Calbourne
Calbourne is a village in the civil parish of Calbourne, Newtown and Porchfield, on the Isle of Wight, England.
Calbourne is a village in the civil parish of Calbourne, Newtown and Porchfield, on the Isle of Wight, England. It is located 5 miles (8 km) from Newport in the west of the island.
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Worth seeing in and around Calbourne
8 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01St Peter and St Paul's Church, Mottistone
St Peter and St Paul's Church is a parish church in the Church of England in the village of Mottistone, Isle of Wight. It is a Grade I listed building.
3.5 km · church in Mottistone, Isle of Wight, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02All Saints' Church, Calbourne
All Saints' Church, Calbourne is a parish church in the Church of England located in Calbourne, Isle of Wight.
100 m · church in Calbourne, Newtown and Porchfield, Isle of Wight, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Church of St. Michael the Archangel, Shalfleet
The Church of St. Michael the Archangel, Shalfleet is a parish church in the Church of England located in Shalfleet, Isle of Wight.
2.8 km · church in Isle of Wight, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Brighstone Down
Brighstone Down is a chalk down on the Isle of Wight. It is located close to the village of Brighstone, in the southwest of the island, and rises to 214 metres at its highest point, northeast of the village of Mottistone.
2.1 km · hill on the Isle of Wight, in England, UK · Wikipedia - 05St. Mary's Church, Brighstone
St. Mary's Church is a parish church in the Church of England located in Brighstone, Isle of Wight.
4 km · church in Isle of Wight, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06St. Mary's Church, Brook
St Mary's Church, Brook is a parish church in the Church of England located in Brook, Isle of Wight.
3.7 km · church in Brook, Isle of Wight, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Rowridge transmitting station
The Rowridge transmitting station is a facility for FM radio and television transmission at Rowridge on the Isle of Wight in southern England. It currently has a 172-metre tall guyed mast, owned and operated by Arqiva.
2.2 km · telecommunications transmission site on the Isle of Wight, England · Wikipedia - 08Swainston Manor
Swainston Manor is an English country house, lying 1 mile to the east of Calbourne, Isle of Wight, England. It is now a hotel.
2 km · manor house in Calbourne, Isle of Wight, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Calbourne
- Airports
- London Gatwick (LGW), 100 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 110 km · Bristol (BRS), 121 km
- Stations
- Ningwood railway station, 2.9 km · Calbourne & Shalfleet railway station, 1.6 km · Watchingwell Halt (Isle of Wight) railway station, 2.9 km
- London → Calbourne128 km · quickest by road, 3h 46m · £16–21
- Bristol → Calbourne120 km · quickest by road, 4h 33m · £14–18
- Luton, Luton → Calbourne150 km · quickest by road, 3h 50m · £18–24
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Calbourne
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Calbourne. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inMost visitors will need to rely on ferry service to and from the island.
- Get inAccess is across the Solent, a narrow stretch of sea between the mainland and the island, by regular ferry, hovercraft or fast-cat.
- Get inMany of the ferries carry cars, but this can be expensive; the alternative is to leave the car behind and use buses and trains on the island, but this will limit access to more rural locations and beaches.
- Get inCar tickets are for a car plus four passengers and depending on the size of your party bringing a car may actually work out cheaper than the passenger ferry.
- Get inIf taking a car on a vehicle ferry, it's strongly advised to book in advance, and is essential during the summer holidays.
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Next door to Calbourne
- Brighstonevillage and civil parish in Isle of Wight, United Kingdom3.9 km
- Shalfleetvillage and civil parish on the Isle of Wight, in England, UK2.8 km
- Mottistonevillage on the Isle of Wight in the United Kingdom3.5 km
- Chessellhamlet on the Isle of Wight, in England, UK2.1 km
- Newtownvillage on the Isle of Wight, UK3.5 km
- Moortownvillage on the Isle of Wight, in England, UK3.3 km