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Sentence Examples Three are from a wildlife park on the Isle of Wight, and three from an attraction on the South Coast. Once past the Isle of Wight they were in to the English Channel and the open sea. On 11 August 1979, 303 yachts, crewed by some 3,000 yachtsmen, left Cowes in the Isle of Wight to begin the 600 mile Fastnet Race. We were in fact, the better part of two hours early for our booked Isle of Wight ferry. For Wight, nature's timelessness transcends kinetic motion and the realm of the ticking clock. They have been a chronic problem in coastal areas in recent years, particularly in the New Forest, the Isle of Wight and Portsmouth. Because of its location east of the Isle of Wight, tidal currents make diving tricky. Other social activities include a wildlife walk and a July trip to the Isle of Wight. And the Isle of Wight is very close and full of dinosaurs, which is great for geomancy. There are also news bureaux in Hastings, Reading, Salisbury, Bournemouth and the Isle of Wight, and a political presence at Westminster. Presented with a gilt-edged chance, Gardyne attempted to lift his shot over Craig Wight, but the goalkeeper caught the effort with ease. Mr Wight said his father, who died in 1995, was bemused by the enduring popularity of his books and the spin-off shows and films. He left school at 16 with no qualifications and began his career as a marine engineer, at one time working on the Isle of Wight. Another fast moving dot on the radar turns out to be the Red Jet, powering past us from the Isle of Wight. There are ferry sailings to the Isle of Wight and to France and northern Spain. They undertook the three-day and four-night challenge last week, amongst the rugged terrain of the Isle of Wight. Harrison Spencer, of Gunard, Isle of Wight, has been made an MBE for his services to yacht rigging and sailing at Cowes. Actually, it's been about two-and-a-half years since they massacred the song at the Isle of Wight festival, which everyone would probably like to forget. A notorious pyramid selling scam, which caused havoc among small communities on the Isle of Wight last year, has reared its ugly head in Scotland again. Living on the Isle of Wight with a life-long interest in prehistory I have spent many hours field-walking and have a substantial collection of flint tools and flakes. Show More Sentences When she returned to the Isle of Wight to tell her parents that she would be leaving home and school to become a West End actress, they were unfazed. Traders came from as far afield as the Isle of Wight and Sussex. In 1959, the first hovercraft was launched on the Isle of Wight. Hammond was replaced as Governor of the Isle of Wight on 27 November, and placed in the custody of the army the following day. In the UK, its most important facility is on the Isle of Wight, where it has a carbon composite centre of excellence. To the south of Portsmouth are the waters of the Solent, which connects Portsmouth Harbour and the Isle of Wight. The pier was originally used as a terminal for ferries travelling to the Isle of Wight, but it was soon redeveloped as a centre of entertainment. Robert Hooke was born in 1635 in Freshwater on the Isle of Wight to John Hooke and Cecily Gyles. Totland is a village, civil parish and electoral ward on the Isle of Wight. He was a Royalist and almost certainly a member of a group who went to pay their respects to Charles I when he escaped to the Isle of Wight. Robert Hooke spent his life largely on the Isle of Wight, at Oxford, and in London. Hovercraft are still manufactured in the UK, near to where they were first conceived and tested, and the Isle Of Wight. Hovercraft are still in use between Ryde on the Isle of Wight and Southsea on the mainland. An unusual example used to exist on the Isle of Wight, where until 1926 parallel tracks between Smallbrook Junction and St John's Road existed. Appuldurcombe House, Isle of Wight, now in ruins, but conserved by English Heritage, must also be mentioned. It is also part of the anticline which lies to the south of the Isle of Wight. The Isle of Wight, which is part of England, is between the Channel and the Solent. Rutland and the Isle of Wight do not have county clubs and are wholly integrated for that purpose with Leicestershire and Hampshire respectively. Disraeli went to Osborne House on the Isle of Wight, where the Queen asked him to form a government. Our collection consists of the giant Elephant Garlic, the heavy-cropping Solent Wight and the all-rounder French Lautrec. Show More Sentences The annual Isle of Wight International Scooter Rally has since 1980 met on the August Bank Holiday. Cammocky butter was a nuisance in Sussex, Hampshire, and the Isle of Wight. In the north children dug up the root and chewed it. The island hosts annual music festivals including the Isle of Wight Festival, which, in 1970, was the largest rock music event ever held. The TV series Tiger Island chronicles the lives of the more than twenty tigers living at Isle of Wight Zoo. During the