Ashey, Isle of Wight
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Ashey is a hamlet on the outskirts of Ryde on the Isle of Wight in southern England.
Ashey is the site every year of an amateur horse race known as the "Isle of Wight Grand National and Ashey Scurry". There are four races that include jumping over fences. It is open to horses and ponies of all sizes and breeds. Riders of all ages enter. It includes a beer tent and betting.
There was a racecourse opened in Ashey in 1884. It included a grandstand as well. It burned down in 1929 and was never rebuilt.
There is a train station in Ashey, the Ashey railway station, which reopened in 1991 and is between the stations at Havenstreet and Smallbrook Junction. At one time, there was a separate train station that serviced the Ashey Racecourse.
There is a manor in East Ashey called the East Ashey Manor.
Ashey Down is the site of some ancient burial mounds. There is a sea mark on Ashey Down. There is a story that in 1969, a Dr. White of St Helens and his wife saw some mysterious lights when driving by Ashey Down at night.
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