Portal:Isle of Wight

Portal:Isle of Wight
Shortcut:
P:IOW
  • Wikipedia portals:
  • Culture
  • Geography
  • Health
  • History
  • Mathematics
  • Natural sciences
  • People
  • Philosophy
  • Religion
  • Society
  • Technology

Isle of Wight

Wight9265.png

The Isle of Wight is an English island and county in the English Channel three miles from the south coast of Great Britain. It is situated south of the county of Hampshire and is separated from mainland England by the Solent. Popular since Victorian times as a holiday resort, the Isle of Wight is known for its natural beauty and for its world-famous sailing based in Cowes.

The Island has a rich history including its own brief status as a nominally independent kingdom in the fifteenth century. It was home to the poet Alfred Lord Tennyson, and Queen Victoria built her much loved summer residence and final home Osborne House at East Cowes. The Island's maritime and industrial history encompasses boat building, sail making, the manufacture of flying boats, the world's first hovercraft and the testing and development of British space rockets. It is home to the Bestival and the recently revived Isle of Wight Festival, which, in 1970, was one of the largest rock music events ever held.[1] The island has some exceptional wildlife and is also one of the richest fossil locations for dinosaurs in Europe.

Selected article

Newport High Street, circa 1910

Newport is the county town of the Isle of Wight, an island off the south coast of England. Newport has a population of 23,957 according to the 2001 census. The town is situated slightly to the north of the centre of the island, at the head of the navigable section of the River Medina, which flows northward to the Solent, and on which the town has a quay.


Suggest • More articles...

Selected biography

Phill Jupitus.jpg

Phill Jupitus (born 25 June 1962) is an English comedian and broadcaster.

He is a regular on television and radio panel shows, including BBC Radio 4's I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue and BBC Two/BBC Four's QI, and is a team captain on BBC Two's Never Mind The Buzzcocks. He was also a team captain on the BBC's television comedy panel show It's Only TV But I Like It in 1999.

Jupitus is also a disc jockey, both on the radio and at clubs and festivals, a fan of alternative music styles. He presented the weekday breakfast show on digital radio station BBC 6 Music but left after 5 years, in March 2007. In recent years he has presented some of the BBC's television coverage of music events, such as the Glastonbury Festival.

Born in Newport on the Isle of Wight to Dot and Bob Jupitus (an artist and self-employed surveyor respectively), he is the eldest of three children. His brother Richard was born in 1966 and sister Kate in 1970.


Suggest • More Biographies...

In the news

Selected picture

The Needles.jpg
Credit: commons:User:Taichi
The Needles

Suggest • More pictures...

Did you know?

  • ... that the largest British colony of Wall lizards live in walls around Ventnor, and a wall specially designed as a habitat for them was recently built at the Botanic Garden in the town?
Archive – Start a new article

Categories

Related portals

Topics

WikiProjects

Wikipedia:WikiProject Wight

What are portals· List of portals · Featured portals

Purge server cache


Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a {{Reflist}} template or a <references /> tag; see the help page.

Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Isle of Wight (альбом) — У этого термина существуют и другие значения, см. Isle of Wight. Isle of Wight …   Википедия

  • Newport, Isle of Wight — Coordinates: 50°42′04″N 1°17′18″W / 50.7010°N 1.2883°W / 50.7010; 1.2883 …   Wikipedia

  • Newtown, Isle of Wight — Coordinates: 50°42′33″N 1°23′33″W / 50.70912°N 1.39243°W / 50.70912; 1.39243 …   Wikipedia

  • Cranmore, Isle of Wight — Coordinates: 50°43′14″N 1°26′46″W / 50.72067°N 1.44623°W / 50.72067; 1.44623 …   Wikipedia

  • Newchurch, Isle of Wight — Coordinates: 50°39′52″N 1°12′30″W / 50.66454°N 1.20834°W / 50.66454; 1.20834 …   Wikipedia

  • Newbridge, Isle of Wight — Coordinates: 50°41′14″N 1°25′12″W / 50.68725°N 1.42009°W / 50.68725; 1.42009 …   Wikipedia

  • Northwood, Isle of Wight — Coordinates: 50°44′37″N 1°18′54″W / 50.7436°N 1.3149°W / 50.7436; 1.3149 …   Wikipedia

  • Nettlecombe, Isle of Wight — The main road through Nettlecombe. Nettlecombe is a farming hamlet on the Isle of Wight. It is the site of a deserted medieval village[1] and there is evidence of earthworks close to the present hamlet.[2] …   Wikipedia

  • Newport railway station (IoWCR Isle of Wight) — Newport IWCR Approaching Newport IWCR railway station along the route of the defunct railway, now Cycle Route NCN23 …   Wikipedia

  • Newchurch (Isle of Wight) railway station — Newchurch The track bed near Newchurch Station is now a cycle path. Location …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”