Hamstead, Isle of Wight

Coordinates: 50°42′30″N 1°26′16″W / 50.70833°N 1.43778°W

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Hamstead should not be confused with any of the many places called Hampstead.

Hamstead is a small rural settlement in the civil parish of Shalfleet, on the Isle of Wight. It is located about three miles east of Yarmouth, in the northwest of the island, between the settlements of Cranmore in the east, Ningwood to the south, and the Newtown River to the east. The northern edge of Hamstead on the Solent forms the centre of the Hamstead Heritage Coast.

History

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The celebrated architect John Nash (1752-1835), designer of London’s Regent Street, was a landowner in Hamstead and neighbouring areas in the early 19th century. Nash redesigned Hamstead Farm, part of the Hamstead Estate, in 1806 for his own use.

In 1832, Nash built the Hamstead Tramway, which was the first railway on the Isle of Wight. This horse-drawn tramway connected Hamstead Quay on Newtown River with Nash’s property Hamstead House. The tramway supplied goods to the estate. It had ceased operations by 1860.^[1]

During World War II, Hamstead was the site of support infrastructure for the Western Solent anti-submarine boom. The barrier ran from Hamstead Point to Sowley on the mainland, and supported nets to create a physical barrier to submarines attempting to enter Southampton Water from the west. A concrete ramp used for the boom is still visible next to Hamstead Ledge.^[2]

In 1959, the Central Electricity Generating Board proposed the construction of a nuclear power station at Hamstead Farm. The proposal was opposed and blocked by the Solent Protection Society.^[3]

Walking

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The Hamstead Trail starts in the settlement, connecting Hamstead Point on the Solent in the northern coast of the island to Brook Down and Brook Bay on the southern coast.

The Isle of Wight Coastal Path passes through Hamstead between Newtown and Yarmouth.

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

References

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^ Solent (29 February 2000). "1832 Hamstead Tramway". Isle of Wight Steam Railway. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
^ "eOceanic". eoceanic.com. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
^ "Our background". Solent Protection Society. 19 February 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2023.

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