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The Cowes Floating Bridge is a vehicular chain ferry that crosses the River Medina on the Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England.The ferry crosses the tidal river from East Cowes to Cowes, and remains the only way to cross the River Medina between the towns without taking a ten-mile trip via Newport.
The river is bridged at Newport. Cowes is connected to East Cowes by a chain ferry known as the Cowes Floating Bridge. [1] The river also has several small ferries which cater mainly for sailors. The name Medina comes from the Old English Meðune meaning "the middle one", and the current pronunciation was first recorded as 'Medine' in 1196. [2]
Cowes Floating Bridge, across the River Medina on the Isle of Wight; Dartmouth Higher Ferry, across the River Dart in Devon; Hampton Ferry, across the River Avon near Evesham in Worcestershire; Hampton Loade Ferry, across the River Severn in Shropshire (closed 2016) King Harry Ferry, across the River Fal in Cornwall
The Cowes to East Cowes chain ferry was grounded between 16 July and 15 August. Floating bridge breakdown costs Isle of Wight Council more than £100,000 Skip to main content
Cowes (/ k aʊ z /) is an English seaport town and civil parish [3] 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. The two towns are linked by the Cowes Floating Bridge, a chain ferry. Cowes has a population of 14,370 according to the 2021 ...
East Cowes is a town and civil parish [3] in the north of the Isle of Wight, on the east bank of the River Medina, next to its west bank neighbour Cowes. It has a population of 8,428 according to the 2021 Census. [4] The two towns are connected by the Cowes Floating Bridge, a chain ferry operated by the Isle of Wight Council.
Cowes Lifeboat Station is located in the old Customs House, at the end of Watch House Lane, in Cowes, a town located on the west bank of the River Medina estuary, at the northern tip of the Isle of Wight, overlooking the Solent. The independent Cowes Inshore Lifeboat (CIL) was stationed at Cowes in 1989.
In 1974, Fairey Marine was awarded the contract to build a new floating bridge between East and West Cowes, on the Isle of Wight. The bridge (or ferry) travels along two heavy chains anchored on either side of the River Medina. The chains pass through slots beneath the cardeck of the ferry, and the winch machinery inside pulls along the chain ...