A short stroll along the River Medina to Island Harbour & back

A short walk from Newport Quay along the eastern bank of the River Medina to Island Harbour & back

 
 
Completed:  29 January 2012
Distance: 3½ miles approx
Weather: Dull & overcast
Time: 1¾ hours - all photographs taken between 14:00 & 15:45
Terrain: Good paths
Stiles: 0
Highest Point: 26 ft
Assent: 126 ft
Grade: Easy
Parking: Park on Newport Quay (GR: SZ 502-895) click here for location map
Nearest Towns: Newport
Refreshments: Bargeman's Rest, Riverside Centre & Medina Quay, Bistro - Island Harbour
Toilets: Public toilets in Newport
Transport: Southern Vectis - routes & times
Other Walks: WightCAM - All Walks by Distance
Maps: Outdoor Leisure No. 29
 
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Photographs
 
 

 
 
 


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Altitude relief map
 


Newport Quay
 


Newport Quay
 


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Panoramic view along Newport Quay
 


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Panoramic view along Newport Quay
 


A propeller the trawler Yellowfin berthed here between 1975-1982

 


Former warehouses at Newport Quay
 


Former warehouses at Newport Quay, now residential properties & Quay Arts
 


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Panoramic view across Newport Quay to Quay Arts
 


Newport Quay
 


The Bargeman's Rest

 


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Panoramic view along the quayside from the Bargeman's Rest to Carpenter Quay
 


Looking past the bend in the river by Carpenter Quay to Jubilee Stores
 


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Panoramic view by Carpenter Quay to Jubilee Stores
 


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Panoramic view from Odessa Marina to Jubilee Stores
 


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Panoramic view across Odessa Marina
 


Jubilee Stores

 


Reflections

 


The hand operated crane

 


Newport Rowing Club & Vestas Research Centre

 


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Panoramic view past Newport Rowing Club to Vestas Research Centre
 


Newport Rowing Club

 


A motor cruiser slows down

 


As the women's four row past

 


Newport Rowing Club & riverside cottage

 


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Panoramic view from Dodnor to the Vestas Research Centre
The residential properties on the left give some idea to the enormity of the Vestas Research Centre
 


Vestas Research Centre

 


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Panoramic view across the mud flats to Ryde Queen
 


Ryde Queen

 


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Panoramic view along the embankment past Whippingham towards East Cowes
 


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Panoramic view past Ryde Queen along the embankment past Vestas Research Centre towards Newport
 


Ryde Queen reflections

 


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Panoramic view past Vestas Research Centre towards Newport
 


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Panoramic view across the mud flats to Ryde Queen
 


A pair of signets reaching maturity
 


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Panoramic view looking down across Binfield past Kingston towards Cowes
 


The women's four

 


And the men's four
 


Looking back upriver past NRC & the riverside cottage towards Newport

 


Newport Rowing Club & riverside cottage

 


Newport Rowing Club boathouse

 


Blackhouse Quay with Mount Joy behind
 


Dodnor
 


Yellow Crocus's
 


Yellow Crocus's

 


Early Primroses
 


Crab Apples
 
 

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