Church of St John the Baptist
The Church of St. John the Baptist, Newport is a parish church in the Church of England located in Newport, Isle of Wight. It is a Grade II listed building, the only surviving building by the British architect Robert Gunter Wetten.Photo: Hassocks5489, CC0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Anglican
- Description: church in Newport, Newport and Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight, England, UK
- Also known as: “Church Of St John The Baptist”, “Church of St John the Baptist, Newport”, “Church of St. John the Baptist, Newport”, and “St John the Baptist’s Church, Newport, Isle of Wight”
- Address: Saint Johns Road, PO30 1LN
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Newport Roman Villa and Newport bus station.
Newport Roman Villa
Museum
Photo: Editor5807, Public domain.
Newport Roman Villa was a Romano-British farmhouse constructed in 280 AD. It is located near to Newport, Isle of Wight. Newport Roman Villa is situated 1,000 feet southeast of Church of St John the Baptist.
Newport bus station
Bus station
Photo: Arriva436, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Newport bus station, on the Isle of Wight is located at Orchard Street in Newport town centre. Recent redevelopment has seen the former 1960s-built South Street bus station demolished, to make way for a new row of shops, and the current facility built behind that site. Newport bus station is situated 830 feet north of Church of St John the Baptist.
St Thomas of Canterbury Church, Newport, Isle of Wight
Church
Photo: Editor5807, Public domain.
Saint Thomas of Canterbury church is a church serving the Catholic population of Newport, Isle of Wight, UK. It holds historical significance as the first purpose-built Catholic church constructed after the Protestant reformation on the island, and is reputedly also the first such church in England. St Thomas of Canterbury Church, Newport, Isle of Wight is situated 1,200 feet northwest of Church of St John the Baptist.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shide and Barton.
Shide
Suburb
Photo: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shide is a small settlement in the civil parish of Newport and Carisbrooke, on the Isle of Wight, England, some of which is considered to be in the Newport conurbation.
Barton
Suburb
Barton is an area in the east of Newport on the Isle of Wight. Transport is provided by Southern Vectis community service route 39 to the town centre and standard service routes 8 and 9 to Sandown and Ryde, which run nearby.
Carisbrooke
Village
Photo: Mypix, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Carisbrooke is a village on the south-western outskirts of Newport, in the civil parish of Newport and Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight, England. It is best known as the site of Carisbrooke Castle.
Church of St John the Baptist
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Newport, Isle of Wight, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.69601° or 50° 41′ 46″ northLongitude
-1.29552° or 1° 17′ 44″ westOpen location code
9C2WMPW3+CQOpenStreetMap ID
way 95211026OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=anglicanWikidata ID
Q5117248
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In Other Languages
“Church of St John the Baptist” goes by many names.
- Estonian: “Ristija Johannese kirik”
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