Needles View

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=100 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="06f64643.jpg"> <div> <I>The Isle of Wight Photo Gallery</I><I> </I><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Georgia Ref" ><I> </I></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="isle_of_wight_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Index"><U><B>MAP</B></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="id247.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Index"><U>Index</U></A>   |   <B>Needles View</B>   |   <A HREF="id689.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ariel View"><U>Ariel View</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id725.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Needles Close Up"><U>Needles Close Up</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id246.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Battery Entrance"><U>Battery Entrance</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id249.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Battery"><U>Battery</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id252.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rocket History"><U>Rocket History</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id250.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Anniversary Photos"><U>Anniversary Photo's</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id253.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Black Knight"><U>Black Knight</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id254.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Anniversary Photos "><U>Anniversary Photo's </U></A>   |   <A HREF="id251.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Black Arrow"><U>Black Arrow</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id255.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="View Towards The Battery"><U>View Towards The Battery</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id256.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="View Towards Alum Bay"><U>View Towards Alum Bay</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id257.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Guns"><U>The Guns</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id258.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Within The Battery"><U>Within The Battery</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id260.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sunset over the Needles"><U>Sunset over the Needles</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id261.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sunset 2"><U>Sunset - 2</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id262.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Testing"><U>Testing</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id263.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Site Plan"><U>Site Plan</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id265.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Prospero"><U>Prospero</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id266.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Black Knight at Cowes"><U>Black Knight at Cowes</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id641.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Wireless Monument"><U>Wireless Monument</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id642.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="PLesure Park"><U>PLesure Park</U></A></div> <div>  <HEAD> <STYLE type="text/css">  </STYLE> </HEAD>  </div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=380 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="e9c5a5a3.jpg"> <div> <I><B>The Needles:-</B></I></div> <bR> <div> The Isle of Wight westernmost point is the famous natural landmark 'The Needles', with its lighthouse, which until recent years was still manned.</div> <bR> <div> There are excellent views from the National Trust-run Needles Old Battery fortification and its nearby historic clifftop rocket testing range while below at Alum Bay, with its famous cliffs of coloured sands, is The Needles Pleasure Park, glass works and chair lift down the cliff to the pebbled beach:-</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="id689.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ariel View"><U>Ariel View</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id247.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Index"><U><I><B><IMG SRC="23d1bc200.jpg" border=0 width="700" height="544" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></U></A></div> <bR> <div>  <HEAD> <STYLE type="text/css">  </STYLE> </HEAD>  </div> </td> </tr></table></body>