Nettlestone

Human settlement in England
  • Nettlestone and Seaview
Unitary authority
  • Isle of Wight
Ceremonial county
  • Isle of Wight
Region
  • South East
CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPoliceHampshire and Isle of WightFireHampshire and Isle of WightAmbulanceIsle of Wight
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UK
England
Isle of Wight
50°42′41″N 1°07′02″W / 50.71139°N 1.11723°W / 50.71139; -1.11723

Nettlestone is a village on the Isle of Wight, England about 4 miles (6 km) south east from Ryde. It is recorded in the Domesday Book as in existence in 1066.[1] Together with Seaview, it forms the civil parish[2] of Nettlestone and Seaview.

The Priory Bay Hotel between Nettlestone & St Helens is said to be haunted by the ghost of a young lady who died there at the age of 14.[3]

Public Transport is provided by Southern Vectis bus route 8, which operates between Ryde and Newport via Seaview, Bembridge and Sandown including intermediate villages, once an hour from Ryde bus station.[4]

The local school is Nettlestone Primary which has taught local children since 1905. It moved to its current location in January 1906.

The village is home to the Bucks School Camp Association on Eddington Road.

Virginia Bottomley was elevated to the peerage as Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone when she retired from the House of Commons in 2005.

Sign seen on entering Nettlestone

References

  1. ^ http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/search-results.asp?searchtype=browserefine&query=scope%3dnettlestone&catid=24&pagenumber=1&querytype=1&mediaarray=* nationalarchives.gov.uk
  2. ^ English Parishes & Welsh Communities N&C 2004 (Excel)
  3. ^ The Blue Lady of Nettlestone Priory television clip.
  4. ^ "Southern Vectis bus routes". Southern Vectis. Archived from the original on 30 November 2009. Retrieved 20 December 2009.
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