Shide, Isle of Wight

Shide is a small settlement on the Isle of Wight, some of which is considered to be in the Newport conurbation. The Shide Hill House which was located here was the retirement home of Professor John Milne (1850-1913), inventor of the horizontal pendulum seismograph after he retired from the Imperial College of Engineering in Tokyo, Japan. The Isle of Wight County Cricket Ground is just south of Shide.

There is a cycleway between Shide and Merstone, and public transport is provided by Southern Vectis buses on route 2, route 3 and local route 38.

hide Quarry

Shide Quarry, located to the east of the village is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and Local Nature Reserve owned by the County Council. The site was notified in 1971 for its biological features which show all stages of succession from bare chalk rock to Ash woodland. It is one of 41 SSSIs on the Isle of Wight.

References

* [http://www.english-nature.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1000714.pdf Natural England citation sheet]

External links

* [http://www.eas.slu.edu/People/BJMitchell/TextPages/Shide.html My Visit to the Isle of Wight] , Brian J. Mitchell, including a description of plaque honoring John Milne and photograph of monument.