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Shide Quarry

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Shide Quarry is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Isle of Wight, covering 0.05 km². It is one of 38 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in the county. It is one of the smaller SSSIs in the county.

For arrivals by rail, Sandown Station is about 9.4 km to the south-east. For more of the same, Arreton Down and Briddlesford Copses are close by.

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Carisbrooke Castle

Castle near Shorwell

Hilltop castle where Charles I was imprisoned.

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Photo of Godshill, a village in the Isle of Wight, south east England.Highlight

Godshill

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Thatched cottages round a hilltop church with a rare medieval Lily Cross wall painting, and a model village open since 1952

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Photo of Osborne House, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Cowes, the Isle of Wight, south east England.Iconic

Osborne House

House & garden near Cowes

Queen Victoria's Italianate seaside palace.

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Photo of Quarr Abbey, an abbey near Brading, the Isle of Wight, south east England.Highlight

Quarr Abbey

Abbey near Brading

A startling brick church of 1907, home to a living Benedictine community.

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Photo of Cowes, a village in the Isle of Wight, south east England.Highlight

Cowes

Village

Sailing town on the Medina, home of Cowes Week and the Royal Yacht Squadron, with a chain ferry to East Cowes

8.2 km N · Isle of Wight

Photo of Calbourne, a village in the Isle of Wight, south east England.Highlight

Calbourne

Village

Winkle Street's row of old cottages facing a stream and a stone sheepwash, with a mostly 13th-century church nearby

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