English Civil War, King Charles fled to the Isle of Wight, believing he would receive sympathy from the governor Robert Hammond. Slightly more than half, mainly in the west, is designated as the Isle of Wight Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The southwestern quarter is commonly referred to as the Back of the Wight, and has a unique character. The eroding cliffs often reveal previously hidden remains, particularly along the Back of the Wight. The Isle of Wight Council election of 2013 saw the Conservatives lose the majority which they had held since 2005 to the Island Independents. There remains occasional confusion between the Isle of Wight as a county and its former position within Hampshire. Following an amalgamation of local hockey clubs in 2011, the Isle of Wight Hockey Club now runs two men's senior and two ladies' senior teams. There is an Isle of Wight Saturday Football League with three divisions, and a rugby union club. The Isle of Wight is the 39th official county in English cricket, and the Isle of Wight Cricket Board organises a league of local clubs. There are two airfields for general aviation, Isle of Wight Airport at Sandown and Bembridge Airport. The main local newspaper is the Isle of Wight County Press, published most Fridays. Online news sources for the Isle of Wight include On the Wight and The Isle of Wight Chronicle. The Isle of Wight is part of the BBC South region and the ITV Meridian region. It consists of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey and West Sussex. To the west, Bede describes the boundary with the Kingdom of Wessex as being opposite the Isle of Wight, and which later fell on the River Ems. His mother was Osburga daughter of Oslac of the Isle of Wight, Chief Butler of England. Show More Sentences Francis attempted to invade England in the summer of 1545, but reached only the Isle of Wight before being repulsed. Charles's only recourse was to return to negotiations, which were held at Newport on the Isle of Wight. Compton Bay is a bay located on the southwest section of the Isle of Wight, England. The Isle of Wight Coastal Path runs along the cliff edge for the entire extent of the bay. Alum Bay is a bay near the westernmost point of the Isle of Wight, England, within close sight of the Needles rock formation. However, it was with the coming of the Isle of Wight Railway in 1866 that the town became both a tourist and a health resort. Ventnor West railway station was the terminus of the Isle of Wight Central Railway from Cowes through Newport. Ventnor and the Isle of Wight has a maritime climate with cool summers and mild winters. The Glanville fritillary is a highly restricted species within the UK, being confined to the southern coast of the Isle of Wight. The pyramidal orchid was voted the County flower of the Isle of Wight in 2002 following a poll by the wild flora conservation charity Plantlife. The Isle of Wight Council is a unitary authority covering the Isle of Wight near the South coast of England. The council was formed on 1 April 1995, replacing the Isle of Wight County Council and Medina and South Wight Borough Councils. On its abolition in 1995, they transferred to the new Isle of Wight Council. At the 1997 election, Turner was the Conservative candidate on the Isle of Wight, coming second to Liberal Democrat MP Peter Brand. It should be noted that the goal of OneWight was to have one MP for the Isle of Wight. On 14 August 2006, Turner was attending the Isle of Wight County Show with his Jack Russell Terrier, when he lost hold of the lead. It also led campaigns for the establishment of an Isle of Wight specific radio service and for a regional television service. The Act also disenfranchised the boroughs of Newport and Yarmouth and replaced the six lost seats with the first MP for the whole Isle of Wight. The Isle of Wight was also the last constituency in England to declare its results. After the 2013 local council elections, Independent candidates became the largest group on the Isle of Wight Council. Show More Sentences Between 2005 and 2013 the Isle of Wight Council was a Conservative controlled council. The Isle of Wight is a part of the South East England region for the purposes of European Parliamentary elections. The results of the 2014 European Parliament election on the Isle of Wight were as follows. The results of the 2009 European election on the Isle of Wight were as follows. The results of the 2004 European election on the Isle of Wight were as follows. There is anecdotal evidence that the Isle of Wight county colours have been used as a flag. In 2007 an 'Isle of Wight Flag Committee' was founded to create a flag for the Isle of Wight. God's Providence House is a building in St Thomas' Square, Newport, Isle of Wight, England. Knighton Gorges Manor was one of the grandest manor houses on the Isle of Wight. Located in the hamlet of Knighton, near Newchurch, it is reported to be one of the most haunted locations on the Isle of Wight. It is located close to the village of Niton and the point where the Back of