The diamond-shaped Isle Web Posting Reviews of Wight covers an area of approximately 380 kilometers. ‘The Isle of Wight Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty covers slightly more than half of the Island, mainly in the Western portion. This beautiful Island also supports approximately 258 kilometers of active farmland and has 52 kilometers of various developed areas. The Island is outlined with about 92 kilometers of coastline and varied terrain.

The Isle of Wight sports a remarkably variable landscape that has worked to describe “England in Miniature.” The Western portion of the Isle of Wight is predominantly a rural location with a dramatic coastline dominated by the famous chalk downland ridge, which runs across the whole Island and ends in The Needles stacks. This is probably the part of the Island most represented in photographed aspects of the Isle of Wight.

This Island has many elevations, the highest point being St Boniface Down at 241 Meters, a Marilyn. The soft cliffs and sea ledges on the Island are spectacular features, but their number one use is home to wildlife, and they are internationally protected. The rest of the Island’s landscape is just as diverse in landscape and nature. The River Medina etches its way through the landscape North into the Solent, while the River Yar cuts its way North East and emerges at

Bembridge Harbour, which is at the Eastern end of the Island. Before a foray into land reclamation, Bembridge and Yaverland was an island unto itself, and it was separated from the main Island by Brading Haven. Before the Victorian era, Bembridge was a collection of farmhouses and little wood huts; it didn’t consolidate into an authentic village until 1827 when a new church was built (and later rebuilt in 1846). Bembridge still retains part of its past, and that can be seen close to the church in the Northern portion of the village, along with the Village Hall and the site of the former Parish Council hall.

There is also an entirely different river at the Western end called the River Yar. It flows the short distance from Freshwater Bay to the large estuary at Yarmouth; the locals generally refer to them as Eastern and Western Yar. Yarmouth has been an active settlement for over a thousand years and is considered one of the earliest on White Isle. Its original name was Creme, which means ‘muddy estuary. The streets of Yarmouth were laid out on a grid system by the Normans, which remains today.

Yarmouth became a parliamentary borough during the Middle Ages, and the Yarmouth constituency was represented by two Parliament members until 1832. The French continually raided Yarmouth, even said to have been burned down in 1544. It is said that the church bells were carried off to Cherbourg or Boulogne. The raids were discontinued after the building of the Yarmouth Castle.

The castle was constructed in 1547 and remains today under the care of the English Heritage. In its time, the court was considered a strategically important foothold for any attempt to invade England. Bordered by the English Channel on the south, it is thought that the Island might have been split into three islands without intervention from man, with the sea separating the parcels of land. Yarmouth and Freshwater Bay would essentially be their islands. Freshwater Bay is a small cove close to the steep chalk cliffs. One of Freshwater Bay’s landmarks, ‘The Arch Rock’ collapsed on October 25, 1992, but the neighboring ‘Stag Rock’ (thought to be named such because of a stage that leaped to its surface from a cliff to escape a hunting party)

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