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St Boniface Down

Photo: St Boniface Down, a 242m hill near Bonchurch, the Isle of Wight, south east England.

St Boniface Down

© Ian Capper / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

© Ian Capper / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

St Boniface Down

Open accessNational Trust downland, free to walk — the very top is inside a fenced radar compound, so paths circle it

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St Boniface Down rises to 242 m (794 ft) in Isle of Wight. It counts among the 1,546 Marilyns, British hills with at least 150 m of drop on every side. It is the highest point of Isle of Wight. The nearest railway station is Shanklin, 3.6 km to the north.

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More places to visit near St Boniface Down

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

Bonchurch

Village

Undercliff village east of Ventnor with an 11th-century church, Swinburne's grave and a pond given by Stacpoole

0.8 km SE · Isle of Wight

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.

0.8 km SE · spans 24 counties

Photo of Shanklin Old Village, a village in the Isle of Wight, south east England.Highlight

Shanklin Old Village

Village

Thatched cottages, tea rooms and the Crab Inn at the top of Shanklin Chine, a wooded ravine dropping to the beach

2.8 km NE · Isle of Wight

Photo of Appuldurcombe House, a Grade II registered house & garden near Godshill, the Isle of Wight, south east England.

Appuldurcombe House

House & garden near Godshill

The Worsley family's grand 18th-century house on the Isle of Wight, now a roofless shell after scandal, sale and a wartime mine

3.1 km NW

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

Godshill

Village

Thatched cottages round a hilltop church with a rare medieval Lily Cross wall painting, and a model village open since 1952

5.2 km NW · Isle of Wight

Photo of St Catherine's Oratory, a landmark near Godshill, the Isle of Wight, south east England.

St Catherine's Oratory

Landmark near Godshill

Octagonal medieval tower on St Catherine's Down, nicknamed the Pepperpot, built as penance by a local lord who had looted wine from a wreck.

7.6 km W