12 Facts About Cowes

Cowes is an English seaport town and civil parish on the Isle of Wight.

Cowes is located on the west bank of the estuary of the River Medina, facing the smaller town of East Cowes on the east bank.

Cowes has been seen as a home for international yacht racing since the founding of the Royal Yacht Squadron in 1815.

The west fort in Cowes still survives to this day, albeit without the original Tudor towers, as Cowes Castle.

The fort built in East Cowes is believed to have been similar but was abandoned c and since destroyed.

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In Cowes the 18th-century house of Westbourne was home to a collector of customs whose son, born there in 1795, lived to become Dr Thomas Arnold, headmaster of Rugby School.

In 2004 an area of Cowes was named Francki Place in honour of the ship's commander.

Cowes has a Non-League football club Cowes Sports FC, which plays at Westwood Park.

Cowes was once served by a rail link to and from the island's capital Newport but as part of cutbacks made on the recommendation of Dr Beeching in the 1960s the line to Newport was cut in 1966.

Cowes Park and Ride is a park and ride scheme on the Isle of Wight, featuring an 85-space car park and bus stop on the outskirts of Cowes in Somerton, on a former industrial site.

Park and ride scheme for Cowes was launched in 2004 as part of a joint venture between the Isle of Wight Council, Southern Vectis and Red Funnel.

All services to Cowes served the site, with buses using Three Gates Road to pass between the two current alternate routings, except route 1, which ran via the current park and ride branch but along Mill Hill road as opposed to Newport Road.