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Ryde
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:''For The Ryde clothing, see:
The Ryde (clothing brand).''
:''For the Australian city, see:
Ryde, New South Wales.''
Image:Ryde1.jpg thumb|300px|Ryde, seen from [[Ryde Pier and showing the well-known twin spires.]]
'''Ryde''' is a
United Kingdom British seaside town and the second largest urban area on the
Isle of Wight, with a population of approximately 30,000. It is situated on the north-east coast.
The town grew in size as a
seaside resort following the joining of the villages of Upper Ryde and Lower Ryde in the
19th century nineteenth century. The influence of this era is still strongly visible in the town's central and sea facing architecture.
As a resort, the town is noted for its expansive sands that occur at low tide, making its pier necessary on the wide beach for a regular passenger service.
Ryde Pier is a listed structure which is the fourth longest in the
United Kingdom, and also the oldest. At one time Ryde had two piers; the other being the Victoria Pier. Ryde has its own Inshore Rescue service which mostly has to deal with people becoming stranded on sandbanks as the incoming tide cuts them off from the shore.
{{GBdot|Ryde - Isle of Wight}}
Transportation
The
hovercraft to
Southsea operates from the esplanade close to the
Ryde Esplanade railway station and bus station. A
catamaran service run by
Wightlink operates from
Ryde Pier to
Portsmouth Harbour which connects with both
Island Line, IOW Island Line trains and mainland trains to
Waterloo station London Waterloo.
Entertainment
An ice rink and a pavilion, converted to house a night club and bowling alley feature on the esplanade, the former being the home of the Isle of Wight's ice-hockey team, the "
Wightlink Raiders".
Famous connections
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David Icke - is a Ryde resident
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Sam Browne - the soldier after whom the belt was named, retired and lived the last years of his life in a house called
Argosy on East Hill Road, Ryde
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Philip Norman - the writer who attended
Ryde School and has written about his childhood on the Island.
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Karl Marx visited Ryde for health reasons in the summer of
1874
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Michael Sheard - the actor who played Mr Bronson in ''
Grange Hill (TV series) Grange Hill'' and appeared in ''
Star Wars'', lived in Ryde and died there in 2005.
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Raymond Allen - the TV writer who attended Ryde Secondary Modern School and wrote the
BBC series
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em.
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William Hutt (British MP) William Hutt, the colonial administrator, was educated in Ryde
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William Booth - the founder of the
Salvation Army spent the first part of his honeymoon in Ryde
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Mark King (musician) Mark King - the
Level 42 musician, originally from
Ventnor, opened a
pub, Joe Daflos, in Union Street, Ryde in the 1980s.
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Anthony Minghella - the Hollywood director was born in Ryde in
1954. His parents are well-known local residents, and own an ice cream factory in Wootton (about 2 miles away). At the time of his birth they ran a cafe in Ryde High Street.
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Albert Pollard - the historian was born in Ryde on 16 December
1869.
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John Lennon and
Paul McCartney- the title of the song "Ticket To Ride" was inspired by by a trip John took to Ryde in the 60's. Paul also mentions the Isle of Wight in the song "When I'm 64."
Category:Seaside resorts in England
Category:Towns on the Isle of Wight
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