A little known use of the southern cliff at the Needles is the
rocket testing site at the New Battery
(16-Mar-2009)
From the 1950s until 1972 the site was used to test the Black Knight and Black Arrow rockets.
The site was abandoned after the launch of the
Prospero satellite in 1971.
Only the block houses and some of the concrete test stands remain.
On the day we visited the small exhibition was closed.
Monty looked down into the remains of one of the rocket exhaust pits.
A Second Trip to the Isle of Wight - 4 - New Battery Rockets
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