Isle of Wight
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The Isle of Wight is an island off the south coast of England. It is a unitary authority and also a ceremonial county. It is separated from the mainland county of Hampshire by the Solent strait, and i
An image of the Isle of Wight from the ISS
A flint hand axe from the Paleolithic, c. 500,000 BP, found on the island in 2010.
A Neolithic arrowhead from c. 2500 – c. 2100 BCE, found on the island in 2011
An early Bronze Age axehead from c. 2000 – c. 1700 BCE, found on the island in 2011
Newport, Isle of Wight
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Newport is the county town of the Isle of Wight, an island county off the south coast of England. The town is slightly north of the centre of the island, located in the civil parish of Newport and Car
Isle of Wight
…Hampshire by the Solent strait, and is otherwise surrounded by the English Channel. Its largest settlement is Ryde, and the administrative centre is Newport. The Isle of Wight has a land area of 380 km2 (150 sq mi) and had an estimated population of 141,660 in 2024. The island is largely rural, with the…
Sts Thomas Minster, set within St Thomas's Square
Newport High Street, circa 1910
Retail development in South Street
An aerial photograph, showing Newport (bottom left)