked by the Cowes Floating Bridge ...
The Longstone is a megalithic monument near the village of Mottistone, in the civil parish of Brighstone, close to the south west coast of the Isle of Wight. It is the only megalithic monument on the Island. On 8 October 1981 it became a scheduled monument listed as "The Longstone: a long barrow 60m south of Longstone Cottage".
Colwell Bay (grid reference) is a bay in the west of the Isle of Wight.It is located between the towns of Totland and Yarmouth.The bay's northernmost point is Cliff's End (Fort Albert) the closest point of the Island to the British mainland, with Hurst Castle lying at the end of a long peninsula just 1500 metres (a little less than a mile) to the northwest.
Wightlink. Wightlink is a ferry company operating routes across The Solent between Hampshire and the Isle of Wight in the south of England. It operates car ferries between Lymington and Yarmouth, and Portsmouth and Fishbourne and a fast passenger-only catamaran between Portsmouth Harbour and Ryde Pier.