Wootton Bridge

Wootton Bridge
High Street, Wootton
Wootton Bridge is located in Isle of Wight
Wootton Bridge
Wootton Bridge
Location within the Isle of Wight
Population3,447 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceSZ542921
Civil parish
  • Wootton Bridge
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townRyde
Postcode districtPO33
Dialling code01983
PoliceHampshire and Isle of Wight
FireHampshire and Isle of Wight
AmbulanceIsle of Wight
UK Parliament
List of places
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England
Isle of Wight
50°43′35″N 1°13′56″W / 50.7263°N 1.2321°W / 50.7263; -1.2321

Wootton Bridge is a large village, civil parish and electoral ward with about 3,000 residents on the Isle of Wight, first recorded around the year 1086.[2] The parish also contains the settlement of Wootton.

Wootton is found midway between the towns of Ryde and Newport, which are 7 miles apart, and historically centred on the old parish church of St Edmund. The hamlet of Wootton Common to the south, centres on the crossroads that bears its name.

The newer village of Wootton Bridge is found in the area immediately west of Wootton Creek, and the parish council that bears its name is now responsible for the whole of the Wootton area.[3]

  1. ^ "Ward/Parish population 2011". Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Wootton Bridge Historical – History – Wootton". Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  3. ^ "English Parishes and Welsh communities N&C 2004". www.statistics.gov.uk. 2004. Archived from the original on 9 January 2007. Retrieved 3 May 2007.