Afton Down
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Afton Down is a chalk down near the village of Freshwater on the Isle of Wight. Afton Down faces Compton Bay directly to the west, while Freshwater is approximately one mile north.
Afton Down viewed from Tennyson Down.
View of Afton Down looking towards Freshwater Bay
Isle of Wight Festival 1970
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The Isle of Wight Festival 1970 was a music festival held between 26 and 30 August 1970 at Afton Down, an area on the western side of the Isle of Wight in England. It was the last of three consecutive
Afton Down
…on the Isle of Wight. Afton Down faces Compton Bay directly to the west, while Freshwater is approximately one mile north. It was the site of the Isle of Wight Festival 1970, where the Guinness Book of Records estimates 600,000 to 700,000, and possibly 800,000 people, flocked to see the musical talents of Emerson, Lake…
Festival poster, listing artists booked to play on the three main days
Image of the crowd, which Guinness World Records estimated at between 600,000 and 700,000 people