Rookley
Rookley is a village and civil parish on the Isle of Wight.
Rookley is a village and civil parish on the Isle of Wight. It is located five kilometres south of Newport near the centre of the island. The population of the civil parish was recorded in the 2021 census as 607.
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Getting to Rookley
- Airports
- London Gatwick (LGW), 95 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 107 km · Bristol (BRS), 129 km
- London → Rookley125 km · quickest by road, 4h · £17–23
- Bristol → Rookley128 km · quickest by road, 4h 9m · £15–19
- Luton, Luton → Rookley149 km · quickest by road, 4h 4m · £19–26
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No local-transport research exists yet for Rookley
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 Rookley. 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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