Gurnard | |
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![]() Gurnard beachfront | |
Location within the Isle of Wight | |
Area | 4.0863 km2 (1.5777 sq mi) [1] |
Population | 1,682 (2011 census including Rew Street)[2] |
• Density | 412/km2 (1,070/sq mi) |
OS grid reference | SZ478946 |
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Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | COWES |
Postcode district | PO31 |
Dialling code | 01983 |
Police | Hampshire |
Fire | Isle of Wight |
Ambulance | Isle of Wight |
UK Parliament | |
Gurnard is a village and civil parish [3] on the Isle of Wight, two miles to the west of Cowes. Gurnard sits on the edge of Gurnard Bay, used by the Gurnard Sailing Club.
Gurnard's main street features a pub (Portland Inn), Doughty Newnham Chartered Surveyors office (a company of measurers and mapmakers), a few shops, and a few houses. The west end of the beach is called Gurnard Marsh and there is a stream called "The Luck" flows into the Solent.
A fort known as Gurnard Fort was built on a coastal high point west of Gurnard Marsh about 1600. The land washed away into the ocean, however, and the remains of the fort were lost and forgotten until a nearby Roman home was dug up in 1864, when the fort was found.[4]
Transport is provided by the former Wightbus route 32 to and from Cowes, now run by Southern Vectis. There is no longer a direct service to Newport, Isle of Wight.[5]