Shorwell
Shorwell is a village and civil parish on the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. It is 4+1⁄2 miles from Newport in the southwest of the island. Shorwell was one of Queen Victoria's favourite places to visit on the Isle of Wight.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Photo: Mypix, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Village with 433 residents
- Description: village on the Isle of Wight, in England, UK
- Also known as: “Shorwell, Isle of Wight”
Photo: Mypix, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Peter’s Church and Wolverton Manor.
St Peter’s Church
Church
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St. Peter's Church, Shorwell is a parish church in the Church of England located in Shorwell, Isle of Wight.
Wolverton Manor
Manor estate
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Wolverton Manor is a manor house in Shorwell, on the Isle of Wight, England. The original house was started by John Dingley, Deputy Governor of the Isle of Wight.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yafford and Limerstone.
Yafford
Hamlet
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Yafford is a hamlet on the Isle of Wight. It is located 6 miles southwest from Newport in an area known as the Back of the Wight between Brighstone and Niton.
Limerstone
Hamlet
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Limerstone is a hamlet on the Isle of Wight in England. It is located on the B3399 road between Brighstone and Shorwell, approximately 5 miles southwest of Newport.
Thorncross
Hamlet
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Thorncross is a small hamlet in the South West of the Isle of Wight, England. It is located near the hamlets of Yafford, Limerstone and the village of Brighstone.
Shorwell
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Shorwell, Isle of Wight, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.64347° or 50° 38′ 37″ northLongitude
-1.35825° or 1° 21′ 30″ westPopulation
433Elevation
200 feet (61 metres)Open location code
9C2WJJVR+9POpenStreetMap ID
node 12017115OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2637911Wikidata ID
Q2557938
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Shorwell” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Shorwell”
- Cebuano: “Shorwell”
- Chinese: “Shorwell”
- Dutch: “Shorwell”
- French: “Shorwell”
- Irish: “Shorwell”
- Italian: “Shorwell”
- Japanese: “ショーウェル”
- Ladin: “Shorwell”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Shorwell”
- Persian: “شورول، جزیره وایت”
- Polish: “Shorwell”
- Swedish: “Shorwell”
- Turkish: “Shorwell”
- Vietnamese: “Shorwell”
- Welsh: “Shorwell”
- “Shorwell”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include St Peter New Churchyard Cemetery and Shorwell Village Hall.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Shorwell”. Photo: Mypix, CC BY-SA 4.0.