Buddle Brook

The brook at the foot of Grange Chine

Buddle Brook a small river on the Isle of Wight, Hampshire.

The brook drains water from the southern side of Brighstone Down and as far to the east as the village of Shorwell. Its flow is the greatest of the streams in the south-western part of the island known as the Back of the Wight.

Near the village of Brighstone, the Buddle Brook splits into a series of mill ponds built to power Yafford Mill and Brighstone Mill, and controlled ways passing through the village and under the noted local landmark, the Dragon Tree at Brighstone. Beyond the village the streams rejoin into one stream which flows into Grange Chine, a heavily vegetated gorge and the largest on the island. The Brook runs all the way to the beach where its mouth is at least 12 feet wide. Once the stream reaches the pebble beach it soaks in and disappears.

The Romans built a villa near Brighstone to make use of the brook's fresh water.

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• Location map: 50°38’2"N, 1°24’25"W