the Wight changes to the Undercliff of Ventnor. The Isle of Wight was a target of attempted French invasions, and there were notable incursions. This was due to a rise in costs and substantial cut in payments for free travel by the Isle of Wight Council. Police are working with the Isle of Wight Council to try to improve security at the site. The Round the Island Race is an annual yacht race around the Isle of Wight. The regatta was based at Cowes on the Isle of Wight off southern England and was organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club. The town of Ryde is now represented by Ryde Saints who currently run three sides in the Isle of Wight League. The club was formed in 1888, and in 1898 became founder members of the Isle of Wight League. Newclose County Cricket Ground is the county cricket ground for the Isle of Wight, located between Newport and Blackwater. He was born at Newport on the Isle of Wight and was educated on the island at Carisbrooke High School. Show More Sentences It has been held annually in late summer since 2004 at Robin Hill on the Isle of Wight. The festival was held annually in late summer since 2004, in a small country park called 'Robin Hill' on The Isle of Wight. The Isle of Wight was chosen for many reasons as the first site of the Bestival, primarily due to its notable natural beauty. It is also known that the Isle of Wight holds more carnivals per capita than anywhere else in the United Kingdom. Ben Howard and Benjamin Francis Leftwich both performed on The Bandstand which is hosted every year by Isle of Wight Comedian Scott Anderson. She also joined them for a recording session at Rod Gammons Sound Studio on the Isle of Wight. Around this time Melanie moved off of the Isle of Wight, and TBRM disbanded. King was born and brought up in Cowes, Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England. Newport is a civil parish and the county town of the Isle of Wight, an island off the south coast of England, in the United Kingdom. The Isle of Wight County Cricket Ground is located at Newclose, on the outskirts of the town. The Isle of Wight College is located to the north of the town centre close to St Mary's Roundabout and the large industrial estate. Hampshire Constabulary that oversees matters on the Isle of Wight and across Hampshire was one of two police forces using Defender aircraft. Ryde is an English seaside town and civil parish on the Isle of Wight, with a population of 23,999 at the 2011 Census. The Isle of Wight Islanders started as members of the Conference League before moving up to the Premier League. St Lawrence is a village on the south side of the Isle of Wight, in southern England. He lived on the Isle of Wight from 1881 to his death in 1889 and is buried in Whitwell. It was then used as a base for the Wight Locomotive Society until January 1971, when it was demolished. However, the more active Isle of Wight visitor can make use of public footpaths and bridleways that lead into the wood. The Isle of Wight Walking Festival is a walking festival which takes place annually on the Isle of Wight, around May spanning two weeks. Walk the Wight is the largest walk of the festival, and used to be the last to occur. Show More Sentences Dropping fairly steeply away from Culver Down, the path meets the beach again at Yaverland, then passes the Isle of Wight Zoo and enters Sandown. In September 2010, the Isle of Wight council engaged Southern Vectis to operate many school bus routes. The services were run by Southern Vectis under contract to Isle of Wight Council. The company has been involved in Isle of Wight events such as the Isle of Wight Festival and the Bestival. In 2007, the Isle of Wight council reduced its reimbursement to Southern Vectis for free travelling passengers from 76 percent to 46 percent. Wightlink is a ferry company operating routes between Hampshire and the Isle of Wight in southern England. Wightlink and its forerunners have provided ferry services to and from the Isle of Wight for more than 160 years. Both provide a frequent service to the Isle of Wight, but neither normally serve Southampton, Cowes or East Cowes. The company originally operated a paddle steamer ferry service between Cowes, Isle of Wight and Southampton. This line, the last to be built on the island, was taken over by the Isle of Wight Central. It was the only named train on the island, and travelled on lines from all the former Isle of Wight railway companies. In 1971, the Isle of Wight Steam Railway began operating on part of the Ryde to Newport line. The line from Ryde St John's Road to Shanklin was opened on 23 August 1864, having been built by the Isle of Wight Railway. Following the Railways Act 1921, the Island Line and the other railways on the Isle of Wight became part of the Southern Railway. Ryde Pier Head railway station is one of three stations in the town of Ryde on the Isle of Wight. Because the Isle of Wight is within the Network SouthEast area, annual season tickets issued to and from its stations are issued as Gold Cards. Shanklin railway