# List of places on the Isle of Wight

This is a list of towns and villages in the county of Isle of Wight, England.

## Towns

There are nine main towns, most located along the north and east coasts. By greater area population, Ryde is the largest with a population of 32,072. Newport is the centrally located county town, with an area population of 25,496. Most settlements link to Newport by road, which is a hub for island services. There are no settlements with city status; the nearest city is Portsmouth, five miles north-east, then Southampton, ten miles north of Cowes.
| Town | 2011 Population | OS Grid Reference | Post town | Postal code |
| Newport | 25,496 | SZ502893 | NEWPORT | PO30 |
| Brading | 1,800 | SZ607870 | SANDOWN | PO36 |
| Cowes | 10,405 | SZ496962 | COWES | PO31 |
| East Cowes | 7,010 | SZ502957 | EAST COWES | PO32 |
| Ryde | 32,072 | SZ591923 | RYDE | PO33 |
| Sandown | 12,302 | SZ600843 | SANDOWN | PO36 |
| Shanklin | 9,072 | SZ584816 | SHANKLIN | PO37 |
| Ventnor | 5,976 | SZ562775 | VENTNOR | PO38 |
| Yarmouth | 865 | SZ356896 | YARMOUTH | PO41 |

## Villages

Places that describe themselves as villages are as follows:
* Adgestone
* Afton
* Alverstone
* Appley
* Apse Heath
* Arreton
* Bembridge
* Billingham
* Binfield
* Binstead
* Blackgang
* Blackwater
* Bonchurch
* Bouldnor
* Bowcombe
* Brighstone
* Brook
* Calbourne
* Carisbrooke
* Chale
* Chale Green
* Chillerton
* Cranmore
* Culver Down
* Elmfield
* Fishbourne
* Freshwater
* Gatcombe
* Godshill
* Great Thorness
* Gunville
* Gurnard
* Hale Common
* Hamstead
* Havenstreet
* Haylands
* Horringford
* Kingston
* Lake
* Luccombe
* Marks Corner
* Merstone
* Mottistone
* Nettlestone
* Newbridge
* Newchurch
* Newtown
* Ningwood
* Ninham
* Niton
* Northwood
* Norton Green
* Oakfield
* Porchfield
* Puckaster
* Puckpool
* Quarr Hill
* Rew Street
* Rookley and Rookley Green
* Rowridge
* Seaview
* Shalcombe
* Shalfleet
* Shide
* Shorwell
* Spring Vale
* St Helens
* St Lawrence
* Swanmore
* Thorley
* Totland
* Wellow
* Whippingham
* Whitely Bank
* Whitwell
* Winford
* Wootton and Wootton Bridge
* Wroxall
* Yaverland
* Godshill
* Whitwell
* Brighstone
* Chale

## Hamlets and other places

* Adgestone
* Afton
* Afton Park
* Alum Bay
* Alverstone Garden Village
* Appley
* Apse Heath
* Ashey
* Barton
* Bathingbourne
* Bierley
* Binfield
* Bouldnor
* Borthwood
* Bowcombe
* Branstone
* Chale Green
* Cross Lane
* Culver Down
* Downend
* Easton
* Egypt Point
* Elmfield
* Five Houses
* Foreland Fields
* Forest Side
* Freshwater Bay
* Great Thorness
* Gunville
* Hale Common
* Hamstead
* Havenstreet
* Haylands
* Hillway
* Horringford
* Hulverstone
* Hunny Hill
* King's Quay
* Kingston
* Knighton
* Lane End
* Limerstone
* Little Atherfield
* Little Thorness
* Littletown
* Locksgreen
* Lowtherville
* Mersley
* Moortown
* Morton
* Mottistone
* Nettlecombe
* Ninham
* Niton Undercliff
* Norton
* Norton Green
* Nunwell
* Oakfield
* Osborne
* Parkhurst
* Pondwell
* Princelett
* Puckaster
* Quarr Hill
* Queen's Bower
* Rew Street
* Rookley Green
* Roud
* Rowridge
* Sandford
* Seagrove Bay
* Shalcombe
* Shide
* Staplers
* Steephill
* Thorley
* Thorley Street
* Thorncross
* Totland Bay
* Upper Ventnor
* Wellow
* Whiteley Bank
* Winford
* Wootton Common
* Yafford
* Yarbridge