{"id":4258,"date":"2024-10-04T11:20:44","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T11:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=4258"},"modified":"2024-10-04T13:05:22","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T13:05:22","slug":"alum-bay-and-needles-isle-of-wight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=4258","title":{"rendered":"Alum Bay and Needles, Isle of Wight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Alum-Bay_1572.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Alum-Bay_1572.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Alum-Bay_1572.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Alum-Bay_1572-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Alum-Bay_1572-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a> At Alum Bay various attractions are to be found. The National Trust have the Old Battery and New Battery on top of the headland, with views of the Needles.\u00a0 Be aware that parking is at Alum Bay and a walk to the top and back will take over an hour.\u00a0 There is however a bus service that goes to the top. From halfway up, one can get great views of the multi-coloured cliff and the beach and excursion pier.<\/p>\n<p>Closer to the car &amp; coach park, amidst the tourist stuff you can find a viewing platform (free) that gives a view of the Needles.\u00a0 There is a stepped path (free) that leads down to the beach. It is a long way down.\u00a0 The chairlift will take you down to the beach and back for a fee of several pounds.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4273\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4273\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Alum-Bay_1570.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Alum-Bay_1570-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4273\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4273\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Needles in distance<\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure id=\"attachment_4274\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4274\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Alum-Bay_1573.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Alum-Bay_1573-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4274\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4274\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marconi radio memorial<\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure id=\"attachment_4275\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4275\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Alum-Bay_1575.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Alum-Bay_1575-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4275\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4275\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cliffs<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Alum Bay various attractions are to be found. The National Trust have the Old Battery and New Battery on top of the headland, with views of the Needles.\u00a0 Be aware that parking is at Alum Bay and a walk to the top and back will take over an hour.\u00a0 There is however a bus &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=4258\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Alum Bay and Needles, Isle of Wight&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4258"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4258"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4276,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4258\/revisions\/4276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}