station is a Grade II listed railway station serving Shanklin on the Isle of Wight. Through rail tickets for travel via Pier Head station are available to and from other stations on the Isle of Wight. The ferry from Portsmouth Harbour Station to Ryde on the Isle of Wight is operated by Wightlink. National Rail tickets between the Isle of Wight and stations on Great Britain include travel on the ferry. Show More Sentences In the first years of the nineteenth century, the Isle of Wight was established as a successful agricultural base, and there was some fishing. The Isle of Wight Central Railway introduced such a vehicle on 4 October 1906 and it operated into Ryde. From 1985 to 1990 rail services on the Isle of Wight operated under the brand RydeRail. Smallbrook Junction railway station is a railway station on the Isle of Wight, England. Between 1875 and 1926 there were two separate lines here, independently run by the Isle of Wight Central Railway and the Isle of Wight Railway. The first railway on the Isle of Wight opened in 1862, linking Newport and Cowes. Isle of Wight railways diagram, showing closed and reopened lines and new stations. Wootton railway station is a heritage railway station on the Isle of Wight, off the south coast of the England. The Isle of Wight County Press is a local, compact newspaper published every Friday on the Isle of Wight. The Isle of Wight County Press website was launched in 1999 and features headline articles updated on a daily basis. The Rowridge transmitting station is a facility for FM radio and television transmission at Rowridge on the Isle of Wight in southern England. Sites on the mainland and the Isle of Wight were considered, and three were tested by BBC Research Department. The former prison lies adjacent to Albany and Parkhurst, both part of HMP Isle of Wight. Parkhurst prison is one of the two prisons that make up HMP Isle of Wight, the other being Albany. Clark suffered a heart attack in 1983 and died at Parkhurst Prison on the Isle of Wight. It was named after the Isle of Wight, in the English Channel, from where many of its early colonists had come. Isle of Wight County features two incorporated towns, Smithfield and Windsor. Warrosquyoake Shire was renamed in 1637 as Isle of Wight County, after the island off the south coast of England of the same name. Blackwater Regional Library is the regional library system that provides services to the citizens of Isle of Wight. Lords Lieutenant, High Sheriffs and the Governor of the Isle of Wight are also disqualified from seats for constituencies within their area. Show More Sentences His original water closets are still working in Osborne House, Queen Victoria's home on the Isle of Wight. Arnold was born on the Isle of Wight, the son of William Arnold, a Customs officer, and his wife Martha Delafield. Inspired by Ruskin's educational ideals, Whitehouse established Bembridge School, on the Isle of Wight, and ran it along Ruskinian lines. In addition, some of the smaller counties such as Rutland, Herefordshire and the Isle of Wight are unitary authorities. Being one of the most southerly parts of the UK, the Isle of Wight has a milder subclimate than most other areas. Three-month-old baby Toga, a Jackass Penguin, was stolen from the zoo, on the Isle of Wight, in December. The baby jackass penguin, called Toga, was taken from Amazon World, Sandown, Isle of Wight, on Saturday night. The Amazon World Zoo Park in Newchurch, Isle of Wight, yesterday urged whoever has stolen its jackass penguin to feed him properly using a tube. Two colonies of the Barbastelle and three of the threatened Bechstein's bat have been found in Briddlesford Woods, on the Isle of Wight. A raft of migrant species also thrived, such as bee-eaters, exotic birds from southern Europe which nested successfully on the Isle of Wight. At the time, he was about to embark on a Royal trip from Falmouth to RYS Cowes on the Isle of Wight. The blaze wiped out power on board the 944-ton Russian trawler Marginella about 16 miles south of the Isle of Wight, Hants. Q WE'VE managed to get tickets for the Isle of Wight Festival but have been unable to find a pitch for our motor caravan. The silver BMW saloon crushed the child and his dad as they sunbathed at Yaverland, on the Isle of Wight, yesterday afternoon. Cornerways recently put up new glass, Wight Salads is in the process of doing so, and Fresca has launched its ambitious Thanet Earth development. The island is home to the Isle of Wight Festival and, up to 2016, Bestival. Only one service now remains, a foot passenger service between Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight run by Hovertravel. Meanwhile, the allied fleet was assembling at St Helens on the Isle of Wight. A second cadet establishment was constructed at Osborne on the Isle of Wight for the first two years, with the last two remaining at Dartmouth. The Number One tower soon found an alternative use as a replacement for the Nab Rock lightship, 40 miles away off Bembridge in the Isle of Wight. Show More Sentences The invasion