Alverstone
Alverstone is a village 2 miles from the east coast of the Isle of Wight, near Sandown. Up until 1960, boating took place on the river and tea-gardens were very popular with local people, who came by train on excursions.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: village on the Isle of Wight, in England, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Alverstone, Isle of Wight”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Alverstone Mead and Isle of Wight/Sandown Airport.
Alverstone Mead
Nature reserve
Alverstone Mead Local Nature Reserve is a lowland freshwater wetland nature reserve close to Sandown, Isle of Wight. it is a part of the Alverstone Marshes Site of Special Scientific Interest.
Isle of Wight/Sandown Airport
Aerodrome
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Isle of Wight/Sandown Airport is an unlicensed aerodrome located 1 nautical mile west of Sandown, Isle of Wight, England. It is close to the village of Lake.
Sandown railway station
Railway station
Sandown railway station is a railway station serving Sandown on the Isle of Wight, England. It is located on the Island Line from Ryde to Shanklin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alverstone Garden Village and Borthwood.
Alverstone Garden Village
Hamlet
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Alverstone Garden Village is a housing estate built between the 1930s and the 1970s; entirely contained within Youngwoods Copse, and thus almost invisible from the older hamlet of Alverstone.
Borthwood
Hamlet
Borthwood is a hamlet in the civil parish of Newchurch, Isle of Wight, on the Isle of Wight, England, adjacent to Borthwood Copse, the National Trust woodland.
Queen’s Bower
Hamlet
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Queen's Bower is a hamlet on the Isle of Wight, England that has effectively merged with Winford and Apse Heath to create a village. It is classed as part of Sandown, with the postcode PO36.
Alverstone
- Category: locality
- Location: Newchurch, Isle of Wight, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.66822° or 50° 40′ 6″ northLongitude
-1.18316° or 1° 10′ 59″ westElevation
30 feet (9 metres)Open location code
9C2WMR98+7POpenStreetMap ID
node 601510738OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Alverstone” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Alverstone”
- French: “Alverstone”
- Irish: “Alverstone”
- Polish: “Alverstone”
- Welsh: “Alverstone”
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