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Orchard Bay
Orchard Bay
Civil parish	Ventnor
Ceremonial county	Isle of Wight
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Isle of Wight
List of places UK England Isle of Wight 50°35′12″N 1°13′54″W / 50.5866°N 1.2316°W / 50.5866; -1.2316

Orchard Bay is a small bay with sand and shingle beach on the south-east coast of the Isle of Wight, England. It lies to the south-west of the Ventnor Botanic Garden and just along the coast west from Steephill Cove. It faces south towards the English Channel, its shoreline is 220 yards (200 m) in length - 65 yards (60 m) of which is beach.

Another view of Orchard Bay

The bay can be accessed by a small footpath at the western end of the bay. The beach is dominated by a large seawall and Orchard House just above the high water mark. Orchard bay House was originally built in 1828 as three coastguard cottages in order to prevent smuggling but was in 1840 acquired for use in smuggling. It is currently let as holiday accommodation.

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Orchard House, the building involved in the smuggling operation

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