This 147-square-mile island where Queen Victoria had a seaside home is just off the Hampshire coast
The Rough Guide to Dorset, Hampshire & the Isle of Wight .... 
powerful coastal defences built for Henry VIII (and reinforced under Queen 
Victoria), .... miles) of footpaths on an island of just 381 square kilometres (147 
square miles), and... [DOC] [TLE] Isle of Wight | island and unitary authority, England, United Kingdom ... [PAR] It lies off the south coast of England, in the English Channel.