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Gurnard

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

Gurnard

© Malc McDonald / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

© Malc McDonald / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Gurnard

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Gurnard is an official bathing spot in Isle of Wight with a shingle beach. The water was rated Excellent when last classified. Water quality here can dip after heavy rain. It is one of 15 bathing waters in the county.

Cowes and East Cowes are among the bathing waters within 3 km. Ryde Pier Head Station is 11.8 km away to the east.

More at the Environment Agency's water quality profile

More places to visit near Gurnard

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.

here · spans 24 counties

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.

2.8 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.

4.8 km E

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.

7.1 km NW

Photo of Newtown, a nature reserve near Calbourne, the Isle of Wight, south east England.

Newtown

Nature reserve near Calbourne

Medieval borough wrecked in 1377, now green lanes, a 1699 town hall and the saltmarsh of Newtown Harbour

7.5 km SW

Photo of Bucklers Hard, a village in the New Forest, Hampshire, south east England.Highlight

Bucklers Hard

Village

Georgian shipbuilding hamlet on the Beaulieu River.

8.1 km NW · Hampshire