| 词条 | Wheelers Bay |
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|country = England |official_name= Wheelers Bay |civil_parish= Ventnor |constituency_westminster= Isle of Wight |coordinates = {{coord|50.59443|N|1.19588|W|type:landmark_region:GB|display=title,inline|format=dms}} |static_image_name = File:Wheelers Bay.jpg |static_image_caption= Wheelers Bay |map_type = Isle of Wight |lieutenancy_england= Isle of Wight |region = South East England |hide_services = yes }}Wheelers Bay is a small bay on the south-east coast of the Isle of Wight, England. It lies to the east of Ventnor. It faces south-east towards the English Channel, its shoreline is {{convert|300|yards}} in length.[1] A {{convert|90|yard|adj=on}} section of the bay, to the side of the slipway, is used as dry-storage for boats; in recent years this has been targeted by thieves.[2] The bay is home to an open-air café known as The Seapot.[3] The bay is accessed by a concrete slope from the road above the bay or by walking along the seawall either from Ventnor or Horseshoe Bay. The Isle of Wight Coastal Path runs the length of the bay along the seawall.[4] HistoryIn the 19th century, the beaches of Wheelers Bay and Horseshoe Bay were used for the unloading of provisions, particularly coal. Boats would beach at high tide and the cargo off-loaded onto horse-drawn carts. The boats would then be floated off again at the next high tide. The bay is famous for the looting of shipwrecks, where sometimes locals would kill survivors to claim the cargo, many families in the area made their fortunes this way.[5] In the early 1990s, after a study by the former Department of Environment, the existing sea defences were improved at a cost of £1.6 million, to protect the cliff from erosion. This includes a {{convert|15,500|tonne|long ton}} revetment with an outer layer of rocks and 23,000 tonnes of chalk fill-material.[6] References1. ^{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.5944301,-1.196004,371m/data=!3m1!1e3|title= Wheelers Bay |access-date= 4 September 2018}} {{Crossings navbox2. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.islandecho.co.uk/boats-stolen-wheelers-bay-overnight/|title= Boats Stolen From Wheelers Bay Overnight| date= 9 June 2017| publisher= Island Echo}} 3. ^{{cite web| url=https://www.tasteofthewight.co.uk/the-seapot/|title= The Seapot| website= www.tasteofthewight.co.uk |accessdate= 4 September 2018}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.visitisleofwight.co.uk/dbimgs/4.Niton-Sandown.pdf|title= Coastal path 4, Niton to Sandown | website= Visitisleofwight.co.uk}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.wightfarmholidays.co.uk/iow/smuggling-and-piracy-on-the-isle-of-wight/| title=Smuggling and Piracy on the Isle of Wight | website= wightfarmholidays.co.uk |author = Fidelis Morgan| accessdate = 4 September 2018}} 6. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.coastalwight.gov.uk/coastaldefenceschemes.htm| title=Coastal Defence Schemes |date= 2013 | publisher= Isle of Wight Council |at=Wheeler's Bay, Ventnor}} |structure = Around the Bays |place = Isle of Wight |bridge = Wheelers Bay |bridge signs = |upstream text = West |upstream = Ventnor Bay |upstream signs = |downstream text = East |downstream = Horseshoe Bay |downstream signs = }}{{Bays on the Isle of Wight}} 1 : Bays of the Isle of Wight |
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