The Needles the Isle of Wight, often photographed by visitors, and are featured on many of the souvenirs sold throughout the island. The main tourist attractions of the headland itself are the two gun batteries, the experimental rocket testing station, and the four Coastguard cottages owned by the National Trust. A branch of the National Coastwatch Institution is also based at the Needles, sited near the New Battery and Rocket Testing Site on High Down. The Needles – Landmark Attraction (previously known as The Needles Pleasure Park) situated at the top of the cliff at Alum Bay is a small amusement park.
Portishead Radio Portishead Radio Portishead Radio (callsign GKA) was a radio station in England that provided worldwide s and long-range aeronautical communications from 1928 until 2000. It was the world's largest and busiest radiotelephony station. In 1974, the station employed 154 radio operators who handled over 20 million words per year. The station's control centre, which was based at Highbridge, Somerset, near Burnham-on-Sea, opened in July 1928. It was constructed by Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company and operated by the General Post Office (GPO). The main transmitting station, which was remotely operated, originally consisted of a large array of radio masts at nearby