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Freshwater Bay is a pleasant spot on a hot day in High Summer. South-facing and tucked away in the south-west corner of the island. Isle of Wight, near "The Needles," and Yarmouth.

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These chalk cliffs are, of course, an iconic

symbol of England’s Channel coastline,

running for 150 miles, or so,

from Beachy Head to Weymouth.

It is submarine in the English Channel

and then re-appears in Old Harry’s

Rocks and the Purbeck Hills, westwards.

 

Freshwater Bay is a classic site where the sea erodes the

Cretaceous chalk forming dramatic

coves, cliffs, caves, and stacks.

Azure skies and blinding white rock

create turquoise seas with an emerald green back-cloth.

Truly photogenic, to the nth. degree.

 

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Uploaded on July 24, 2025
Taken on July 27, 2014