Isle of Wight
The Isle of Wight is an island and county five miles off the southern coast of England. It is easily and quickly accessible by multiple sea routes from the mainland cities of Southampton and Portsmouth.
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Popular Destinations
Newport
Newport is the county town of the Isle of Wight. It is in the centre of the island on the River Medina. Photo: Adrian Farwell, CC BY 3.0.Ventnor
The town of Ventnor on the south coast of the Isle of Wight was a Victorian spa, and has an architectural style different to the rest of the island. Photo: Editor5807, CC BY-SA 4.0.Yarmouth
Yarmouth is an attractive little town at the western tip of the Isle of Wight, just offshore of the South East of England. Photo: Ian Stannard, CC BY-SA 2.0.Destinations
Ryde
Ryde is an English seaside town and civil parish on the north-east coast of the Isle of Wight. Photo: sidibousaid, CC BY 2.0.Bembridge
Bembridge is a village and civil parish located on the easternmost point of the Isle of Wight. Photo: fionamcallisterphotography, CC BY 2.0.Wootton Bridge
Wootton Bridge lies on the northeast coast of the Isle of Wight, and is situated almost midway between the island’s historical capital of Newport and the Victorian gateway of Ryde. Photo: Arriva436, CC BY 3.0.Sandown and Shanklin
Sandown and Shanklin are seaside towns on the southeast coast of the Isle of Wight. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.Isle of Wight
- Type: Region
- Description: island and county of England
- Categories: island, ceremonial county of England and unitary authority of England
- Location: South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- Neighbors: Hampshire
Latitude of center 50.676° or 50° 40' 33.5" north | Longitude of center -1.2962° or 1° 17' 46.3" west |
Population 140,000 | Elevation 157 feet (48 metres) |
GeoNames ID 11609015 |
Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Eiland Wight
- Arabic: Puro han Wight
- Arabic: وايت
- Armenian: Ուայթ կղզի
- Asturian: Islla de Wight
- Azerbaijani: Vayt adası
- Basque: Wight
- Belarusian: Ўайт
- Belarusian: Востраў Уайт
- Belarusian: Уайт
- Belarusian: востраў Ўайт
- Bengali: আইল অফ ওয়াইট
- Breton: Enez Wight
- Bulgarian: Уайт
- Catalan: Illa de Wight
- Catalan: illa de Wight
- Cebuano: Isle of Wight
- Chinese: Wight
- Chinese: 威特島
- Chinese: 怀特岛郡
- Croatian: Otok Wight
- Czech: Wight
- Danish: Isle of Wight
- Dutch: Isle of Wight
- Dutch: Wight
- English: Ceremonial County Isle of Wight
- English: Wight
- Esperanto: Isle of Wight
- Estonian: Wight
- Faroese: Isle of Wight
- Finnish: Isle of Wight
- French: Île de Wight
- French: île de Wight
- Galician: Illa de Wight
- Georgian: უაიტი
- German: Isle of Wight
- Greek: Νήσος Ουάιτ
- Gujarati: આઇલ ઓફ વાઈટ
- Hebrew: האי וייט
- Hindi: आइल ऑफ़ वाइट
- Hungarian: Wight-sziget
- Icelandic: Wighteyja
- Ido: Insulo di Wight
- Indonesian: Pulau Wight
- Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association): Isle of Wight
- Irish: Inis Iocht
- Italian: isola di Wight
- Japanese: ワイト島
- Kannada: ಐಲ್ ಆಫ್ ವಿಟ್
- Khmer: កោះវ៉ាយធ៍
- Korean: 아일오브와이트주
- Latin: Vecta
- Latvian: Vaita
- Lithuanian: Vaito sala
- Lower Sorbian: Isle of Wight
- Luxembourgish: Insel Wight
- Macedonian: Вајт
- Malay: Pulau Wight
- Manx: Ellan Eeaght
- Marathi: आईल ऑफ वाइट
- Min Nan Chinese: Wight
- Mirandese: Ilha de Wight
- Narom: Wique
- Northern Frisian: Eilun Wight
- Norwegian: Isle of Wight
- Norwegian Bokmål: Isle of Wight
- Norwegian Bokmål: Wight
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Isle of Wight
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Wiht
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Ƿiht
- Panjabi: ਆੲੀਲ ਆਫ਼ ਵਾੲੀਟ
- Persian: جزیره وایت
- Polish: Wight
- Portuguese: Ilha de Wight
- Romanian: Insula Wight
- Russian: Остров Уайт
- Russian: Уайт
- Scots: Isle o Wight
- Serbian: Острво Вајт
- Serbo-Croatian: Isle of Wight
- Sicilian: Ìsula di Wight
- Slovak: Wight
- Slovenian: Isle of Wight
- Spanish: Isla de Wight
- Swahili: Kisiwa cha Wight
- Swedish: Isle of Wight
- Tagalog: Pulo ng Wight
- Tajik: Ҷазираи Уайт
- Tamil: வைட்டுத் தீவு
- Telugu: ఇస్లే అఫ్ వెయిట్
- Thai: ไอล์ออฟไวต์
- Turkish: Wight Adası
- Ukrainian: Острів Вайт
- Upper Sorbian: Isle of Wight
- Upper Sorbian: Wight
- Urdu: آئل آف ویٹ
- Vietnamese: Đảo Wight
- Vlaams: Eiland Wight
- Volapük: Isle of Wight
- Waray (Philippines): Puro han Wight
- Welsh: Ynys Wyth
- Wu Chinese: 怀特岛郡
- Yiddish: אינזל פון ווייט
- Yue Chinese: 威特島
- Insula de Wight
- Insulo Wight
- Isola di Wight
- Остров Вајт
- វ៉ែត
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