Havenstreet
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| Havenstreet | |
  Havenstreet shown within the Isle of Wight |
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| OS grid reference | |
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| Unitary authority | Isle of Wight |
| Ceremonial county | Isle of Wight |
| Region | South East |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Hampshire |
| Fire | Isle of Wight |
| Ambulance | Isle of Wight |
| European Parliament | South East England |
| List of places: UK • England • Isle of Wight | |
Havenstreet is a village on the Isle of Wight, located about 2 miles southwest of Ryde.
The Isle of Wight Steam Railway Museum is in Havenstreet, along with a station. Every year, the Isle of Wight Steam Railway runs a "Santa Express" train from Wooton to Havenstreet, which is a center of Christmas-related activities. There is a pub called "The White Hart".
In 1917, John Willis Fleming, of Stoneham Park House, Hampshire, built a pair of ‘war shrines’, at North Stoneham near Eastleigh, and at Havenstreet, at a cost of 912 pounds. These war memorials were to honor the memory of his son Richard Fleming who had been killed in World War I, and be a memorial to all those who were killed in that war.
Public transport is provided by Wightbus routes 29 and 33, both of which run between Newport and Ryde.[1][2]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Traveline - Wightbus route 29". www.traveline.org.uk (2008). Retrieved on 2008-09-28.
- ^ "Traveline - Wightbus route 33". www.traveline.org.uk (2008). Retrieved on 2008-05-04.
[edit] External links
- Isle of Wight Steam Railway Museum website
- Stoneham War Shrine website
- CHRISTMAS DELIGHT ON THE ISLE OF WIGHT, West Coast Railway association, describing a trip of one of their members in December 2006.
- Isle of Wight Steam Railway photographs, WightCAM - photographically illustrated walks on the Isle of Wight.
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