Knowles Farm
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Knowles Farm is the name of an area of National Trust
land at the southern tip of the Isle of Wight
located at St. Catherine's Point. It takes its name from a nearby farm which lies outside the NT area just along the southern edge of it.
The area is 170 acre (0.6879662 km²) in total and was acquired by the NT in 1967 using its Neptune funds
. The land is an area of undercliff and is a mixture of scrub, grass downland and woodland, spread over a rough folded and unstable landscape.
The area includes a carpark in the centre, a section of gravel beach to the west, a rocky bay called Watershoot Bay
. St. Catherine's Point lighthouse lies just outside the area to the south east.
National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty
The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, usually known as the National Trust, is a conservation organisation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland...
land at the southern tip of the Isle of Wight
Isle of Wight
The Isle of Wight is a county and the largest island of England, located in the English Channel, on average about 2–4 miles off the south coast of the county of Hampshire, separated from the mainland by a strait called the Solent...
located at St. Catherine's Point. It takes its name from a nearby farm which lies outside the NT area just along the southern edge of it.
The area is 170 acre (0.6879662 km²) in total and was acquired by the NT in 1967 using its Neptune funds
Project Neptune
Project Neptune, also known as Enterprise Neptune, is a long-term project of the National Trust to acquire or put under covenant a substantial part of the Welsh, English and Northern Irish coastline. In 1999 it was relaunched as the Neptune Coastline Campaign...
. The land is an area of undercliff and is a mixture of scrub, grass downland and woodland, spread over a rough folded and unstable landscape.
The area includes a carpark in the centre, a section of gravel beach to the west, a rocky bay called Watershoot Bay
Watershoot Bay
Watershoot Bay is a bay on the southern most tip of the Isle of Wight, England. It lies to the south-west of the village of Niton. It faces south out into the English Channel, and is one of the smallest and remotest bays of the Isle of Wight with a rocky shoreline about 100m in length. It lies to...
. St. Catherine's Point lighthouse lies just outside the area to the south east.