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Cowes

Photo of Cowes, a swimming spot near Bucklers Hard, the Isle of Wight, south east England.

Cowes

© Malc McDonald / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

© Malc McDonald / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Cowes

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Cowes is a designated bathing water in Isle of Wight with a shingle beach. Its water quality was classed Excellent at the Environment Agency's last classification. It is one of 15 designated bathing waters in the county.

Nearby bathing waters include Gurnard, East Cowes and Lepe. Ryde Pier Head Station is 11 km away to the east.

More at the Environment Agency's water quality profile

More places to visit near Cowes

Photo of the Isle of Wight, an island in the Isle of Wight, south east England.Iconic

Isle of Wight

Island near Shorwell

Chalk downs ending at the Needles, Osborne and Carisbrooke Castle, dinosaur-fossil coasts and sailing at Cowes, a short ferry from the mainland

0.1 km W

Photo along the King Charles III England Coast Path, a 2,700-mile National Trail in England.

King Charles III England Coast Path

National Trail

One path around a whole country — beach, clifftop and seawall the entire way round England's coast, opening stretch by stretch.

0.1 km SE · spans 24 counties

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New Forest

National Park near Lyndhurst

Ancient wood pasture and heathland where commoners' ponies still roam free.

3.1 km NW

Photo of Cadland House, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Cowes in the New Forest, Hampshire, south east England.

Cadland House

House & garden near Cowes

One of Capability Brown's smallest surviving landscapes, a coastal garden on the Solent.

3.6 km NW

Photo of Osborne House, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Cowes, the Isle of Wight, south east England.Iconic

Osborne House

House & garden near Cowes

Queen Victoria's Italianate seaside palace.

4 km SE

Photo of Exbury Gardens, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Bucklers Hard in the New Forest, Hampshire, south east England.Highlight

Exbury Gardens

House & garden near Bucklers Hard

A Rothschild garden of rhododendrons and azaleas, with a narrow-gauge steam railway.

7.6 km NW