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Lighthouse Attractions In Isle of Wight

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The Isle of Wight Festival is a British music festival which takes place annually on the Isle of Wight in Newport, England. It was originally a counterculture event held from 1968 to 1970.The 1970 event was by far the largest and most famous of these early festivals and the unexpectedly high attendance levels led, in 1971, to Parliament adding a section to the Isle of Wight County Council Act 1971 preventing overnight open-air gatherings of more than 5,000 people on the island without a special licence from the council. The event was revived in 2002.
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Lighthouse Attractions In Isle of Wight

  • 1. St Catherine's Lighthouse Niton
    St. Catherine's Lighthouse, located at St Catherine's Point at the southern tip of the Isle of Wight, is one of the oldest lighthouse locations in Great Britain. The first lighthouse was established on St. Catherine's Down in 1323 on the orders of the Pope, after a ship ran aground nearby and its cargo was either lost or plundered. Once part of St. Catherine's Oratory, its octagonal stone tower can still be seen today on the hill to the west of Niton. It is known locally as the Pepperpot.The new lighthouse, built by Trinity House in 1838, was constructed as a 40-metre stone tower; however, its light was often obscured by fog, which led to its height being reduced by 13-metre in 1875. It has a range of 25 nautical miles and is the third-most powerful of all the lights maintained by Trinity ...
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