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The Isle of Wight
This small island can be found just off the southern coast of mainland
England.
It has a landmass of some 147 square miles with an administrative centre in
Newport and the resort towns of Ryde, Sandown, Shanklin and Ventnor.
The Isle of Wight is famed for Cowes Week, the annual yachting regatta held
by the Royal Yacht Squadron from the shores of the town of the same name,
Osborne House, the building erected in 1845 for Queen Victoria and
Farringford, the home of the poet Tennyson.
The water that separates the isle from the county of Hampshire, to which it
once was attributed, is known as the Solent and is home to some of the most
rigorous and demanding sailing waters in the world.
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