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Isle of Wight information
  1. Yarmouth is the smallest town in the United Kingdom
  2. 500,000 people attended the Isle of Wight Pop Festival in 1970
  3. The Jimmy Hendrix statue is found in West Wight
  4. The Isle of Wight is famous for having home owners such as Queen Victoria, Tennyson, JB Priestley, Dickins and Darwin
  5. A third of the Island i.e. West Wight is covered by a 20,000 population
  6. Shanklin is the sunniest part of the United Kingdom
  7. Isle of Wight garlic is sold in Marks & Spencer in Paris
  8. Wight Salads are the largest European organic grower of tomatoes.
  9. The Round the Island Race is the largest single yacht race in the world
  10. The Island has one of the largest sources of Dinosaurs in Europe
  11. The most exclusive Yacht club in the world is the Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes
  12. Prince Albert is one of the Islands most famous architects
  13. Just under half of the Islands land is within Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty
  14. The National Trust looks after 10 percent of the total area of the Isle of Wight including 17 miles of its coastline.
  15. Half of the Islands 91km of coastline is Heritage Coast
  16. The current population of the Isle of Wight is 138,500 persons
  17. Over 1.8million visitors came to Island for a holiday in 2006
  18. The Island has a network of over 500 miles of foot paths
  19. The Island has more manor houses per head of population that any
    other County in the United Kingdom
  20. Parkhurst Forest was recorded in the Doomsday Book as a Royal
    Hunting Forest, which at that time extended as far north as Cowes, hence the village name of Northwood.

 
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