Parkhurst, Isle of Wight Parkhurst, Isle of Wight Parkhurst is a neighbourhood northwest of the town of Newport, Isle of Wight. It has few amenities, but a large residential population. It is notable for housing H.M.P. Isle of Wight, on three sites, formerly three separate prisons: the well-known Parkhurst Prison itself, Camp Hill, and Albany. Parkhurst and Albany were once amongst the few top-security prisons in the United Kingdom, but were downgraded in the 1990s. A number of well-known criminals were accommodated in the Parkhurst prisons, including John Duddy, Graham Young, the Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe and the Kray twins. The prisons caused the
St Paul's Church, Newport, Isle of Wight St Paul's Church, Newport, Isle of Wight St. Paul's Church, Newport is a parish church in the Church of England located in Barton, Isle of Wight and Newport, Isle of Wight. The church dates from 1844. It was designed by the architect James William Wild and is sited on Staplers Road in Barton, Newport. St Paul's was originally a district church in the parish of Whippingham, although serving the Barton area of Newport. It was built in a neo-Norman in style, with north and south aisles, an apse; there is a tower and spire at the west end of the