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For Lord Mottistone, the soldier and politician, see J. E. B. Seely, 1st Baron Mottistone.
Mottistone is a village on the Isle of Wight, it is located in the popular tourist area the Back of the Wight.[1] It is located 8 Miles southwest of Newport in the southwest of the island. It is home to the National Trust's Mottistone Manor.
Mottistone Manor and Garden, Isle of Wight
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History
The Island’s only megalithic monument, The Longstone is situated nearby. The name Mottistone (the Speaker’s or pleader’s stone) almost certainly derives from the Longstone. [2]
Geography
Mottistone Down is a Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Mottistone, and covering 31.4 hectares, it ajoins the Brighstone Down, the central part of the ridge. Most of the area is owned by the National Trust including the manor, down and cottages, and is biologically important due to its chalk and neutral grasslands.
Today
Public transport is provided by Southern Vectis buses on route 12.
The church of St Peter and St Paul's hosts part of an annual Christmas Tree festival (the Brighstone Christmas Tree Festival) that has become very popular.
Mottistone Articles
St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Mottistone Mottistone Manor The Longstone
References
- ^ www.backofthewight.net
External links
Media related to Mottistone at Wikimedia CommonsCeremonial county of Isle of Wight Isle of Wight Portal Unitary authorities Major settlements Rivers Topics Sites of Special Scientific Interest on the Isle of Wight Alverstone Marshes • America Wood • Arreton Down • Bembridge Down • Bembridge School And Cliffs • Bonchurch Landslips • Bouldnor And Hamstead Cliffs • Brading Marshes To St. Helen's Ledges • Briddlesford Copses • Calbourne Down • Colwell Bay • Compton Chine to Steephill Cove • Compton Down • Cranmore • Cridmore Bog • Eaglehead and Bloodstone Copses • Freshwater Marshes • Garston's Down • Greatwood And Cliff Copses • Headon Warren And West High Down • King's Quay Shore • Lacey's Farm Quarry • Lake Allotments • Locks Farm Meadow • Medina Estuary • Mottistone Down • Newtown Harbour • Northpark Copse • Parkhurst Forest • Priory Woods • Prospect Quarry • Rew Down • Rowridge Valley • Ryde Sands and Wootton Creek • Shide Quarry • St Lawrence Bank • The Wilderness • Thorness Bay • Ventnor Downs • Whitecliff Bay And Bembridge Ledges • Yar EstuaryCategories:- Villages on the Isle of Wight
- Sites of Special Scientific Interest on the Isle of Wight
- National Trust properties on the Isle of Wight
- Isle of Wight geography stubs
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