Reeth Bay

Reeth Bay
Reeth Bay
	; Reeth Bay
	Reeth Bay Location within the Isle of Wight
Civil parish	Niton and Whitwell;
Ceremonial county	Isle of Wight ;
Region	South East ;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
EU Parliament	South East England
	List of places UK England Isle of Wight 50°35′N1°17′W / 50.58°N 1.28°W Coordinates: 50°35′N1°17′W / 50.58°N 1.28°W

Last updated May 04, 2019

Reeth Bay is a small curved bay on the southernmost tip of the Isle of Wight, England. It lies to the south of the village of Niton with a ¹⁄₄-mile-long (0.4 km) shoreline.^[1] It faces south out into the English Channel and lies to the east of St. Catherine's Point lighthouse. It is at the centre of a small hamlet called Castlehaven where there is a concrete ramp for launching small craft.^[2] The beach is predominantly sand and pebbles. The seabed is a mixture of rocks and mud. The bay is best accessed from the road from Niton that leads down to the bay.

Isle of Wight County and island of England

The Isle of Wight is a county and the largest and second-most populous island in England. It is in the English Channel, between 2 and 5 miles off the coast of Hampshire, separated by the Solent. The island has resorts that have been holiday destinations since Victorian times, and is known for its mild climate, coastal scenery, and verdant landscape of fields, downland and chines.

Niton is a village on the Isle of Wight, west of Ventnor, with a population of 1142. It has one pub, several churches, a pottery workshop/shop, a pharmacy, a busy volunteer run library, a medical centre and three local shops including a post office. The post office includes a café that serves as a local meeting place. The village also offers a primary school with a co-located pre-school and nursery.

The English Channel, also called simply the Channel, is the body of water that separates Southern England from northern France and links the southern part of the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean. It is the busiest shipping area in the world.

History

There is a 19th-century lifeguard cottage at the bay.^[3] The bay used to be a popular tourist destination and had bathing machines during the Victorian era.^[2] There also used to be an east-facing slip at Puckaster for fishing boats.

In the history of the United Kingdom, the Victorian era was the period of Queen Victoria's reign, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901. The era followed the Georgian period and preceded the Edwardian period, and its later half overlaps with the first part of the Belle Époque era of Continental Europe. In terms of moral sensibilities and political reforms, this period began with the passage of the Reform Act 1832. There was a strong religious drive for higher moral standards led by the nonconformist churches, such as the Methodist, and the Evangelical wing of the established Church of England. Britain's relations with the other Great Powers were driven by the colonial antagonism of the Great Game with Russia, climaxing during the Crimean War; a Pax Britannica of international free trade was maintained by the country's naval and industrial supremacy. Britain embarked on global imperial expansion, particularly in Asia and Africa, which made the British Empire the largest empire in history. National self-confidence peaked.

Puckaster is a hamlet on the Isle of Wight, England. Puckaster is on the southern coast of the Isle of Wight, south of Niton, between St. Catherine's Point and Binnel.

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Watershoot Bay is a bay on the southernmost tip of the Isle of Wight, England. It lies 1 ¹⁄₂ miles (2.4 km) to the south-west of the village of Niton. It faces south out into the English Channel, and is one of the smallest and remotest bays of the Isle of Wight with a rocky shoreline only around 500 feet (150 m) in length. It lies to the west of St. Catherine's Point lighthouse and is surrounded by a 170-acre area of undulating grassland and scrub owned by the National Trust and known as Knowles Farm.

For other locations of the same name, see The Undercliff.

Mount Bay is a small bay with a shingle beach on the south-east coast of the Isle of Wight, England, south of the village of St. Lawrence, its shoreline is 260 yards (240 m) in length. It faces south towards the English Channel and is similar in character to the adjacent Orchard Bay, though without a beachside property. The beach is situated below the Ventnor Botanic Gardens and is part of a local microclimate that allegedly makes it one of the warmest places in England.

References

↑ Google (14 December 2018). "Reeth Bay" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
1 2 Peter Bruce (May 2008). Wight Hazards. Boldre Marine. p. 44. ISBN 978-1-871680-51-5.
↑ Historic Environment Action Plan The Undercliff

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[1] Google (14 December 2018). "Reeth Bay" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved 14 December 2018.

[WH-2] 1 2 Peter Bruce (May 2008). Wight Hazards. Boldre Marine. p. 44. ISBN 978-1-871680-51-5.

[3] Historic Environment Action Plan The Undercliff

Reeth Bay
Reeth Bay
Reeth Bay Location within the Isle of Wight
Civil parish	Niton and Whitwell
Ceremonial county	Isle of Wight
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
EU Parliament	South East England
List of places UK England Isle of Wight 50°35′N1°17′W / 50.58°N 1.28°W / 50.58; -1.28 Coordinates: 50°35′N1°17′W / 50.58°N 1.28°W / 50.58; -1.28