Totland

Totland
Totland is located in Isle of Wight
Totland
Totland
Location within the Isle of Wight
Population2,927 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceSZ328873
Civil parish
  • Totland
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townTotland Bay
Postcode districtPO39
Dialling code01983
PoliceHampshire and Isle of Wight
FireHampshire and Isle of Wight
AmbulanceIsle of Wight
UK Parliament
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Isle of Wight
50°41′06″N 1°32′12″W / 50.68492°N 1.53658°W / 50.68492; -1.53658

Totland is a village, civil parish[2] and electoral ward on the Isle of Wight. Besides the village of Totland, the civil parish comprises the western tip of the Isle of Wight, and includes The Needles, Tennyson Down and the hamlet of Middleton.

The village of Totland lies on the Western peninsula where the Western Yar almost cuts through along with Alum Bay and Freshwater. It lies on the coast at Colwell Bay, which is the closest part of the island to the British mainland.

  1. ^ "Ward/Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  2. ^ English Parishes & Welsh Communities N&C 2004