Kingston, Isle of Wight

Kingston is a small settlement on the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom, located five miles southwest of Newport in the southwest of the island, an area known as the Back of the Wight. It is in the civil parish of Shorwell.

Kingston
Kingston
Location within the Isle of Wight
OS grid referenceSZ47968130
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNewport
Postcode districtPO30
Dialling code01983
PoliceHampshire
FireIsle of Wight
AmbulanceIsle of Wight
UK Parliament

Formerly a separate Anglican parish, with its own parish church, St. James' Church,[1] Kingston is now amalgamated with the adjacent Anglican parish of Shorwell, as Shorwell with Kingston.[2]

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