The Isle of Wight is a ceremonial county and the largest and second-most populous island in England. It is in the English Channel, between two and five miles off the coast of Hampshire, from which it is separated by the Solent. The island has resorts that have been holiday destinations since Victorian times, and is known for its mild climate, coastal scenery, and verdant landscape of fields, downland and chines. The island is part of the historic county of Hampshire. It is designated a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.
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Eastbourne is a prominent and well-to-do suburb of Lower Hutt, a part of Wellington, New Zealand. Lying languidly beside the sea, it is a popular local tourist destination via car from Petone or from ferry crossings from central Wellington. Eastbourne had a population of 4,665 people as of the 2013 New Zealand census. An outer suburb, it lies on the eastern shore of Wellington Harbour, five kilometres south of the main Lower Hutt urban area and directly across the harbour from the Miramar Peninsula in Wellington city. A narrow exposed coastal road connects it with the rest of Lower Hutt via the industrial suburb of Seaview. It is named for Eastbourne in England, another seaside town known for fanciness and day-trips.
Sandown is a seaside resort and civil parish on the south-east coast of the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom with the resort of Shanklin to the south and the settlement of Lake in between. Together with Shanklin, Sandown forms a built-up area of 21,374 inhabitants.
Ventnor is a seaside resort and civil parish established in the Victorian era on the southeast coast of the Isle of Wight, England, eleven miles (18 km) from Newport. It is situated south of St Boniface Down, and built on steep slopes leading down to the sea. The higher part is referred to as Upper Ventnor ; the lower part, where most amenities are located, is known as Ventnor. Ventnor is sometimes taken to include the nearby and older settlements of St Lawrence and Bonchurch, which are covered by its town council. The population of the parish in 2016 was about 5,800.
Seaview, a fictional privately owned nuclear submarine, was the setting for the 1961 motion picture Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, starring Walter Pidgeon, and later for the 1964–1968 ABC television series of the same title.
St Helens is a village and civil parish located on the eastern side of the Isle of Wight.
A mermaid is a mythical creature with the upper body of a woman and the lower body of a fish.
Seaview is a small Edwardian resort located on the north-eastern corner of the Isle of Wight, overlooking the Solent. The village is popular with tourists and is 2 1⁄3 miles (3.8 km) from the town of Ryde, where most tourists reach the island by ferry or hovercraft. Together with Nettlestone, it forms a civil parish of Nettlestone and Seaview.
Hampshire Rugby Football Union is the governing body for rugby union in the county of Hampshire, England. It represent clubs sides not just from Hampshire but also from the Isle of Wight and the Channel Islands, who take part in many of the competitions organized by the Hampshire RFU.
There have been a number of proposed fixed connections—road or rail, bridge or tunnel—connecting the islands of Ireland and Great Britain, as well as other smaller islands in the British Isles.
The Sea View Yacht Club is in the village of Seaview, on the Isle of Wight, on the north-east coast of the island. The Sea View Yacht Club was founded in 1893 and its stated aim is 'to encourage amateur sailing and boat racing'.
St Helens or St. Helen's may refer to:
Lower Hutt is a city in the Wellington Region of the North Island of New Zealand. Administered by the Hutt City Council, it is one of the four cities that constitute the Wellington metropolitan area.
Seagrove Bay is a bay on the northeast coast of the Isle of Wight, England. It lies to the east of the village of Seaview facing towards Selsey Bill with a 2⁄3 mile (1.1 km) shoreline stretching from Nettlestone Point in the north to Horestone Point in the south. The bay has both the Seaside Award Flag and the Water Quality Award.
Seaview is an industrial suburb of Lower Hutt, itself a suburb of Wellington, the capital of New Zealand. Situated in the far east end of Wellington, it begins once Te Awa Kairangi / the Hutt River is crossed via Petone, curving south to the bays of Eastbourne. it is traditionally a very industrial suburb, an annex of the larger neighbouring Petone, but has undergone rejuvenation as the local car industry has died out. Known for boganesque motor racing, sultry weather, its former car industry and current revitalisation, the suburb has made a name for itself in Wellington in recent years.
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