was to be on a broad front, from around Ramsgate to beyond the Isle of Wight. Items from Napoli began to make landfall all along the south coast of England as far east as the Isle of Wight. According to Edward Hall's Chronicle, she was buried in relative obscurity in Quarr Abbey, Isle of Wight. The southern boundary is the coastline of the English Channel and the Solent, facing the Isle of Wight. The Blackgang Chine on the Isle of Wight, for example, has been destroyed by landslides and coastal erosion during the 20th century. In 1884 Victoria created him Baron Tennyson, of Aldworth in the County of Sussex and of Freshwater in the Isle of Wight. Tennyson Down and the Tennyson Trail on the Isle of Wight are named after him, and a monument to him stands on top of Tennyson Down. Following a custom she maintained throughout her widowhood, Victoria spent the Christmas of 1900 at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight. Osborne House is a former royal residence in East Cowes, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. The two towns are connected by the Cowes Floating Bridge, a chain ferry operated by the Isle of Wight Council. Due to local objections no wind turbines have been allowed to be erected on the Isle of Wight. Samuel White of Cowes on the Isle of Wight set up a new aircraft division and produced a flying boat in the United Kingdom. The Isle of Wight Festival is a music festival which takes place annually on the Isle of Wight in England. Followers from across the world trekked to the Isle of Wight for the performance. On 6 November 2007, the Isle of Wight Festival was named 'Best Major Festival' at the UK Festival Awards. At the 2015 Awards, the Isle of Wight Festival won the award for 'Best Family Festival' and 'Headline Performance of the Year' for Fleetwood Mac. Back of the Wight is an area on the Isle of Wight, England that has a distinct historical and social background. This is not caused as popularly supposed by the presence of the Isle of Wight, but is a function of the shape and depth of the English Channel. Hovertravel operate a regular hovercraft service to Ryde on the Isle of Wight which runs from Southsea seafront. It faces Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, to which there is a car ferry service operated by Wightlink. Show More Sentences The Jutes arrived in the area from the Isle of Wight in the 6th century and founded a settlement called Limentun. The work done at Bouldnor is exhibited in the Maritime Archaeology Trust's Sunken Secrets exhibition at Fort Victoria on the Isle of Wight. Arwald, the king of the Isle of Wight, left his two young brothers as heirs. Baldwin provided him with a fleet and he landed in the Isle of Wight in May 1066, where he collected money and provisions. The Lord of the Isle of Wight is a title that began when William the Conqueror granted the Isle of Wight to William Fitz Osbern. She exercised her rights and privileges as feudal overlord of the Isle of Wight. His chief residence was Carisbrooke Castle on the Isle of Wight, one of many English castles he built. The priory was situated on rising ground on the outskirts of Carisbrooke close to Newport on the Isle of Wight. The Great Hall, Great Chamber and several smaller rooms are open to the public, and an upper room houses the Isle of Wight Museum. On her death bed she was persuaded to sell the Isle of Wight to King Edward I, in a transaction that has ever since been considered questionable. One of Edward's favourite servants, Walter Langton, rushed to her and wrote a charter to confirm the sale of the Isle of Wight to the king. Yarmouth is a town, port and civil parish in the west of the Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England. The Isle of Wight Steam Railway is a heritage railway on the Isle of Wight. While leading the attack on the galleys of a French invasion fleet, she sank in the Solent, the straits north of the Isle of Wight. Ashburnham took Hammond to the king on the mainland, and the king came to the Isle of Wight. In 1860, Cameron visited the estate of poet Alfred Lord Tennyson on the Isle of Wight. Lord Tennyson, her neighbour on the Isle of Wight, often brought friends to see the photographer and her works. Westland was subsequently the prime contractor for the Black Arrow, and assembled the first and second stages at East Cowes on the Isle of Wight. During 1957, the first test launch of the Black Knight rocket was performed at High Down on the Isle of Wight. Afton Down is a chalk down near the village of Freshwater on the Isle of Wight. Show More Sentences He boarded an Air India flight for London with Cox, joining Mitchell for a performance as the headlining act of the Isle of Wight Festival. The Isle of Wight Coast Path has its westernmost point at the Coastguard Cottages. Catherine's Point, the Back of the Wight ends and the Undercliff of Ventnor begins. The Back of the Wight had a meagre and fragile economy at the time so this increased the hardships on the area by killing many of the population. Bembridge is a village and