| Freshwater | |
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.jpg) Freshwater Bay, December 2013 | |
  Freshwater Location within the Isle of Wight | |
| Area | 5.59 sq mi (14.5 km2) [1] |
| Population | 5,369 (2011 census)[2] |
| • Density | 960/sq mi (370/km2) |
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| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | FRESHWATER |
| Postcode district | PO40 |
| Dialling code | 01983 |
| Police | Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
| Fire | Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
| Ambulance | Isle of Wight |
| UK Parliament | |
Freshwater is a large village and civil parish[3][4] at the western end of the Isle of Wight, England. The southern, coastal part of the village is Freshwater Bay, named for the adjacent small cove.[5] Freshwater sits at the western end of the region known as the Back of the Wight or the West Wight, a popular tourist area.[6]
Freshwater is close to steep chalk cliffs. It was the birthplace of physicist Robert Hooke and was the home of Poet Laureate Alfred Lord Tennyson.
- ^ Office of National Statistics: QS102EW - Population density retrieved 30 May 2017
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
- ^ English Parishes & Welsh Communities N&C 2004 Archived 9 January 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Some sources describe Freshwater as a town "Town Guide on the Isle of Wight". Archived from the original on 16 December 2007. Retrieved 18 December 2007., and since 1974 any civil parish has the right to declare itself as a town, but it does not appear on the List of towns in England.
- ^ Freshwater Bay was previously known as Freshwater Gate (Local Area Archived 13 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Freshwater Bay Residents Association website)
- ^ "Freshwater Isle of Wight". Freshwater.shalfleet.net. 10 May 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2016.