Downend is a settlement on the
Isle of Wight
The Isle of Wight (Help:IPA/English, /waɪt/ Help:Pronunciation respelling key, ''WYTE'') is an island off the south coast of England which, together with its surrounding uninhabited islets and Skerry, skerries, is also a ceremonial county. T ...
, off the
south coast of
England
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. It is the location of the
Robin Hill adventure park. According to the Post Office the population of the settlement at the 2011 Census was included in the
civil parish
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of
Arreton
Arreton is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the central eastern part of the Isle of Wight, England. It is about 3 miles south east of Newport, Isle of Wight, Newport.
Name
The settlement has had different names and diffe ...
.
The hamlet lies to the north of the
A3056 road, in the central-eastern district of the island. Downend is approximately south-east of
Newport. Public transport is provided by
Southern Vectis
Southern Vectis is a bus operator on the Isle of Wight, founded in 1921 as Dodson and Campbell. It became the Vectis Bus Company in 1923. The company was purchased by Southern Railway before being nationalised in 1969. In 1987, the company wa ...
on route 8 and
Wightbus
Wightbus was a bus operator on the Isle of Wight, established and owned by Mr Anand Pandya, Mr Ryan Reed, and the Isle of Wight County Council. It operated a network of thirteen local bus services running across the island, mostly services whi ...
on 33.
Michael Morey, accused of murdering his grandson was said to have been hanged on the island and his body displayed in a gibbet opposite the Hare and Hounds pub. His ghost is still said to walk the street with an axe on his shoulder and in place of a face is a grinning skull.
Hamlets on the Isle of Wight
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