Ashey, Isle of Wight

Infobox UK place |
country = England
official_name= Ashey
civil_parish= Havenstreet and Ashey
latitude = 50.70018
longitude = -1.17789
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= RYDE
postcode_district= PO33
postcode_area= PO
dial_code= 01983
os_grid_reference= SZ581892

Ashey is a hamlet on the outskirts of Ryde on the Isle of Wight in southern England.

Ashey is the site every year of an amateur horse race known as the "Isle of Wight Grand National and Ashey Scurry". There are four races that include jumping over fences. It is open to horses and ponies of all sizes and breeds. Riders of all ages enter. It includes a beer tent and betting.

There was a racecourse opened in Ashey in 1884. It included a grandstand as well. It burned down in 1929 and was never rebuilt.

There is a train station in Ashey, the Ashey railway station, which reopened in 1991 and is between the stations at Havenstreet and Smallbrook Junction. At one time, there was a separate train station that serviced the Ashey Racecourse.

There is a manor in East Ashey called the East Ashey Manor.

Ashey Down is the site of some ancient burial mounds. There is a sea mark on Ashey Down. There is a story that in 1969, a Dr. White of St Helens and his wife saw some mysterious lights when driving by Ashey Down at night.

External links

* [http://www.iw-scurry.co.uk/ Official Scurry event website]