Isle of Wight Map - Road Map of the Isle of Wight -
Above you will find a useful road map of the Isle of Wight, an island and county situated off the south coast of England, separated from the mainland county of Hampshire by the Solent.
The map is 'zoomable' and 'moveable', by using the control buttons on the top left of the map, you can get a closer view of a particular area and get a detailed street map of the Isle of Wight and the surrounding areas. The easiest method for moving around this Isle of Wight map is to left click and hold your mouse button, you can then drag the map around, to zoom in double click the left mouse button, to zoom out double click the right mouse button. You can view the towns, villages and resorts of Cowes, Newport, Ryde, Sandown, Shanklin, Ventnor, Yarmouth, Fishbourne, Bembridge, Freshwater, Totland, Brightstone and Northwood.
Originally part of the county of Hampshire, the Isle of Wight became an independent county in 1974, the smallest county in England (at high tide). The Isle of Wight has a long and rich history and also boasts some of the finest dinosaur fossil sites in Europe. Known as Vectis by the Romans, the first mention of the Isle of Wight was by Claudius Ptolemaeus ("Geography")...........read more here: Isle of Wight.
The Isle of Wight is generally reached by ferry or hovercraft from Portsmouth, Southampton, Southsea and Lymington.