OS grid reference SZ457829 | Civil parish Shorwell Dialling code 01983 | |
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Population 670 (2011 census including Kingston and Yafford) | ||
Shorwell (pronounced Shorrel by some locals and Islanders) is a village and civil parish on the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. It is six kilometres from Newport in the southwest of the island. Shorwell was one of Queen Victoria's favourite places to visit on the Isle of Wight.
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Map of Shorwell, Newport, UK
History
The parish of Shorwell contains three manors: North Shorwell (or Northcourt), South Shorwell (or Westcourt), and Wolverton. Northcourt was built in 1615 by the Deputy Governor of the Island, Sir John Leigh, and is the islands's largest manor house. It is now a bed and breakfast.
Features
Northcourt Manor's grounds contain a spring, the Shor Well, which feeds a stream, one of the tributaries of the Buddle Brook. There is a pub called the Crown Inn, featuring a pond stocked with brown trout.
The land around Shorwell is very hilly, and backs onto the chalk downs leading to Chale Bay and Compton Bay.
Shorwell is graced by a twelfth-century church, St. Peter's Church, Shorwell.
The Island's oldest netball club is also based in Shorwell as well as Shorwell United, the Island's oldest Sunday League football club.
Today
It is linked to other parts of the Island by Southern Vectis bus route 12, serving Freshwater, Totland and Newport as well as intermediate villages.