Medina, Isle of Wight was abolished on 1 April 1995, when a single Isle of Wight Council replaced the Island's county council and two district councils. Medina, Isle of Wight Medina was a non-metropolitan district with the status of a borough on the Isle of Wight in England from 1974 to 1995. The district was formed by the Local Government Act 1972, and was a merger of the municipal boroughs of Newport and Ryde along with the urban district of Cowes. It was one of two districts on the Island formed in 1974 - the other was South Wight. "Medina" was an older name
Devil's Chimney (Isle of Wight) path continues down through the Landslip as footpath V65C, meeting the coastal path V65A at its foot. A similar rock cleft, the Chink, is about 200 yards north. The feature is within the Bonchurch Landslip nature reserve, managed by Gift to Nature on behalf of the owners, the Isle of Wight Council. Devil's Chimney (Isle of Wight) The Devil's Chimney is a scenic rock cleft with steps descending into the Bonchurch Landslips between Bonchurch and Luccombe, Isle of Wight. Its upper end is at the Smuggler's Haven Tearooms on St Boniface Down, at the southern end of clifftop parkland accessed