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| Gurnard | |
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 Gurnard beachfront | |
  Gurnard Location within the Isle of Wight | |
| Area | 4.0863 km2 (1.5777 sq mi) [1] |
| Population | 1,682 (2011 census including Rew Street)[2] |
| • Density | 412/km2 (1,070/sq mi) |
| OS grid reference | SZ478946 |
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| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | COWES |
| Postcode district | PO31 |
| Dialling code | 01983 |
| Police | Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
| Fire | Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
| Ambulance | Isle of Wight |
| UK Parliament | |
Gurnard is a village and civil parish[3] on the Isle of Wight, two miles to the west of Cowes. Gurnard sits on the edge of Gurnard Bay, enjoyed by the Gurnard Sailing Club.
Gurnard's main street features a pub (Portland Inn), a few shops and a few houses. The west end of the beach is Gurnard Marsh and a stream called "The Luck" which discharges into the Solent.
A fortification known as Gurnard Fort was built on a headland west of Gurnard Marsh about 1600. The land was eroded, however, and all traces disappeared until an archaeological excavation of a Roman villa in 1864 uncovered traces of Gurnard Fort as well.[4]
Gurnard was once a hamlet called Gurnet, from which it draws its name. The hamlet looked across the Solent.[5] Whilst it was established in the 13th century it did not experience growth until the 18th century. Gurnet Bay at the mouth of Gurnard Luck had been to some extent navigable and was the source of transport to the mainland before Cowes took this role.
Transport is provided by Southern Vectis route 32 to and from Cowes, and route 1 to Cowes and Newport, Isle of Wight.[6]
- ^ Office of National Statistics: QS102EW - Population density Archived 10 January 2020 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 30 May 2017
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Archived from the original on 20 January 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
- ^ "English Parishes & Welsh Communities N&C 2004". Archived from the original on 9 January 2007. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ^ "Minor Fortifications of the Isle of Wight". Archived from the original on 22 July 2012., Rob Martin, March 2006[dead link]
- ^ https://woottonbridgeiow.org.uk/wibook/gurnard.php#:~:text=Gurnard%20village%20was%20once%20the,that%20it%20began%20to%20grow.
- ^ Isle of Wight Council press release - "IW Council Steps In To Preserve Bus Routes" Archived 21 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 31 August 2008.