civil parish located on the easternmost point of the Isle of Wight. Positioned at a high elevation, this offers views of the Solent meeting the English Channel to the east of the Isle of Wight. Bembridge Windmill, the only remaining windmill on the Isle of Wight, is located to the west of the village. Freshwater is a large village and civil parish at the western end of the Isle of Wight, England. Freshwater sits at the western end of the region known as the Back of the Wight or the West Wight which is a popular tourist area. The Undercliff on the Isle of Wight skirts the southern edge of the island from Niton to Bonchurch. There are some coastal erosion and landslip concerns associated with the Isle of Wight Undercliff region. This band is bordered by two bands of chalk, the Purbeck Hills and Isle of Wight to the south, and the Dorset Downs and South Downs to the north. A relatively resistant chalk ridge ran continuously from the Purbeck Hills to the Isle of Wight, which the rivers could not break through. Across the water to the east The Needles on the Isle of Wight are usually visible. Live appearances at Woodstock and the Isle of Wight Festival, along with the live album Live at Leeds, cemented their reputation as a respected rock act. Since 18 July 2014, The Spice Bus, which was driven by Meat Loaf in the film, is now on permanent display at the Island Harbour Marina on the Isle of Wight, England. In 1796, Turner exhibited Fishermen at Sea, his first oil painting at the academy, of a nocturnal moonlit scene of the Needles off the Isle of Wight. A local charity, the Wight Squirrel Project, supports red squirrel conservation on the island, and islanders are actively recommended to report any invasive greys. In 1403, a Breton squadron defeated the English in the Channel and devastated Jersey, Guernsey and Plymouth, while the French made a landing on the Isle of Wight. On 10 June 2007, the band performed their first gig at a festival in 30 years, at the Isle of Wight Festival, to a crowd of 65,000, and were joined onstage by Amy Winehouse. Show More Sentences Walk the Wight has been running for 19 years in aid of the Earl Mountbatten Hospice and is now the biggest sponsored walk in the South of England. The Isle of Wight College provides education at Albany Prison. Bembridge School was an independent school in Bembridge on the Isle of Wight founded in 1919 by social reformer and Liberal MP John Howard Whitehouse. Southern Vectis also moved into other business areas on the isle of Wight. A 1914 Railway Clearing House map of lines around the Isle of Wight. In 1991, duplication tactics were seen again when Southern Vectis shadowed an Isle of Wight County Council contracted bus run by Norman Baker Taxis. She lived at East Standen in the Isle of Wight, not in great wealth. Large passenger hovercraft are still manufactured on the Isle of Wight. It also saw a separate quarter sessions set up for the Isle of Wight. In January 2013 the Government announced the Camp Hill element of HMP Isle of Wight would close as part of a wider reorganisation of prison places. Between 2001 and May 2005, the ruling group of the Isle of Wight Council was a coalition called 'Island First' composed of Liberal Democrats and independents. As the walls of the chines and cliffs are so unstable and erode continually, particularly those of the south coast of the Isle of Wight, the strata are clearly visible. There are twenty chines on the Isle of Wight, to which fascinating folklore is attached because of their history with local smuggling, fishing and shipwrecks. Prior to 1995, these results are for Isle of Wight County Council. West Wight is predominantly rural, with dramatic coastlines dominated by the chalk downland ridge, running across the whole island and ending in the Needles stacks. Southern Vectis fares have also reflected the need to provide free transport to a relatively large population of elderly people who reside on the Isle of Wight. Portsmouth, along with Southampton and its adjacent towns, are served predominantly with transmissions from the Rowridge Transmitter on the Isle of Wight. Queen Victoria had spent two holidays on the Isle of Wight as a young girl, when her mother, the then Duchess of Kent, rented Norris Castle, the estate next door to Osborne. East Cowes is a town and civil parish to the north of the Isle of Wight, on the east bank of the River Medina next to its neighbour on the west bank, Cowes. The main campus is sited in a central location on the outskirts of Newport, the county town of the Isle of Wight and the island's principal retail centre. Show More Sentences In 2002, the Isle of Wight Council debated the issue and made a policy statement against the proposal, whilst MP Andrew Turner remains opposed to the construction of a link. Henry Stableford from Cowes, Isle of Wight, was detained in the Adriatic port of Fano last month for his alleged part in a pounds 270 million cocaine-smuggling plot. In August 2017, Wightlink announced that its new vehicle ferry for the Portsmouth to Fishbourne service would