Wellow, Isle of Wight

Wellow is a village on the Isle of Wight. It is located about two miles east of Yarmouth in the northwest of the island. The name is believed to be of Jutish origin. Recently a proposal to erect a wind farm was rejected after a high-profile protest campaign.[1] Located within Wellow are a small chapel, post office, vineyard and several farms including Mattingley and Manor Farm. The Hamstead trail runs through Wellow.

Main Road, Wellow

Wellow Baptist Church

A house in Wellow

Public transport is provided by buses on Southern Vectis route 7.

Places of interest

The Headquarters of West Wight Alpacas is situated in Wellow.

Notable people

References

"Windfarm plan appeal ditched". Isle of Wight County Press. Retrieved 28 November 2009.

Settlements on the Isle of Wight
Towns	Brading Cowes East Cowes Newport Ryde Sandown Shanklin Ventnor Yarmouth
Civil parishes	Arreton Bembridge Brighstone Calbourne, Newtown and Porchfield Chale Fishbourne Freshwater Gatcombe Godshill Gurnard Havenstreet and Ashey Lake Nettlestone and Seaview Newchurch Newport and Carisbrooke Niton and Whitwell Northwood Rookley Shalfleet Shorwell St Helens Totland Wootton Wroxall
Other villages and hamlets	Adgestone Afton Afton Park Alum Bay Alverstone Alverstone Garden Village Apesdown Apse Heath Ashey Barton Bathingbourne Bierley Binfield Binstead Blackgang Blackwater Bonchurch Bouldnor Borthwood Bowcombe Branstone Brook Calbourne Carisbrooke Chale Green Chessell Chillerton Cranmore Cross Lane Culver Down Downend Easton Egypt Point Elmfield Fairlee Five Houses Foreland Fields Forest Side Freshwater Bay Great Thorness Gunville Hale Common Hamstead Havenstreet Haylands Hillway Horringford Hulverstone Hunny Hill King's Quay Kingston Knighton Limerstone Little Atherfield Little Thorness Littletown Locksgreen Lowtherville Luccombe Marks Corner Mersley Merstone Moortown Morton Mottistone Nettlecombe Newbridge Newtown Ningwood Ninham Niton Niton Undercliff Norton Norton Green Nunwell Oakfield Osborne Parkhurst Pondwell Porchfield Princelett Puckaster Puckpool Quarr Hill Queen's Bower Rew Street Rookley Green Roud Rowridge St Lawrence Sandford Seagrove Bay Shalcombe Shide Staplers Steephill Steyne Cross Thorley Thorley Street Thorncross Totland Bay Upper Ventnor Wellow Westridge Whippingham Whiteley Bank Whitwell Winford Wootton Bridge Wootton Common Yafford Yarbridge Yaverland
See also	List of places on the Isle of Wight List of civil parishes on the Isle of Wight

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