Porchfield

Porchfield
Porchfield Porchfield shown within the Isle of Wight
OS grid reference	SZ446912
Unitary authority	Isle of Wight
Ceremonial county	Isle of Wight
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NEWPORT
Postcode district	PO30
Dialling code	01983
Police	Hampshire
Fire	Isle of Wight
Ambulance	Isle of Wight
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Isle of Wight
List of places UK England Isle of Wight

Coordinates: 50°43′08″N 1°22′10″W / 50.71877°N 1.36946°W / 50.71877; -1.36946

Porchfield is a village on the Isle of Wight between Cowes and Yarmouth.^[1] It is located seven kilometres southwest of Cowes in the northwest of the island.

Porchfield has a village hall - see external link below - and the nearest church is the Church of the Holy Spirit, in Newtown.^[2] There are two bed and breakfasts in Porchfield, "Youngwoods Farm" and "The Ridings".^[3] Colemans Animal Farm in Porchfield was a dairy farm from 1558 until the 1990s, when it was transformed into a family attraction.^[4] There is a pub called "The Sportsman's Rest".^[5] Wightbus bus route 35 serves the village on its way between Newport and Newtown.^[6]

References

↑ "Wightstay - Netguide to Porchfield on the Isle of Wight". www.wightstay.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-11-02.
↑ "Porchfield information". www.porchfield.free-online.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-11-02.
↑ "Porchfield information - stay". www.porchfield.free-online.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-11-02.
↑ "Porchfield information business". www.porchfield.free-online.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-11-02.
↑ "Porchfield index". www.porchfield.free-online.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-11-02.
↑ "Traveline - Wightbus route 35". www.traveline.org.uk. 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-04.

External links

Ceremonial county of Isle of Wight

Isle of Wight Portal

Unitary authorities	Isle of Wight

Major settlements	Bembridge Brading Cowes East Cowes Freshwater Newport Ryde Sandown Shanklin Ventnor Yarmouth See also: List of civil parishes in Isle of Wight

Rivers	River Caul Bourne River Medina Newtown River Solent Wootton Creek Eastern Yar Western Yar

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Settlements on the Isle of Wight

Towns	Brading Cowes East Cowes Newport Ryde Sandown Shanklin Ventnor Yarmouth

Civil parishes	Arreton Bembridge Brighstone Calbourne Chale Fishbourne Freshwater Gatcombe Godshill Gurnard Havenstreet and Ashey Lake Nettlestone and Seaview Newchurch Niton and Whitwell Northwood Rookley Shalfleet Shorwell St Helens Totland Wootton Wroxall

Other villages and hamlets	Adgestone Afton Afton Park Alum Bay Alverstone Alverstone Garden Village Apesdown Apse Heath Barton Bathingbourne Bierley Binfield Binstead Blackgang Blackwater Bonchurch Bouldnor Borthwood Bowcombe Branstone Brook Carisbrooke Chale Green Chessell Chillerton Cranmore Cross Lane Culver Down Downend Easton Egypt Point Elmfield Fairlee Five Houses Foreland Fields Forest Side Freshwater Bay Great Thorness Gunville Hale Common Hamstead Haylands Hillway Horringford Hulverstone Hunny Hill King's Quay Kingston Knighton Limerstone Little Atherfield Little Thorness Littletown Locksgreen Lowtherville Luccombe Marks Corner Mersley Merstone Moortown Morton Mottistone Nettlecombe Newbridge Newtown Ningwood Ninham Niton Undercliff Norton Norton Green Nunwell Oakfield Osborne Parkhurst Pondwell Porchfield Princelett Puckaster Puckpool Quarr Hill Queen's Bower Rew Street Rookley Green Roud Rowridge St Lawrence Sandford Seagrove Bay Shalcombe Shide Staplers Steephill Steyne Cross Thorley Thorley Street Thorncross Totland Bay Upper Ventnor Wellow Westridge Whippingham Whiteley Bank Winford Wootton Bridge Wootton Common Yafford Yarbridge Yaverland

See also	List of places on the Isle of Wight List of civil parishes on the Isle of Wight

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