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Havenstreet is a village on the Isle of Wight, located about 2 miles southwest of Ryde, in the civil parish of Havenstreet and Ashey.
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History
The Isle of Wight Steam Railway is located in Havenstreet, running trains throughout the summer and Christmas seasons between Wootton and Smallbrook. The Train Story museum provides tourists with a history of the Island's railways.[2]
A notable Victorian resident was Lancashire industrialist John Rylands who bought land in the village in 1882[3] and built a large house named Longford, after his primary residence Lancashire. The house is now used as the Northbrooke Nursing Home.
A First World War shrine, dedicated 30 June 1918, is a prominent landmark that stands on a hill north of Havenstreet village. The shrine was built in 1917 by local landowner John Willis Fleming, to honour the memory of his son, as well as all the other men of the parishes of Binstead and Havenstreet who were killed in the War.
An identical war shrine, the Stoneham War Shrine, was built at the same time at North Stoneham in Hampshire.[4]
Unfortunately, there is no Public Transport in the village.
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Governance
Havenstreet is part of the electoral ward called Havenstreet, Ashey and Haylands. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 3,613.[1]
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