Colwell Bay, Isle of Wight

Historical Description

Colwell Bay, a bay in the west of the Isle of Wight, between Cliffs-End and Warden Point, 2 miles SW of Yarmouth. Its width is fully three-quarters of a mile, its depth inland about 2¼ furlongs, its scenery picturesque, aad its rocks interesting to geologists.

Maps

Online maps of Colwell Bay are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)