Seaclose Park is a large parkland site situated to the North East of Newport on the Isle of Wight. It lies on the eastern banks of the River Medina. It has a variety of features which are available free to the community of the Island and to visitors. The features of the park include a skate park, three tennis courts, one cricket pitch and wicket, one bowling green, three netball courts and two five-a-side pitches. The park is situated along Fairlee Road, linking Newport to East Cowes and Ryde. Statistics Population: 23,957 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SZ502893 Administration District: Isle of Wight Region: South East England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Isle of Wight Historic county: Hampshire Services Police force: Hampshire Constabulary Ambulance service: South Central Post office and telephone Post town... The Isle of Wight is an English island and county, off the southern English coast, to the south of the county of Hampshire. ... The River Medina is small river that runs from the hills in the south of the Isle of Wight, through the capital Newport, towards the Solent at Cowes. ... This article or section cites very few or no references or sources. ... Cowes is a seaport town on the Isle of Wight, an island due south of the major southern English port of Southampton. ... Ryde, seen from Ryde Pier and showing the twin spires. ...
Seaclose Park is famously the site of the revived Isle of Wight Festival and as such has received great publicity and investment to maintain its condition for the Isle of Wight festival. The Isle of Wight Festival is a music festival which takes place on the Isle of Wight, an island off the south coast of England. ...