Second Smallest County in England

The Isle of Wight is the second smallest county inThe beautiful and historic town of Newport is
England It is an English island. The Island is one of thesituated in the centre of the Island and is its principal
most popular holiday destinations in the Unitedtown, centre of commerce and most has the popular
Kingdom, with around one million tourists visitingshopping centre. Cowes is the biggest town on the
every year. Over 50percent of the Island has beenisland, and the major port to the main land. Shanklyn
designated an Area of Out standing Beauty withand Sandown are situated in the south of the island.
about half of the coastline named as Heritage Coast.The village of Shanklyn itself is also very pretty with
The Isle of Wight has no cities. Newport, is located inlots of tourist shops, craft shops and tea rooms.
the centre of the island and is the second largestMany events take place each year on the island The
town The largest industry on the Isle of Wight isIsle of Wight Festival is a music festival which takes
tourism, but the Island has a strong agriculturalplace annually and was originally held from 1968 to
heritage, including dairy farming and sheep and the1970, the venues being Ford Farm.
growing of arable crops.