Cranmore, Isle of Wight
Cranmore is a small village on the Isle of Wight, about three miles east of Yarmouth, in the island’s north-west. It sits in the civil parish of Shalfleet. The name means marshy ground where cranes or herons are found, from Old English.
Historically, Cranmore has had spellings like Cranmore and Cranemore. On July 11, 1940, a Hurricane fighter aircraft from Tangmere was shot down near Cranmore. The crash remains were found in 1982 at Thorness Bay and were preserved.
Today, Cranmore is served by the Southern Vectis bus route 7, which runs between Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport. Around the village are three areas of grassland, scrub, woodland and cliffs designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest, totaling about 12.4 hectares. The sites are home to species such as the dormouse, red squirrel, the small pearl-bordered fritillary butterfly and the Kent black arches moth, plus adders, common lizards and the nightingale.
This page was last edited on 3 February 2026, at 02:27 (CET).