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.
In 1917, John Willis Fleming, of Stoneham Park House, Hampshire, built a pair of ‘war memorials’, 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 Southern Vectis which operates route 29 and Wightbus which operates route 33, both of which run between Newport and Ryde.[1][2]
[edit] References
- ^ Southern Vectis bus route 29. www.islandbuses.info (2008). Retrieved on 2008-05-04.
- ^ 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 of 2006.
- Isle of Wight Steam Railway photographs, WightCAM - photographically illustrated walks on the Isle of Wight.
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