Foreland is the easternmost point of the
Isle of Wight. It is located three miles (five kilometres) east of the town of
Brading, and due south of the city of
Portsmouth on the
British mainland. It is characterised by a pub called the Crab and Lobster Inn and various
beach huts plus a beach cafe and a coast guard lookout. In the sea are the reefs of Bembridge Ledge which is rich in edible crabs, lobsters and spider crabs and shoals of mackerel. In the Crab & Lobster Inn are photographs of the many shipwrecks, which included the submarine
HMS Alliance, now a museum ship at
Gosport and the First World War troopship the S.S. Mehndi carrying troops from South Africa, with great loss of life.