East Cowes
East Cowes is a town and civil parish in the north of the Isle of Wight, on the east bank of the River Medina, next to its west bank neighbour Cowes.
East Cowes is a town and civil parish in the north of the Isle of Wight, on the east bank of the River Medina, next to its west bank neighbour Cowes. It has a population of 8,428 according to the 2021 Census.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Worth seeing in and around East Cowes
10 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.
- 01West Cowes Castle
Cowes Castle, also known as West Cowes Castle, is a Device Fort in Cowes on the Isle of Wight. Originally built by Henry VIII in 1539 to protect England against the threat of invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire, it comprised a circular bastion, flanking wings and a keep, and in 1547 it housed 17 pieces of artillery.
1.5 km · castle in Cowes, Isle of Wight, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Church of St. John the Baptist, Northwood
The Church of St. John the Baptist, Northwood is a parish church in the Church of England located in Northwood, Isle of Wight.
2.8 km · church on the Isle of Wight, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Norris Castle
Norris Castle is located on the Isle of Wight. It was designed by James Wyatt for Lord Henry Seymour.
1.3 km · Grade I listed country house on the Isle of Wight, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04St. Edmund's Church, Wootton
St. Edmund's Church, Wootton is a Grade II* Listed parish church in the Church of England located in Wootton, Isle of Wight.
4.7 km · church on the Isle of Wight, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05St. Mark's Church, Wootton
St. Mark's Church, Wootton is a church in the Church of England located in Wootton, Isle of Wight.
5 km · church in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 06All Saints' Church, Gurnard
All Saints' Church, Gurnard is a parish church in the Church of England located in Gurnard, Isle of Wight.
2.4 km · church in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 07St. Mary's Church, Cowes
St Mary the Virgin Church, Cowes is a Church of England parish church in Cowes, Isle of Wight. It is in Church Road, next to Northwood House.
1.3 km · church in Cowes, Isle of Wight, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08St. Mildred's Church, Whippingham
St Mildred's Church, Whippingham is the Church of England parish church of the village of Whippingham, Isle of Wight.
2 km · church in Isle of Wight, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Butterfly World, Isle of Wight
Butterfly World is a butterfly zoo located on the Isle of Wight. It opened on 1 May 1983 as part of the Medina Garden Centre, becoming the first butterfly farm opened in a UK garden centre, and the fifth Butterfly farm in the world.
5.6 km · butterfly house located on the Isle of Wight · Wikipedia - 10St. Faith's Church, Cowes
St Faith's Church, Cowes is a parish church in the Church of England located in Cowes, Isle of Wight. In October 2013, the Diocese of Portsmouth revealed plans to close the church and merge the parish into a team ministry with other nearby churches.
900 m · church in Cowes, Isle of Wight, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to East Cowes
- Airports
- London Gatwick (LGW), 89 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 98 km · Bristol (BRS), 122 km
- Stations
- Mill Hill railway station (Isle of Wight), 800 m · Medina Wharf Halt railway station, 1.3 km · Cowes railway station, 1 km · Wootton railway station, 5.4 km · Cement Mills Halt, 3.9 km
- London → East Cowes116 km · quickest by road, 4h 39m · £17–22
- Bristol → East Cowes120 km · quickest by road, 4h 47m · £14–19
- Luton, Luton → East Cowes139 km · quickest by road, 4h 42m · £19–25
- 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 East Cowes
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 East Cowes. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inRed Funnel Red Jet passenger catamaran – Southampton Town Quay to West Cowes; 25 min; adult £14.40, Red Funnel car and passenger ferry – Southampton Town Quay to East Cowes; 55 min
- Get aroundA chain ferry, the Floating Bridge, runs across the river between the two towns; cars £3, foot passengers £1 (from 1/4/23).
From Wikivoyage: Cowes, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to East Cowes
- Cowestown on the Isle of Wight, England, UK1 km
- Gurnardvillage and civil parish on the Isle of Wight, in England, UK2.4 km
- Wootton Bridgevillage and civil parish on the Isle of Wight, England, UK5.1 km
- Northwoodvillage and civil parish on the Isle of Wight, England2.5 km
- Whippinghamvillage on the Isle of Wight, England, UK3 km
- Parkhurstsuburb of Newport, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom4.7 km