Limerstone
Limerstone is a hamlet on the Isle of Wight in England.
Limerstone is a hamlet on the Isle of Wight in England. It is located on the B3399 road between Brighstone and Shorwell, approximately 5 miles (8 km) southwest of Newport. Public transport is provided by Southern Vectis buses on route 12. The hamlet features around 25 houses and a farm, called Limerstone Farm.
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Worth seeing in and around Limerstone
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.
- 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.
3.7 km · church in Mottistone, Isle of Wight, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Brighstone 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 - 03Chilton Chine
The Chilton Chine is a geological feature on the south-west coast of the Isle of Wight, England. It lies to the west of the village of Brighstone.
3.1 km · beautiful site for visite · Wikipedia - 04St. Mary's Church, Brighstone
St. Mary's Church is a parish church in the Church of England located in Brighstone, Isle of Wight.
1.3 km · church in Isle of Wight, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05St. Peter's Church, Shorwell
St. Peter's Church, Shorwell is a parish church in the Church of England located in Shorwell, Isle of Wight.
1.5 km · church 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.
1.5 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.
3.4 km · radio transmission site on the Isle of Wight, England · Wikipedia - 08Rowridge 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.
3.7 km · telecommunications transmission site on the Isle of Wight, England · 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.
4 km · church in Isle of Wight, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Westcourt Manor
Westcourt Manor is one of three manor houses, along with Woolverton and Northcourt, that is located in Shorwell, on the Isle of Wight, England. According to the Domesday Book, it was part of the possessions of Gozehne Fitz Azor, and had been held in the time of the Edward the Confessor by Ulnod in abeyance.
1 km · manor house on the Isle of Wight, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Limerstone
- Airports
- London Gatwick (LGW), 101 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 112 km · Bristol (BRS), 125 km
- London → Limerstone130 km · quickest by road, 3h 53m · £16–22
- Bristol → Limerstone124 km · quickest by road, 4h 2m · £14–18
- Luton, Luton → Limerstone153 km · quickest by road, 3h 57m · £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 Limerstone
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 Limerstone. 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 Limerstone
- Brighstonevillage and civil parish in Isle of Wight, United Kingdom1 km
- Shorwellvillage on the Isle of Wight, in England, UK1.5 km
- Kingstonhamlet on the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom4 km
- Mottistonevillage on the Isle of Wight in the United Kingdom3.7 km
- Yaffordhamlet on the Isle of Wight, in England, UK1 km
- Moortownvillage on the Isle of Wight, in England, UK1.6 km