Gurnard, Isle of Wight

Gurnard is a village and civil parish English Parishes & Welsh Communities N&C 2004   on the Isle of Wight, two miles to the west of Cowes. Gurnard sits on the edge of Gurnard Bay, used by the Gurnard Sailing Club.

Gurnard's main street features a pub (Portland Inn), Doughty Newnham Chartered Surveyors office (a company of measurers and mapmakers), a few shops, and a few houses. The west end of the beach is called Gurnard Marsh and there is a stream called "The Luck" flows into the Solent. 

A fort known as Gurnard Fort was built on a coastal high point west of Gurnard Marsh about 1600. The land washed away into the ocean, however, and the remains of the fort were lost and forgotten until a nearby Roman home was dug up in 1864, when the fort was found., Rob Martin,  March 2006

Transport is provided by the former Wightbus route 32 to and from Cowes, now run by Southern Vectis. There is no longer a direct service to Newport, Isle of Wight.Isle of Wight Council press release - "IW Council Steps In To Preserve Bus Routes"  Accessed 31 August 2008.

References

Other websites

Gurnard Sailing Club website
Isle of Wight Council information
Doughty Newnham Chartered Surveyors website 
Photos, accommodation guide, hotels and tourist  information

Category:Villages on the Isle of Wight