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Photo of East Cowes, a swimming spot in the Isle of Wight, south east England.

© Rob Purvis / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

East Cowes

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East Cowes is a designated bathing water in Isle of Wight. The water was rated Excellent when last classified. The county has 15 designated bathing waters; this is one.

The closest station is Ryde Pier Head, 9.1 km to the east. Nearby bathing waters include Gurnard, Lepe and Calshot.

More at the Environment Agency's water quality profile

More places to visit near East Cowes

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.

1 km SW · spans 24 counties

Photo of Cowes, a village in the Isle of Wight, south east England.Highlight

Cowes

Village

Sailing town on the Medina, home of Cowes Week and the Royal Yacht Squadron, with a chain ferry to East Cowes

1.1 km W · Isle of Wight

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.

2.3 km SE

Photo of the New Forest, a National Park in England.Iconic

New Forest

National Park near Lyndhurst

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

4.7 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.

5 km NW

Photo of Calshot Castle, an artillery fort near Hamble-le-Rice in the New Forest, Hampshire, south east England.

Calshot Castle

Artillery fort · Castle near Hamble-le-Rice

Calshot Castle: a 16th century artillery castle

6.4 km N