Rookley

Rookley
Rookley Rookley shown within the Isle of Wight
Population	638 (2011)^[1]
OS grid reference	SZ507841
Civil parish	Rookley
Unitary authority	Isle of Wight
Ceremonial county	Isle of Wight
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	VENTNOR
Postcode district	PO38
Dialling code	01983
Police	Hampshire
Fire	Isle of Wight
Ambulance	Isle of Wight
EU Parliament	South East England
UK Parliament	Isle of Wight
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Coordinates: 50°39′17″N 1°17′00″W / 50.65482°N 1.28329°W / 50.65482; -1.28329

Rookley is a village and civil parish^[2] on the Isle of Wight. It is located five kilometres south of Newport near the centre of the island.

It has a country park on the site of the last working Isle of Wight brickworks. There is a pub at the country park and another, the "Chequers", a short distance from the village. The latter was the centre of the island's smuggling trade in the 18th century.

Southern Vectis bus route 3 serves the village on its way between Newport, Ventnor, Shanklin, Sandown and Ryde, including intermediate villages.^[3]

The Village Association Playing Field in Highwood Lane hosts Godshill Cricket Club who compete in Division Two of the Harwoods Renault Isle of Wight League. It is also home to Rookley Football Club which is managed by Paul Wright. Rookley have two teams in the island leagues: their firsts in League 2 and reserves in Combination 2. Two major events are held in the field each year: Gardening Galore and Rookley Show.^[4]

External links

Rookley tourist information, photos and accommodation guide

References

↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 19 October 2015.
↑ "English Parishes & Welsh Communities N&C 2004". www.statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved 2007-05-03.
↑ "Southern Vectis - bus route 3". www.islandbuses.info. 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-04.
↑ "Rookley Village Association". Island Webservices. 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-22.

Ceremonial county of Isle of Wight

Isle of Wight Portal

Unitary authorities	Isle of Wight

Major settlements	Bembridge Brading Cowes East Cowes Freshwater Newport Ryde Sandown Shanklin Ventnor Yarmouth See also: List of civil parishes in Isle of Wight

Rivers	River Caul Bourne River Medina Newtown River Solent Wootton Creek Eastern Yar Western Yar

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Settlements on the Isle of Wight

Towns	Brading Cowes East Cowes Newport Ryde Sandown Shanklin Ventnor Yarmouth

Civil parishes	Arreton Bembridge Brighstone Calbourne Chale Fishbourne Freshwater Gatcombe Godshill Gurnard Havenstreet and Ashey Lake Nettlestone and Seaview Newchurch Niton and Whitwell Northwood Rookley Shalfleet Shorwell St Helens Totland Wootton Wroxall

Other villages and hamlets	Adgestone Afton Afton Park Alum Bay Alverstone Alverstone Garden Village Apesdown Apse Heath Barton Bathingbourne Bierley Binfield Binstead Blackgang Blackwater Bonchurch Bouldnor Borthwood Bowcombe Branstone Brook Carisbrooke Chale Green Chessell Chillerton Cranmore Cross Lane Culver Down Downend Easton Egypt Point Elmfield Fairlee Five Houses Foreland Fields Forest Side Freshwater Bay Great Thorness Gunville Hale Common Hamstead Haylands Hillway Horringford Hulverstone Hunny Hill King's Quay Kingston Knighton Limerstone Little Atherfield Little Thorness Littletown Locksgreen Lowtherville Luccombe Marks Corner Mersley Merstone Moortown Morton Mottistone Nettlecombe Newbridge Newtown Ningwood Ninham Niton Undercliff Norton Norton Green Nunwell Oakfield Osborne Parkhurst Pondwell Porchfield Princelett Puckaster Puckpool Quarr Hill Queen's Bower Rew Street Rookley Green Roud Rowridge St Lawrence Sandford Seagrove Bay Shalcombe Shide Staplers Steephill Steyne Cross Thorley Thorley Street Thorncross Totland Bay Upper Ventnor Wellow Westridge Whippingham Whiteley Bank Winford Wootton Bridge Wootton Common Yafford Yarbridge Yaverland

See also	List of places on the Isle of Wight List of civil parishes on the Isle of Wight

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