Knighton
Knighton is a largely deserted hamlet near Newchurch on the Isle of Wight, about 2 miles NW of Sandown. The name should be pronounced as Kay-nighton to avoid confusion with the larger village of Niton, near Ventnor.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Knighton, Isle of Wight”
Places of Interest
Highlights include All Saints’ Church, Newchurch and Eaglehead and Bloodstone Copses.
All Saints’ Church, Newchurch
Church
Photo: Hassocks5489, CC0.
All Saints' Church, Newchurch is a parish church in the Church of England located in Newchurch, Isle of Wight, England. The church is medieval dating from the 13th century.
Eaglehead and Bloodstone Copses
Nature reserve
Eaglehead and Bloodstone Copses is a 10.3-hectare Site of Special Scientific Interest which is south of Ashey on the Isle of Wight. The site was notified in 1987 for its biological value.
Amazon World Zoo Park
Zoo
Photo: Lewis Clarke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Amazon World Zoo Park is a medium-sized zoo located in Newchurch, on the outskirts of Sandown, Isle of Wight. It became a charity in 2024, adopting the name Amazon Rainforest Conservation Centre. Amazon World Zoo Park is situated 2 miles southwest of Knighton.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alverstone Garden Village and Alverstone.
Alverstone Garden Village
Hamlet
Photo: Mypix, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Alverstone
Village
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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.
Newchurch
Village
Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Newchurch is a village and civil parish on the Isle of Wight. It is located between Sandown and Newport in the southeast of the island.
Knighton
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Newchurch, Isle of Wight, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.67761° or 50° 40′ 39″ northLongitude
-1.19828° or 1° 11′ 54″ westElevation
89 feet (27 metres)Open location code
9C2WMRH2+2MOpenStreetMap ID
node 5181232478OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Knighton” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Knighton, Isle of Wight”
- French: “Knighton”
- Irish: “Knighton”
- Polish: “Knighton (Wight)”
- Polish: “Knighton”
- Welsh: “Knighton, Ynys Wyth”
- Welsh: “Knighton”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Knighton West Wood and HIWWT Knighton Down.
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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 “Knighton”. Photo: Mypix, CC BY-SA 4.0.