Brook Bay
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Brook Bay is a bay on the south eastern coast of the Isle of Wight
, England
. It lies to the west of the village of Brook
. It faces south west out into the English Channel
. It stretches about 2km from Hanover Point in the east to Sudmoor Point to the west. Much of the surrounding land, including the hamlet of Brookgreen
is owned by the National Trust.
The beach is predominantly sand
. The seabed is rocky to the west as it consists of the hazardous Brook Ledges but is rock-free near the concrete slipway.
The bay is best accessed from the nearby car park and the slipway down to the beach.
Both Brook Chine
and Churchill Chine
empty into Brook Bay.
The Isle of Wight Coastal Path
runs along the cliff edge for the entire extent of the bay
Isle of Wight
The Isle of Wight is a county and the largest island of England, located in the English Channel, on average about 2–4 miles off the south coast of the county of Hampshire, separated from the mainland by a strait called the Solent...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It lies to the west of the village of Brook
Brook, Isle of Wight
-Background:It is situated on the south west coast of the Island between Brighstone and Freshwater, and borders a section of rugged coastline , the Back of the Wight, facing into the English Channel and towards the famous Needles and west Wight cliffs....
. It faces south west out into the English Channel
English Channel
The English Channel , often referred to simply as the Channel, is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates southern England from northern France, and joins the North Sea to the Atlantic. It is about long and varies in width from at its widest to in the Strait of Dover...
. It stretches about 2km from Hanover Point in the east to Sudmoor Point to the west. Much of the surrounding land, including the hamlet of Brookgreen
Brookgreen
Brook Green is a small hamlet on the Isle of Wight located at Brook on the Back of the Wight. It is owned by the National Trust....
is owned by the National Trust.
The beach is predominantly sand
Sand
Sand is a naturally occurring granular material composed of finely divided rock and mineral particles.The composition of sand is highly variable, depending on the local rock sources and conditions, but the most common constituent of sand in inland continental settings and non-tropical coastal...
. The seabed is rocky to the west as it consists of the hazardous Brook Ledges but is rock-free near the concrete slipway.
The bay is best accessed from the nearby car park and the slipway down to the beach.
Both Brook Chine
Brook Chine
Brook Chine is a geological feature on the south west coast of the Isle of Wight, England. It lies just to the west of the village of Brook. The hamlet of Brookgreen runs along its southern edge....
and Churchill Chine
Churchill Chine
Churchill Chine is a geological feature on the south west coast of the Isle of Wight, England. It is west of the village of Brook and just east of Hanover Point. It is a small sandy coastal gully, one of a number of such chines on the island created by stream erosion of soft Cretaceous rocks...
empty into Brook Bay.
The Isle of Wight Coastal Path
Isle of Wight Coastal Path
.There are a couple of cafes on the cliff path which I believe are open in the summer months. The only public convenience on the cliff path now appears to be closed permanently ....
runs along the cliff edge for the entire extent of the bay