Milford-on-sea

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

2.5 km E

Henry VIII fort at the end of a shingle spit.

4.6 km SE

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

6 km SE

Seawater baths of 1833 on the Lymington River, one of the oldest open-air baths in Britain, looking out to the Isle of Wight.

6.6 km NE

The three chalk sea stacks and red-and-white lighthouse off the western tip of the Isle of Wight, best seen from the down and battery above.

7.1 km S

Stands at the foot of the chalk stacks off the western tip of the Isle of Wight, a candy-striped tower amid one of the Channel's busiest seaways.

7.1 km S