- Porchfield
Infobox UK place |
country = England
official_name= Porchfield
civil_parish=
latitude = 50.71877
longitude = -1.36946
population=
unitary_england=Isle of Wight
map_type = Isle of Wight
lieutenancy_england=Isle of Wight
region = South East England
constituency_westminster= Isle of Wight
post_town= NEWPORT
postcode_district= PO30
postcode_area= PO
dial_code= 01983
os_grid_reference= SZ446912Porchfield is a village on the
Isle of Wight betweenCowes andYarmouth . It is located seven kilometres southwest ofCowes in the northwest of the island.The Porchfield post office is open two mornings per week. The nearest church is the Church of the Holy Spirit, in Newtown. There are two
bed and breakfast s in Porchfield, "Youngwoods Farm" and "The Ridings". Colemans Animal Farm in Porchfield was a dairy farm from 1558 until the 1990s, when it was transformed into a family attraction.There is a pub called "The Sportsman's Rest".Wightbus bus route 35 serves the village on its way between Newport and Newtowncite web | year = 2008 | url = http://www.travelinesoutheast.org.uk/se/XSLT_TTB_REQUEST?language=en&command=direct&net=set&line=08035&sup=A&project=y08&contentFilter=TIMINGPOINTS&outputFormat=0&itdLPxx_displayHeader=false | title = Traveline - Wightbus route 35 | publisher = www.traveline.org.uk | accessdate = 2008-05-04]References
External links
* [http://www.porchfield.free-online.co.uk/index.html Porchfield]
* [http://www.wightstay.co.uk/context/porch.html Netguide to Porchfield on the Isle of Wight]
* [http://www.colemansfarmpark.co.uk/index.html Colemans Animal Farm website]
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