Brighstone
Brighstone is a village and civil parish on the Isle of Wight, 6 miles southwest of Newport on the B3399 road. Brighstone was previously known as "Brixton".| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 1,160 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Brighstone, Isle of Wight” and “Brixton”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Mary’s Church, Brighstone and Brighstone Down.
St Mary’s Church, Brighstone
Church
St. Mary's Church is a parish church in the Church of England located in Brighstone, Isle of Wight. The churchyard contains a memorial stone to George Albert Cairns VC.
Brighstone Down
Peak
Photo: Bob Embleton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brighstone Down is a chalk down on the Isle of Wight. It is located close to the village of Brighstone, in the southwest of the island, and rises to 214 metres at its highest point, northeast of the village of Mottistone.
The Longstone
Photo: Debnigo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Longstone is a megalithic monument near the village of Mottistone, in the civil parish of Brighstone, close to the south west coast of the Isle of Wight.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Moortown and Thorncross.
Moortown
Locality
Photo: Bruce McDowall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Moortown is a part of Brighstone on the western side of the Isle of Wight. The area is known as the Back of the Wight. Before 2011, the only form of public transport to pass through the village was an infrequent Wightbus service 36, connecting the village with Newport and Brighstone.
Thorncross
Hamlet
Photo: Mypix, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Limerstone
Hamlet
Photo: Mypix, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Brighstone
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Brighstone, Isle of Wight, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.64532° or 50° 38′ 43″ northLongitude
-1.39943° or 1° 23′ 58″ westPopulation
1,160Elevation
128 feet (39 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB BXSOpen location code
9C2WJJW2+46OpenStreetMap ID
node 5509843OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Brighstone” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Brightstone”
- Bulgarian: “Бригхстоне”
- Cebuano: “Brighstone”
- Chinese: “Brighstone”
- Chinese: “布賴斯通”
- Chinese: “布赖斯通”
- Chinese: “布赖斯通鎮”
- Dutch: “Brighstone”
- French: “Brighstone”
- Irish: “Brighstone”
- Italian: “Brighstone”
- Japanese: “ブリグストン”
- Ladin: “Brighstone”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Brighstone”
- Persian: “برایستون”
- Polish: “Brighstone”
- Spanish: “Brighstone”
- Swedish: “Brighstone”
- Turkish: “Brighstone”
- Welsh: “Brighstone”
- “Brighstone”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Brighstone Village Museum and Brighstone Community Library.
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