Osborne House
Osborne House is a historical site in East Cowes, Isle of Wight, England. Osborne House is situated nearby to the residential building Barton Manor, as well as near the village Whippingham.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Osborne House and Barton Manor.
Osborne House
Park
Photo: Humac45, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Osborne House is a former royal residence in East Cowes, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. The house was built between 1845 and 1851 for Queen Victoria and Prince Albert as a summer home and rural retreat. Osborne House is situated 970 feet east of Osborne House.
Barton Manor
Residential building
Photo: JohnArmagh, Public domain.
The history of Barton Manor spans over 900 years and was first mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. It is a Jacobean manor house in Whippingham, on the Isle of Wight. Barton Manor is situated 1,800 feet southeast of Osborne House.
Cowes Power Station
Power station
Photo: Mark Pilbeam, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cowes power station is a 140MW Open Cycle Gas Turbine station powered by two 70MW units. Located in East Cowes, the station is the Isle of Wight's only conventional power generation source other than power from the mainland. Cowes Power Station is situated 4,000 feet west of Osborne House.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Whippingham and East Cowes.
Whippingham
Village
Whippingham is a village and civil parish on the Isle of Wight, 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
Town
Photo: Ronald Saunders, CC BY-SA 2.0.
East Cowes is a town and civil parish in the north of the Isle of Wight, on the east bank of the River Medina, next to its west bank neighbour Cowes. It has a population of 8,428 according to the 2021 Census.
Cowes
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Cowes is a town on the Isle of Wight in southern England. It is a lovely beach and a wonderful place to visit if you are on holiday to the Isle of Wight.
Osborne House
- Type: Historical site
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: East Cowes, Isle of Wight, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.75076° or 50° 45′ 3″ northLongitude
-1.26991° or 1° 16′ 12″ westElevation
171 feet (52 metres)Open location code
9C2WQP2J+82GeoNames ID
12059744
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