Brook

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Brook

Brook is a village situated on the south west coast of the island facing the English Channel towards the famous Needles and West Wight cliffs. The village is very small and has no amenities; no shop, hotel or school, which some regard as contributing to its charm of being unspoilt

Introduction

Cut by some beautiful chines, its coastline is full of tiny streams but it renowned as being a danger to shipping and many times the brave men of Brook have risked their lives setting out in their lifeboat to rescue imperilled seamen. At low tide there is what is first thought to be large lumps of rock covered in seaweed but in fact they are pine trees that grew here in a forest long before history and are known as the Pine Raft.

There is a green mound on Brook Down, 500 ft up that does not seem very old but the battle 13th century archway of the tower to the tiny church seems like it also came from before history, though it was rebuilt in the 19th century. The only old treasures of the church are the blocked in tower arch and a stone carving of a lion.

Text courtesy of: Southern Life (UK)

Photographs

Chale Bay looking towards Brook

Brook Hill House & coastguard cottages at Brook

Coastguard cottages at Brook

The track onto the beach at Brook

Brookgreen

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The old lifeboat boathouse at Brookgreen with West High Down, Tennyson Down & Hanover Point

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Panoramic view across Brook to Brook Down & Brook Hill House

Property in Badger Lane on the way to Brook

Downton Farm

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