Walk iw101 Tennyson's Monument and The Needles from Freshwater Bay

Vital Statistics:

Length:	7¼mls (11.5km)
Ascent:	1,303ft (397m)
Time:	4hrs
Grade:

Route outline for walk iw101:

Freshwater Bay  -  Watcombe Bay  -  Tennyson Down  -  Tennyson's Monument  -  Highdown Cliffs  -  New Battery  -  Scratchell's Bay  -  Old Battery  -  The Needles  -  Coastguard Cottages  -  West High Down  -  Nodewell Farm  -  Freshwater Bay

Points of Interest/Notes on this walk:

The Needles is a row of three 30m high chalk stalks that rise out of the sea off the western end of the Isle of Wight. Originally, there were four stacks (you can clearly see the gap from the viewpoint). The name the Needles comes from this fourth stack, which was needle-shaped & named 'Lot's Wife'. It collapsed into the sea during a ferocious storm in 1764.

The Needles Lighthouse was built in 1859 & has walls 3ft thick. Its light can be seen 17 miles away. It has been fully automated since 1994.

Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

0 English Mountains

0 Wainwrights

0 English Nuttalls

0 English Deweys

0 Wainwright Outlying Fells

0 Marilyns

1 Bridget

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is Tennyson Down at 147m (482ft). Tennyson Down is known as an English Bridget. The summit of Tennyson Down is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.

Free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps:

1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (orange/yellow covers):

1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (pink/magenta covers):

Some Photos and Pictures from Walk iw101 Tennyson's Monument and The Needles from Freshwater Bay

In no particular order . . .

On The Freshwater Way

Photo: Sal Hall (1)

Highdown Cliffs from Tennyson Down

Photo: Barry Inkwell (6)

The Needles from the viewpoint on Tennyson Down

Photo: Barry Inkwell (9)

Freshwater Bay

Photo: Barry Inkwell (16)

The Needles from the viewpoint at the Old Battery

Photo: Barry Inkwell (10)

The multi-coloured sands of Alum Bay from West High Down

Photo: Barry Inkwell (13)

Looking towards Freshwater Bay from Tennyson Down

Photo: Barry Inkwell (3)

Inside St. Agnes Church, Freshwater Bay

Photo: Barry Inkwell (15)

Radio Mast on Tennyson Down

Photo: Barry Inkwell (7)

Tennyson's Monument on Tennyson Down

Photo: Barry Inkwell (4)

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