Totland Bay is a picturesque sandy beach, ideal for swimming with clear turquoise waters. It is best to park at the top and walk down in the summer months as it as popular with the locals as it is visitors. There is a pub on the sea wall at the eastern end, with large picture… Read more →
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Freshwater Bay Freshwater
Freshwater Bay is covered in a mixture of grey flint and chalk pebbles. There is sand below the low water mark and sandy areas to sit to the more eastern side of the bay. A rock ledge is revealed at low tide which is great for rockpooling. The Freshwater Bay Café is one of the… Read more →
Brook Beach Freshwater
Adjacent to the popular Compton Bay, swimming is popular from this beach. One of Brook Beach’s most unique features is the fossilised forest of huge trees which appears from beneath the waves at Hanover Point at low tide, closer to the cliffs, fossils can also be found amongst the pebbles along with the casts of… Read more →
Compton Bay Freshwater
Located in West Wight, Compton offers a two mile stretch of contrasting golden and dark sands, multi-coloured sandstone cliffs, and the white chalk cliffs at Freshwater in the distance. Popular with surfers, Compton is a totally natural do-it-yourself beach. Bring all you need although there is an ice-cream van that also vends beverages & snacks.… Read more →