	Coastal Landmarks
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The Needles Batteries

Isle of Wight

Guns,searchlights,pom poms and space rockets

Solent landmarks

A Quick History

The Main Features

The Rocket Site

The Guns

The needles Lighthouse seen from the battery

The Chalk ridge running across the Southern side of the Isle of Wight ends spectacularly at the outcrop of the needles with its distinctive red and white lighthouse.
On the heights overlooking this famous scene can be seen the remains of one of the most unusual Victorian built coastal defences.
Sited at 250 ft above sea level and using the cliffs as a natural defence the Needles battery dominates the narrow approaches to the Needles channel.
In later years water level emplacements and tunnels were built and newer batteries built higher up the cliff.
The site is now owned by the National Trust and open to the public.

Some suggested TeamManley links to follow Southsea Castle: A Castle with one of the Needles Batteries Guns Gilkicker Fort : Another Solent Palmerston Fort South Caradon Mine: A large Victorian Copper mine
Other Links (external) Palmerston Forts Society: A site that must be visited for those interested in Victorian fortifications. The Lighthouse Society of Great Britain:The site for those interested in Lighthouses. Isle of Wight Nostalgia: A web site containing a wide range of information about the Isle or Wight, a very good set of Web links for the Island.

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