Blackwater, Isle of Wight

Coordinates: 50°40′32″N 1°16′59″W / 50.67545°N 1.28318°W

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Blackwater
The main road through Blackwater.
Blackwater Location within the Isle of Wight
OS grid reference	SZ507864
Unitary authority	Isle of Wight
Ceremonial county	Isle of Wight
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	NEWPORT
Postcode district	PO30
Dialling code	01983

Police	Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Fire	Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Ambulance	Isle of Wight

UK Parliament	Isle of Wight West
List of places UK England Isle of Wight 50°40′32″N 1°16′59″W / 50.67545°N 1.28318°W / 50.67545; -1.28318

Blackwater is a village on the Isle of Wight, England. It is located about two miles south of Newport, close to the geographic centre of the island.^[1] It is in the civil parish of Arreton. The Newclose County Cricket Ground is just to the north of the village.

Newport Junction Railway opened a railway station at Blackwater. Blackwater Station first appeared on railway timetables in June, 1876 and operated until June 6, 1956. The trackbed of the former railway line is now part of National Cycle Route 23.

Public transport is provided by Southern Vectis bus routes 2 and 3, serving Newport, Ryde, Sandown, Shanklin and Ventnor.^[2]^[3] Former Wightbus 33 between Newport and Ryde, also serves part of the village.^[4]

References

^ "Blackwater, Isle of Wight" (Map). Google Maps.
^ "Southern Vectis - bus route 2". www.islandbuses.info. 2008. Archived from the original on 1 April 2008. Retrieved 4 May 2008.
^ "Southern Vectis - bus route 3". www.islandbuses.info. 2008. Archived from the original on 28 April 2008. Retrieved 4 May 2008.
^ "Traveline - Wightbus route 33". www.traveline.org.uk. 2008. Retrieved 4 May 2008.

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v t e Ceremonial county of Isle of Wight
Unitary authorities	Isle of Wight Council
Major settlements (cities in italics)	Brading Cowes East Cowes Newport Ryde Sandown Shanklin Ventnor Yarmouth See also: List of civil parishes in Isle of Wight
Rivers	Buddle Brook Caul Bourne Medina Newtown Solent Wootton Creek Eastern Yar Western Yar
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v t e Settlements on the Isle of Wight
Towns	Brading Cowes East Cowes Newport Ryde Sandown Shanklin Ventnor Yarmouth
Other civil parishes	Arreton Bembridge Brighstone Calbourne, Newtown and Porchfield Chale Chillerton and Gatcombe Fishbourne Freshwater Godshill Gurnard Havenstreet and Ashey Lake Nettlestone and Seaview Newchurch Newport and Carisbrooke Niton and Whitwell Northwood Rookley Shalfleet Shorwell St Helens Totland Whippingham Wootton Bridge Wroxall
Other villages and hamlets	Adgestone Afton Afton Park Alum Bay Alverstone Alverstone Garden Village Apesdown Apse Heath Ashey Barton Bathingbourne Bierley Binfield Binstead Blackgang Blackwater Bonchurch Bouldnor Borthwood Bowcombe Branstone Brook Calbourne 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 Havenstreet 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 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 Whiteley Bank Whitwell Winford Wootton 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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