Former High Down Rocket Test Site (Totland Parish)
United Kingdom /
England /
Freshwater-Totland /
Totland Parish
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/ United Kingdom
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/ Freshwater-Totland
World / United Kingdom / England
Test stands for first stage of Blue Streak Rockets
High Down Test Site was closed in July 1962 after political support waned and no clear agreement on how to use Black Knight was reached. Today the site is in the care of the National Trust
www.undergroundkent.co.uk/isle_of_wight_rocket_site.htm
www.english-heritage.org.uk/upload/pdf/High_Down_Report...
www.theneedlesbattery.org.uk/rocket.shtml
High Down Test Site was closed in July 1962 after political support waned and no clear agreement on how to use Black Knight was reached. Today the site is in the care of the National Trust
www.undergroundkent.co.uk/isle_of_wight_rocket_site.htm
www.english-heritage.org.uk/upload/pdf/High_Down_Report...
www.theneedlesbattery.org.uk/rocket.shtml
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 50°39'40"N 1°34'41"W
- Springbourne 23 km
- Alum Chine Woods 24 km
- California Quarry 29 km
- St. Alban's Head 35 km
- Gad Cliff 43 km
- Winfrith UKAEA 49 km
- Oaker's Wood 50 km
- Afpuddle Heath 51 km
- Knighton Heath Sand and Gravel Pits 55 km
- Haven Littlesea Holiday Park 65 km
- Freshwater Parish 5.9 km
- Yarmouth Parish 7.4 km
- Shalfleet Parish 10 km
- Brighstone Forest 12 km
- Brighstone Parish 12 km
- Calbourne Parish 14 km
- Isle of Wight 18 km
- Poole Bay 20 km
- The Solent 21 km
- Dorset 54 km