Newport is the county town of the Isle of Wight, an island off the
south coast of England.
Newport has a population of around 24,000 . Newport is
situated at the head of the navigable section of the River Medina, which flows
northward to the Solent.
The town was incorporated as a borough in 1608. The town's position as an
area of trade accessible to the sea meant it rapidly took over from Carisbrooke
as the main central settlement, eventually absorbing the latter as a suburb. The
borough ceased to exist in 1974 after the incorporation of the larger Borough of
Medina, which was itself superseded in 1995 by a single unitary authority
covering the whole of the Isle of Wight.
Official Town of
Newport, Isle-of-Wight
website:
www.iow.gov.uk
