Back of the Wight
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Back of the Wight is an area on the Isle of Wight in England. The area has a distinct historical and social background, and is geographically isolated by the chalk hills, immediately to the North, as
The "Back of the Wight" viewed from St Catherine's Down
Blackgang Chine, circa 1910
Mottistone Manor and Garden, Isle of Wight
HMS Pomone
Freshwater, Isle of Wight
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Freshwater is a large village and civil parish at the western end of the Isle of Wight, England. The southern, coastal village is Freshwater Bay, named for the adjacent small cove. Freshwater sits at
Back of the Wight
…the Wight are imprecise and vary according to interpretation, however roughly speaking it comprises all the land located South of the Downs and East of Freshwater Bay until the curve in the Downs meets the sea near St. Catherine's Point. The main part of the Back of the Wight is formed of a large bay 18 miles long…
Freshwater Bay, December 2013
Freshwater town centre
Freshwater Bay, c. 1910. The large building in the foreground is The Albion, a Victorian hotel built in response to an increase in popularity
Dimbola Lodge (foreground, left), overlooking Freshwater Bay, 2006