Isle of Wight
Unitary authority in England
| Coordinates: | 50.67, -1.32 |
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| OS grid ref: | SZ 47 85 |
The Isle of Wight is England’s largest island and a ceremonial county governed as a unitary authority, with its council based in Newport. Sitting in the Solent off the south coast of England, it’s defined by a varied coastline of chalk stacks and cliffs such as the Needles, rolling downland and a string of small towns and villages including Cowes, Ventnor and Shanklin.
Famed for Victorian seafronts and royal connections at Osborne House, plus the media-friendly Cowes Week and the Isle of Wight Festival, the island has a strong tourism and maritime economy alongside agriculture and niche manufacturing. It’s also important for geology and fossils, with popular fossil-hunting sites and a long history visible in places like Carisbrooke Castle; socially it combines tight-knit island communities with a seasonal influx of visitors and a noticeably older resident profile.
Isle of Wight postcode districts
PO30, PO31, PO32, PO33, PO34, PO35, PO36, PO37, PO38, PO39, PO40, PO41
Most populated places in Isle of Wight
Places in Isle of Wight
- Bembridge Built-up area
- Brading Built-up area
- Brighstone Built-up area
- Cowes Built-up area
- East Cowes Built-up area
- Freshwater Parish
- Freshwater and Totland Built-up area
- Godshill Built-up area
- Havenstreet Built-up area
- Havenstreet and Ashey Parish
- Merstone Built-up area
- Newchurch Built-up area
- Newport Built-up area
- Newport and Carisbrooke Parish
- Niton Built-up area
- Niton and Whitwell Parish
- Rookley Built-up area
- Ryde Built-up area
- Sandown Built-up area
- Seaview and Nettlestone Built-up area
- Shalfleet Built-up area
- Shanklin Built-up area
- Shorwell Built-up area
- St. Helens Built-up area
- Totland Parish
- Ventnor Built-up area
- Whitwell Built-up area
- Wootton Built-up area
- Wootton Bridge Parish
- Wroxall Built-up area
- Yarmouth Built-up area
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