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Isle of Wight
East Cowes

East Cowes

East Cowes is a town and civil parish in the north of the , on the east bank of the , next to its west bank neighbour . It has a population of 8,428 according to the 2021 Census.
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  • Type: Town with 6,170 residents
  • Description: town and civil parish on the Isle of Wight, in England, UK
  • Also known as: “East Cowes, Isle of Wight”
  • Postal code: PO32

Places of Interest

Highlights include St James’s Church, East Cowes and East Cowes Town Hall.

Church
Photo: Editor5807, Public domain.
St James's Church, East Cowes is the Church of England of East Cowes, .

Town hall
Photo: PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a municipal building in York Avenue, East Cowes, , England. The structure, which is the meeting place of East Cowes Town Council, is a locally listed building.

Park
Photo: Humac45, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a former royal residence in East Cowes, , . The house was built between 1845 and 1851 for Queen Victoria and Prince Albert as a summer home and rural retreat.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cowes and Egypt Point.

Photo: Editor5807, CC BY 3.0.
is a town on the in southern . It is a lovely beach and a wonderful place to visit if you are on holiday to the Isle of Wight.

Locality
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is the northernmost point of the island county of the off the south coast of , and was one of Queen Victoria's favoured places during her time on the island.

Village
is a village and civil parish on the , England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 Census was 787. It is located 1+1⁄2 miles south of East Cowes in the north of the Island.

East Cowes

Latitude
50.75948° or 50° 45′ 34″ north
Longitude
-1.28521° or 1° 17′ 7″ west
Population
6,170
Elevation
20 feet (6 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB ECW
Open location code
9C2WQP57+QW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 11398583
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3234498
Wiki­data ID
Q2987335
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“East Cowes” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “East Cowes”
  • Basque: “East Cowes”
  • Belarusian: “Іст Коўз”
  • Belarusian: “Іст-Коўз”
  • Bengali: “ইস্ট কোয়েস”
  • Cebuano: “East Cowes”
  • Chinese: “East Cowes”
  • Chinese: “东考斯”
  • Chinese: “東考伍斯”
  • Chinese: “東考斯”
  • Dutch: “East Cowes”
  • French: “East Cowes”
  • German: “East Cowes”
  • Gujarati: “પૂર્વ કોવેસ”
  • Irish: “Cowes Thoir”
  • Italian: “East Cowes”
  • Japanese: “イーストカウズ”
  • Japanese: “東カウズ”
  • Kannada: “ಪೂರ್ವ ಕೌವ್ಸ್”
  • Korean: “이스트 코우스”
  • Ladin: “East Cowes”
  • Lithuanian: “Ist Kousas”
  • Macedonian: “Ист Каус”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “East Cowes”
  • Persian: “ایست کووز”
  • Polish: “East Cowes”
  • Portuguese: “East Cowes”
  • Russian: “Восточный Коуз”
  • Russian: “Ист Коус”
  • Russian: “Ист-Каус”
  • Russian: “Ист-Коуз”
  • Slovenian: “East Cowes”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ایست کووز”
  • Spanish: “East Cowes”
  • Swedish: “East Cowes”
  • Tamil: “கிழக்கு கோவ்ஸ்”
  • Telugu: “తూర్పు కౌస్”
  • Turkish: “East Cowes”
  • Urdu: “ایسٹ کوویس”
  • Welsh: “East Cowes”
  • “East Cowes”

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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 “East Cowes”. Photo: Ronald Saunders, CC BY-SA 2.0.