Shorwell
Shorwell is a village and civil parish on the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom.
Shorwell is a village and civil parish on the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. It is 4+1⁄2 miles (7.2 km) from Newport in the southwest of the island. Shorwell was one of Queen Victoria's favourite places to visit on the Isle of Wight.
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Worth seeing in and around Shorwell
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.
- 01Brighstone 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.
3 km · hill on the Isle of Wight, in England, UK · Wikipedia - 02St. Mary's Church, Brighstone
St. Mary's Church is a parish church in the Church of England located in Brighstone, Isle of Wight.
2.8 km · church in 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.
0 m · church on the Isle of Wight, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Wolverton Manor
Wolverton Manor is a manor house in Shorwell, on the Isle of Wight, England. The original house was started by John Dingley (d.
700 m · manor house in Shorwell, Isle of Wight, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Northcourt 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.
200 m · manor house located on the Isle of Wight, England · Wikipedia - 06Chillerton 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.
1.9 km · radio transmission site on the Isle of Wight, England · Wikipedia - 07Rowridge 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 - 08St. 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.
2.7 km · church in Isle of Wight, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Westcourt 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.
600 m · manor house on the Isle of Wight, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Shorwell
- Airports
- London Gatwick (LGW), 99 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 111 km · Bristol (BRS), 126 km
- London → Shorwell129 km · quickest by road, 3h 55m · £16–22
- Bristol → Shorwell125 km · quickest by road, 4h 4m · £14–19
- Luton, Luton → Shorwell152 km · quickest by road, 3h 59m · £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 Shorwell
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 Shorwell. 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.
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Next door to Shorwell
- Brighstonevillage and civil parish in Isle of Wight, United Kingdom2.5 km
- Kingstonhamlet on the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom2.7 km
- Yaffordhamlet on the Isle of Wight, in England, UK1.3 km
- Chillerton and Gatcombecivil parish on the Isle of Wight, in England, UK3.9 km
- Moortownvillage on the Isle of Wight, in England, UK3.1 km
- Chillertonvillage on the Isle of Wight, in England, UK3.7 km