St Catherine's Point

It is close to the village of Niton and the point where the Back of the Wight changes to the Undercliff of Ventnor.

[1] Reportedly, de Godeton felt guilty for having scavenged wine, destined for a monastery[2] from the wreck of the St Marie of Bayonne in Chale Bay.

He was ordered, on pain of excommunication, to make amends by building this lighthouse.

Fires were lit in the lighthouse tower to warn ships at sea of the presence of the coast.

The weather station is one of the 22 locations whose reports are included in the BBC Shipping Forecast.