Chillerton
Chillerton is a village between Newport and Chale in the Isle of Wight in southern England.
Chillerton is a village between Newport and Chale in the Isle of Wight in southern England. Chillerton is in the middle of a farming community. It is in the civil parish of Chillerton and Gatcombe, along with nearby Gatcombe. The parish had a total population of 422 at the 2011 census. The village is set in a valley eroded by a tributary of the River Medina.
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Worth seeing in and around Chillerton
9 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.
- 01Carisbrooke Castle
Carisbrooke Castle is a historic motte-and-bailey castle located above, and to the south of, Carisbrooke village centre, on the Isle of Wight, England. Charles I was imprisoned at the castle in the months prior to his trial.
3.5 km · motte and bailey castle and museum on the Isle of Wight, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02St. Olave's Church, Gatcombe
St Olave's Church, Gatcombe is a parish church in the Church of England located in Gatcombe, Isle of Wight. It is grouped with Sts Thomas Minster, Newport, St John's, Newport and St Mary's, Carisbrooke.
900 m · church on the Isle of Wight, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03St. Peter's Church, Shorwell
St. Peter's Church, Shorwell is a parish church in the Church of England located in Shorwell, Isle of Wight.
3.6 km · church on the Isle of Wight, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Church of St. Nicholas in Castro, Carisbrooke
The Church of St Nicholas in Castro, Carisbrooke is a parish church in the Church of England located in Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight.
3.5 km · church in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 05Standen House
Standen House is an English country house located 1 mile south of Newport, Isle of Wight. The 18th-century house has a brick front and features seven-bay windows, a porch with Doric columns, and triglyph frieze.
3.2 km · country house on the Isle of Wight, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Northcourt Manor
Northcourt Manor is one of three manor houses, along with Woolverton and Westcourt, that is located in Shorwell, on the Isle of Wight, England. It was begun by Sir John Leigh, Deputy Governor of the Island, in 1615, but was unfinished at his death.
3.6 km · manor house located on the Isle of Wight, England · Wikipedia - 07Chillerton Down transmitting station
The Chillerton Down transmitting station is a broadcasting facility for FM and DAB radio at Chillerton Down, above the village of Chillerton on the Isle of Wight off the south coast of England. The transmitter was erected in 1958 and uses a 228.9-metre high guyed steel lattice mast of triangular cross section as an aerial.
1.8 km · radio transmission site on the Isle of Wight, England · Wikipedia - 08Gatcombe House
Gatcombe House is a 15,234 sq ft manor house in Gatcombe on the Isle of Wight, England. The original building was constructed by the Stur family as noted in the Domesday Book.
700 m · building in Gatcombe, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 09St. James' Church, Kingston
St James' Church, Kingston is a parish church in the Church of England located in Kingston, Isle of Wight. Formerly a separate Anglican parish, Kingston is now amalgamated with the adjacent Anglican parish of Shorwell, as Shorwell with Kingston.
3.2 km · church in Isle of Wight, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Chillerton
- Airports
- London Gatwick (LGW), 96 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 108 km · Bristol (BRS), 127 km
- Stations
- Merstone (Isle of Wight) railway station, 3.5 km · Godshill railway station, 3.7 km
- London → Chillerton126 km · quickest by road, 4h · £17–23
- Bristol → Chillerton127 km · quickest by road, 4h 9m · £15–19
- Luton, Luton → Chillerton150 km · quickest by road, 4h 3m · £19–26
- 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 Chillerton
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 Chillerton. 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.
From Wikivoyage: Isle of Wight, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-08.
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Next door to Chillerton
- Rookleyvillage on the Isle of Wight, England, UK1.6 km
- Shorwellvillage on the Isle of Wight, in England, UK3.7 km
- Gatcombevillage on the Isle of Wight, in England, UK700 m
- Kingstonhamlet on the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom3.2 km
- Chillerton and Gatcombecivil parish on the Isle of Wight, in England, UK700 m
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