Isle of Wight

The Isle of Wight is an island and county five miles off the of . The island has long been an excellent place for an upmarket but traditional seaside holiday, with beaches and towns that were very popular in Victorian times.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Carisbrooke Castle and Newport Roman Villa.

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is a historic located above, and to the south of, village centre, on the , . Charles I was imprisoned at the castle in the months prior to his trial.

Museum
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was a Romano-British farmhouse constructed in 280 AD. It is located near to .

Theater building
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Centre is located at the head of the , in in the centre of the . It is the island's leading art gallery and venue for live events.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Newport and Wootton Bridge.

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is the county town of the . It is in the centre of the island on the River Medina. It is the second largest town on the island, with a population of 24,000, slightly fewer than .

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lies on the northeast coast of the , and is situated almost midway between the island’s historical capital of and the Victorian gateway of .

Village
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is a village on the south-western outskirts of , in the civil parish of Newport and , , England. It is best known as the site of .

Isle of Wight

Latitude
50.6795° or 50° 40′ 46″ north
Longitude
-1.2876° or 1° 17′ 16″ west
Population
141,000
Elevation
118 feet (36 metres)
Open location code
9C2WMPH6+QW
Geo­Names ID
2633939
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yiddish—“Isle of Wight” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Eiland Wight”
  • Arabic: “وايت”
  • Asturian: “Islla de Wight”
  • Azerbaijani: “Vayt adası”
  • Basque: “Wight”
  • Breton: “Enez Wight”
  • Bulgarian: “Уайт”
  • Catalan: “Illa de Wight”
  • Chinese: “怀特岛郡”
  • Czech: “Wight”
  • Dutch: “Wight”
  • Esperanto: “Isle of Wight”
  • Estonian: “Wight”
  • Finnish: “Wightsaari”
  • French: “Île de Wight”
  • Galician: “Illa de Wight”
  • German: “Isle of Wight”
  • Greek: “Νήσος Γουάιτ”
  • Hebrew: “האי וייט”
  • Hindi: “आइल ऑफ़ वाइट”
  • Hungarian: “Wight-sziget”
  • Icelandic: “Wighteyja”
  • Ido: “Insulo di Wight”
  • Indonesian: “Pulau Wight”
  • Irish: “Inis Iocht”
  • Italian: “Isola di Wight”
  • Japanese: “ワイト島”
  • Korean: “아일오브와이트 주”
  • Latin: “Vecta”
  • Latvian: “Vaita”
  • Lithuanian: “Vaito sala”
  • Luxembourgish: “Insel Wight”
  • Malay: “Pulau Wight”
  • Manx: “Ellan Eeaght”
  • Marathi: “आईल ऑफ वाइट”
  • Narom: “Wique”
  • Norwegian: “Wight”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Ƿiht”
  • Persian: “جزیره وایت”
  • Polish: “Wight”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha de Wight”
  • Romanian: “Insula Wight”
  • Russian: “Остров Уайт”
  • Scots: “Isle o Wight”
  • Serbian: “Острво Вајт”
  • Sicilian: “Ìsula di Wight”
  • Slovak: “Wight”
  • Spanish: “Isla de Wight”
  • Swedish: “Isle of Wight”
  • Tagalog: “Pulo ng Wight”
  • Turkish: “Wight Adası”
  • Ukrainian: “Острів Вайт”
  • Vietnamese: “Đảo Wight”
  • Welsh: “Ynys Wyth”
  • Yiddish: “אינזל פון ווייט”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Newport Golf Club and Rookley Hill.

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