Blackgang
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This article is about the village on the Isle of Wight. For other things with similar names, see Black gang (disambiguation).
Blackgang is a village on the south-western coast of the Isle of Wight, England. It is best known as the location of the Blackgang Chine amusement park which sits to the south of St Catherine's Down.
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A small number of houses close to the cliffs at Blackgang. | |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | VENTNOR |
Postcode district | PO38 |
Dialling code | 01983 |
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Blackgang forms the west end of the Ventnor Undercliff region, which extends for 12 kilometres from Blackgang to Luccombe, also encompassing the town of Ventnor and the villages of Bonchurch, St Lawrence, and Niton. It also marks the edge of the Back of the Wight.