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
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
Isle of Wight
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The Isle of Wight is an island off the south coast of England. It is a unitary authority and also a ceremonial county. It is separated from the mainland county of Hampshire by the Solent strait, and i
Freshwater, Isle of Wight
…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 the western end of the region known…
An image of the Isle of Wight from the ISS
A flint hand axe from the Paleolithic, c. 500,000 BP, found on the island in 2010.
A Neolithic arrowhead from c. 2500 – c. 2100 BCE, found on the island in 2011
An early Bronze Age axehead from c. 2000 – c. 1700 BCE, found on the island in 2011