enter service in 2018 and would be called Victoria of Wight. It is taken from the Isle of Wight Arms granted in 1938 and features a representation of Carisbrooke Castle, which was the historic seat of the Governors. In 1336 a French fleet under the command of David II of Scotland attacked the English Channel, ransacked the Isle of Wight and threatened the town. The house is situated near to Wroxall on the Isle of Wight, England. The Festival also won 'Best Event', Isle of Wight Visitor Attraction Association Awards, 2015 and is nominatied for Best Family Festival at the 2016 Family Traveller Awards. The Norman Conquest of 1066 created the position of Lord of the Isle of Wight, the island being given by William the Conqueror to his kinsman William FitzOsbern. On 1 April 1995, the Isle of Wight became a single unitary authority. Catherine's Point is the southernmost point on the Isle of Wight. Remnants of a mesolithic boatyard have been found on the Isle of Wight. In 2008, one woman died and another was seriously ill after eating toxic death cap mushrooms on a trip to Ventnor Botanic Gardens on the Isle of Wight. The park and ride scheme for Cowes was launched in 2004 as part of a joint venture between the Isle of Wight Council, Southern Vectis and Red Funnel. He also conquered the Isle of Wight, which was still an independent pagan kingdom, and set himself to kill every native on the island, resettling it with his own people. A year later, he was elected MP for Newport on the Isle of Wight and was then appointed to serve as Chief Secretary for Ireland, under the Duke of Richmond. Aland, Anglesey, the Faroes, Fr ya, Gotland, Guernsey, Hitra, Iceland, Jersey, Malta, the Orkney Islands, the Shetland Islands, St Helena and the Isle of Wight. He visited first Great Malvern and Freshwater, Isle of Wight. The last Lord of the Island of Wight was actually not a lord but a lady. Harold's brother Tostig made probing attacks along the southern coast of England in May 1066, landing at the Isle of Wight using a fleet supplied by Baldwin of Flanders. The competition is organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club consists of a number of events held in the oceans of the Solent, the English channel and the Isle of Wight. Show More Sentences The Isle of Wight Wightlink Warriors are a British speedway team. Some are in ruins, but the main rooms were used as the official residence of the Governor of the Isle of Wight until the 1940s, and they remain in good repair. Before its demise, Ryde Sports was for many years a successful and significant club on the Isle of Wight and in Hampshire, and an important part of the town of Ryde. It was probably in the king's interest to have the Isle of Wight under control of someone trustworthy as it was a prime target for further attack from abroad. Smallbrook Junction has no road or footpath access and is normally open only on days when the connecting Isle of Wight Steam Railway is operating. From then on she lived mainly at Carisbrooke Castle on the Isle of Wight. The club competes in the Wessex League Premier Division and is affiliated to the Isle of Wight Football Association, which is a division of the Hampshire Football Association. The most serious attacks took place in 1009, when a Viking army took up position over the winter period on the Isle of Wight and ravaged Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire. For the more athletic, Yarmouth is on the Isle of Wight Coastal Path. Nearby inland are Sandown Levels, one of the few freshwater wetlands on the Isle of Wight, where Alverstone Mead Local Nature Reserve is a very popular spot for birdwatching. Sandown has been a seaside resort town since the Victorian age thanks to its sands and the sunny weather on the Isle of Wight compared to other parts of the United Kingdom. Sandown is on the Isle of Wight Coastal Path, between Niton and Ryde. At the other side of Freshwater Bay is Afton Down where an estimated 600,000 music fans gathered in August 1970 or the third Isle of Wight estival. France had a long history of attacking the Isle of Wight, and the 1545 campaign proved to be the last time to date that the French have attempted to take it. It is situated beside Gunwharf Quays in the city's harbour, and is an important transport terminal, with a bus interchange and ferry services to Gosport and the Isle of Wight. Briggs is the first international player to be born on the Isle of Wight. The rear barracks blocks were demolished in 1969 to provide material for sea defences and Isle of Wight Council purchased what remained of the fort soon afterwards. Today the fort is part of Fort Victoria Country Park which occupies 20 hectares of woodland and shore on the northwest coast of the Isle of Wight. Her house, Dimbola Lodge, on the Isle of Wight is open to the public. Briggs progressed through Hampshire's Academy system, having played for the county at junior level, while additionally playing for Ventnor Cricket Club on the Isle of Wight. Find more words! 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