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Coordinates: 50.59°N 1.31°W

Blackgang
A small number of houses close to the cliffs at Blackgang.
Blackgang  Blackgang shown within the Isle of Wight
Unitary authority	Isle of Wight
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

Blackgang is a village on the south coast of the Isle of Wight. It is best known as the location of the Blackgang Chine amusement park which sits to the south of St Catherine's Down.

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. There is some concern that the Ventnor Undercliff area is experiencing substantial coastal erosion.^[1]

Historically, Blackgang was the location of a major chine, the coastal ravine after which the Blackgang Chine park was named; this was obliterated by landslides and coastal erosion over the 20th century. It is historically known for being a haunt of smugglers. ^[2] The nearby Sandrock Spring, a Chalybeate spring, was discovered in 1811. This too was destroyed in a landslide in 1978.^[3]

Clifftop walks in and around the area give panoramic views of the English Channel and the south-western Isle of Wight coast (the Back of the Wight). Blackgang is also notable for dinosaur fossils ( see Dinosaurs of the Isle of Wight) and thenudist Blackgang Beach.

Blackgang was the birthplace of the actress and comedienne Sheila Hancock.

Southern Vectis operates bus route 6 to Newport and Ventnor through the village.^[4]

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