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East Cowes (Isle of Wight)

Description: East Cowes has always centred on the building and design of marine craft and materials associated with boatmaking. Well ... more

East Cowes (Isle of Wight) ... known for the Osborne House, the former summer residence of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.

Newest Review: ... East Cowes isn't too bad. There are more depressing places to live. If you read 'Crap Towns' and 'Crap Towns 2' you can't ... more

... find East Cowes in it, so it can't be that bad. So what's East Cowes about? Should you take your family there for a relaxing break? Read on... The Pros. East Cowes did have a rich shipbuilding past, and there is a legacy still evident of shipbuilding still around. The fact that many of the factories have been pulled down and replaced with blue hoardings shows the fact that East Cowes has started to regenerate as well. East Cowes has a large hangar with the largest Union Jack in the world on it. Whilst not necessarily...more

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East Cowes (Isle of Wight): East Cowes - Twinned with Mordor. (403 words)
by - written on 18/02/09 (Very useful, 110 readings)
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For the first eighteen year of my life, the quaint industrial township of East Cowes was my home. East Cowes is situated on the top tip of the Isle of Wight and is neighboured by its upmarket counterpart 'Cowes'. While Cowes is renowned worldwide for its yearly yachting competition 'Cowes Week' East Cowes doesn't have a week devoted to it. Strange that. East Cowes is really the bastard son of Cowes, no one chooses to live there - you're kind of born into it. Then again, East Cowes isn't too bad. There are more depressing places to live. If you read 'Crap Towns' and 'Crap Towns 2' you can't find East Cowes in it, so it can't be that bad. So what's ... Read the complete review

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