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Mottistone manor garden isle of wight
Mottistone is a village on the Isle of Wight, located in the popular tourist area the Back of the Wight. It is located 8 Miles southwest of Newport in the southwest of the island, and is home to the National Trust's Mottistone Manor.
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- Mottistone manor garden isle of wight
- Map of Mottistone Newport UK
- Isle of wight snapshot bluebell woods at mottistone
- History
- Geography
- Today
- Mottistone Articles
- References
Map of Mottistone, Newport, UK
Isle of wight snapshot bluebell woods at mottistone
History
The Island’s only megalithic monument, the Longstone is situated nearby. The name Mottistone (the Speaker’s or pleader’s stone) almost certainly derives from the Longstone, which was used as a meeting place (or 'moot-stone') in Anglo-Saxon times.
Geography
Mottistone Down is a Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Mottistone, and covering 31.4 hectares (78 acres); it adjoins the Brighstone Down, the central part of the ridge. Most of the area is owned by the National Trust, including the manor, down and cottages, and is biologically important due to its chalk and neutral grasslands.
Today
Public transport is provided by Southern Vectis buses on route 12.
The church of St Peter and St Paul's hosts part of an annual Christmas Tree festival (the Brighstone Christmas Tree Festival) that has become very popular.
Mottistone Articles
St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Mottistone, Mottistone Manor, The Longstone