Pictures taken by  
Howard Oakley
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  • Compton Bay viewed from Hanover Point, with the red cliff nearest, and the chalk cliff under Military Road in the distance
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  • Compton Bay, looking east towards Hanover Point
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  • West Wight downland at Brook, east of Freshwater
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  • From the cliffs above Blackgang Chine, looking west along Atherfield Bay
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  • The beach at Rocken End viewed from the cliff above Blackgang Chine
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  • The beach at Rocken End, viewed from the cliff above Blackgang Chine
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  • Fishing at St Catherine's Point
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  • St Catherine's Old Lighthouse, looking west with West High Down in far distance
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  • St Catherine's Lighthouse
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  • The lighthouse at St Catherine's Point
The South West Coast, or the 'Back of the Wight'
As the chalk spine runs almost due east, the coastline sweeps round Compton Bay, with its slumping orange cliffs, and on in a still grander arc to the barren boulders at Rocken End, terminating the tanned sands. On the down high above, the old lighthouse looks far to the Needles, whilst its more modern replacement sits bleached white in the sun far below.