List of places on the Isle of Wight

Newport

Ryde

Brading

Cowes

East Cowes

Sandown

Shanklin

Ventnor

Yarmouth

Some of the larger towns on the Isle of Wight.

This is a list of towns and villages in the ceremonial county of Isle of Wight, England. See the list of places in England for places in other counties.

Towns

There are nine main towns on the Isle of Wight. Most of these are located towards the eastern side and along the coast. Ryde is the island's largest town with a population of 26,152. Newport is the island's capital and located in the centre of the island. Most island settlements link to Newport by road making it the centre for island services. There are currently no cities on the island, the closest being Portsmouth about five and a half miles off the coast.

An aerial photograph, showing the towns of Newport and Cowes

Town	Population	OS Grid Reference	Post town	Postal code
Newport	23,957	SZ502893	NEWPORT	PO30
Brading	2,077	SZ607870	SANDOWN	PO36
Cowes/East Cowes	16,925	SZ493958	COWES/EAST COWES	PO31/PO32
Ryde	26,152	SZ591923	RYDE	PO33
Sandown	5,299	SZ600843	SANDOWN	PO36
Shanklin	8,055	SZ584816	SHANKLIN	PO37
Ventnor	7,000	SZ562775	VENTNOR	PO38
Yarmouth	855	SZ356896	YARMOUTH	PO41

Villages

A self-descriptive definition of a village is adopted here.

Alverstone Arreton Bembridge Binstead Blackgang Blackwater Bonchurch Brighstone Brook Calbourne Carisbrooke

Chale Chillerton Cranmore Fishbourne Freshwater Gatcombe Godshill Gurnard Havenstreet Lake Luccombe

Merstone Nettlestone Newbridge Newchurch Newtown Ningwood Niton Northwood Porchfield Rookley Seaview

Shalfleet Shorwell St Helens St Lawrence Totland Whippingham Whitwell Winford Wootton and Wootton Bridge Wroxall Yaverland

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  Whitwell

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  Brighstone

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  Chale

Hamlets and other places

Adgestone Afton Afton Park Alum Bay Alverstone Garden Village Appley Apse Heath Ashey Barton Bathingbourne Bierley Binfield Bouldnor Borthwood Bowcombe Branstone Chale Green Compton Cross Lane Culver Down Downend Easton Egypt Point

Elmfield Five Houses Foreland Fields Forest Side Freshwater Bay Great Thorness Gunville Hale Common Hamstead Havenstreet Haylands Hillway Horringford Hulverstone Hunnyhill King's Quay Kingston Knighton Lane End Limerstone Little Atherfield Little Thorness

Littletown Locksgreen Lowtherville Mark's Corner Mersley Moortown Morton Mottistone Nettlecombe Ninham Niton Undercliff Norton Norton Green Nunwell Oakfield Osborne Parkhurst Pondwell Princelett Puckaster Quarr Hill Queen's Bower

Rew Street Rookley Green Roud Rowridge Sandford Seagrove Bay Shalcombe Shide Staplers Steephill Steyne Cross Thorley Thorley Street Thorncross Totland Bay Upper Ventnor Wellow Whiteley Bank Winford Wootton Common Yafford Yarbridge

See also

• List of United Kingdom locations
• List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest on the Isle of Wight

External links

• Isle of Wight Towns & Villages, Isle of Wight Time, Greenwich Mean Time website

• Place Name Index, Wightcam- Photographically Illustrated Walks on the Isle of Wight

• The Villages and Towns of the Isle of Wight, Southern Life (UK) website; History of the Villages of Hampshire, Dorset and Isle of Wight Counties.