Britons who wish to see the natural wonder without the touristic add-ons can walk along the coast towards the old battery and the rocket testing site.
The beauty of The Needles can be seen from both Alum Bay or Scratchell’s Bay.
Further afield, it is possible to walk the Tennyson Trail across the National Trust’s The Needles Headland and Tennyson Down to Freshwater Bay.
User Machinemad, who seems to have done the walk in the other direction, said: “This walk starts from a chalk quarry, climbs steeply to the Tennyson memorial and then heads west to The Needles over scrubland, filled with wildflowers, nesting birds (particularly skylarks) and the best views on the Island.
source: express.co.uk