River Medina


The River Medina is a small river that runs from the hills in the south of the Isle of Wight, through the capital Newport, towards the Solent at Cowes. The river is a navigable tidal estuary from Newport northwards.

The river is bridged at Newport. Cowes is connected to East Cowes by a chain ferry known as the Cowes Floating Bridge.

The name Medina came from the Anglo-Saxon Meðune = "the middle one", but the place in Arabia may have influenced its modern spelling.

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