Gurnard
Worth seeing in and around Gurnard
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.
1.7 km · castle in Cowes, Isle of Wight, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Norris Castle
Norris Castle is located on the Isle of Wight. It was designed by James Wyatt for Lord Henry Seymour.
3.8 km · Grade I listed country house on the Isle of Wight, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Church 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.
3.3 km · church on the Isle of Wight, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04All Saints' Church, Gurnard
All Saints' Church, Gurnard is a parish church in the Church of England located in Gurnard, Isle of Wight.
800 m · church in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 05St. 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.
1.6 km · church in Cowes, Isle of Wight, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Osborne Stable Block
Osborne Stable Block was built in 1859 on the old cricket ground in the grounds of Osborne House, the former royal residence in East Cowes, Isle of Wight, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.
3.7 km · building in East Cowes, Isle of Wight, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07East Cowes Town Hall
East Cowes Town Hall is a municipal building in York Avenue, East Cowes, Isle of Wight, England. The structure, which is the meeting place of East Cowes Town Council, is a locally listed building.
2.6 km · municipal Building in England · Wikipedia - 08St James's Church, East Cowes
St James's Church, East Cowes is the Church of England parish church of East Cowes, Isle of Wight.
2.7 km · church in East Cowes, Isle of Wight, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Holy Trinity Church, Cowes
Holy Trinity Church, Cowes is a parish church in the Church of England located in Cowes, Isle of Wight.
1.6 km · church in Cowes, Isle of Wight, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Northwood House
Northwood House is a country manor house in Cowes on the Isle of Wight in the United Kingdom. The current building dates back to 1799 and was built for the London businessman George Ward, remaining in his family for five generations.
1.5 km · building in Cowes, England · Wikipedia
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Getting to Gurnard
- Airports
- London Gatwick (LGW), 91 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 99 km · Bristol (BRS), 119 km
- Stations
- Cowes railway station, 1.8 km · Medina Wharf Halt railway station, 2.6 km · Mill Hill railway station (Isle of Wight), 1.9 km
- London → Gurnard118 km · quickest by road, 3h 57m · £16–22
- Bristol → Gurnard118 km · quickest by road, 4h 6m · £14–19
- Luton, Luton → Gurnard139 km · quickest by road, 4h 1m · £19–25
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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 Gurnard
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 Gurnard. 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).
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Next door to Gurnard
- Cowestown on the Isle of Wight, England, UK1.7 km
- East Cowestown and civil parish on the Isle of Wight, in England, UK2.7 km
- Northwoodvillage and civil parish on the Isle of Wight, England2 km
- Lepehamlet in Hampshire, England, UK3.8 km
- Rew Streetvillage in the Isle of Wight, in England, UK1.8 km