Osborne House
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.Photo: Humac45, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Opening hours: April 1st—September 30th 10:00 AM—6:00 PM
- Type: Park
- Description: former royal residence in East Cowes, Isle of Wight, England, UK
- Also known as: “Osborne” and “Osborne House, Garden and Grounds”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Barton Manor and St Mildred’s Church.
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 1,300 feet south of Osborne House.
St Mildred’s Church
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
St Mildred's Church, Whippingham is the Church of England parish church of the village of Whippingham, Isle of Wight. St Mildred’s Church is situated 1 mile southwest of Osborne House.
East Cowes Town Hall
Town hall
Photo: PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0.
East Cowes Town Hall is a municipal building in York Avenue, East Cowes, Isle of Wight, England. The structure, which is the meeting place of East Cowes Town Council, is a locally listed building. East Cowes Town Hall is situated 1 mile northwest 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
Photo: Editor5807, CC BY 3.0.
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
Latitude
50.75069° or 50° 45′ 3″ northLongitude
-1.26571° or 1° 15′ 57″ westOperator
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Q565155
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Osborne House” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Osborne House”
- Arabic: “أوزبورن هاوس”
- Armenian: “Օսբորն Հաուս”
- Asturian: “Palaciu d’Osborne”
- Basque: “Osborne jauregia”
- Belarusian: “Дом Осбарна”
- Belarusian: “Осбарн-гаўс”
- Belarusian: “Осбарн-хаус”
- Bulgarian: “Осбърн Хаус”
- Catalan: “Palau d’Osborne”
- Chinese: “奧士本莊園”
- Chinese: “奧斯本莊園”
- Czech: “Osborne House”
- Danish: “Osborne House”
- Dutch: “Osborne House”
- Finnish: “Osborne House”
- French: “Osborne House”
- French: “Royal Naval College”
- Galician: “Casa Osborne”
- German: “Osborne House”
- Hebrew: “בית אוסבורן”
- Indonesian: “Osborne House”
- Irish: “Osborne House”
- Italian: “Osborne House”
- Japanese: “オズボーン・ハウス”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Osborne House”
- Norwegian: “Osborne House”
- Persian: “خانه آزبورن”
- Polish: “Osborne House”
- Portuguese: “Osborne House”
- Portuguese: “Osbourne house”
- Russian: “Осборн Хаус”
- Russian: “Осборн-хаус”
- Slovak: “Osborne House”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Osborne”
- Spanish: “Osborne House”
- Swedish: “Osborne House”
- Thai: “ตำหนักออสบอร์น”
- Turkish: “Osborne House”
- Ukrainian: “Осборн-гаус”
- Welsh: “Tŷ Osborne”
- Wu Chinese: “奥斯房宫”
- Yue Chinese: “奧士本莊園”
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