Carisbrooke

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Carisbrooke is a village on the western outskirts of Newport, Isle of Wight. It is best known as the site of Carisbrooke Castle. It also has a medieval church and a Roman Villa which was discovered in the Victorian era.

Alexander Ross, prolific Scottish writer and controversialist, was vicar of Carisbrooke from 1634 until his death in 1654.

It is served by Southern Vectis bus routes 6,7,11 and local route and 38, operating to Freshwater, Newport, Yarmouth and Ventnor, as well as some smaller villages.[1]

It has two pubs - the Waverley and the Eight Bells and a motorcycle dealership called "Dave Death Motorcycles". It founder was killed in a motorcycle crash.

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  1. ^ Southern Vectis - bus routes. www.islandbuses.info (2008). Retrieved on 2008-05-04.
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