[5] Carisbrooke is served by Southern Vectis buses operating to Freshwater, Newport, Yarmouth and Ventnor, as well as some smaller villages.

Carisbrooke has two pubs – the Waverley and the Eight Bells – a café, an Italian restaurant and a motorcycle dealership.

It is not mentioned in Domesday Book, however, which names Bowcombe as the largest and most populous manor on the Isle of Wight.

The site of the old Carisbrooke railway station lies in the grounds of Christ the King College, in the lower part of the field, which is at the end of Purdy Road.

[citation needed] It was at Carisbrooke Castle that William arrested his own half brother, Odo for acts of treason.

King Henry I of England granted the castle in the first year of his reign to Richard de Redvers.

[citation needed] Isabella de Fortibus, Baldwin's sister took control of the castle and successfully ran it until her death in 1293.

The castle later became the royal residence of Princess Beatrice, the ninth daughter of Queen Victoria, who put in the gardens which have been recently restored.

The Romantic poet John Keats lodged in Carisbrooke while touring the Isle of Wight in April 1817.

[13] In a letter to John Hamilton Reynolds, he wrote, “I see Carisbrooke Castle from my window, and have found several delightful wood-alleys, and copses, and quick freshes”.

Finding Carisbrooke to be cheaper than Shanklin, and more convenient for exploring the Island on foot, Keats observed an abundance of primroses and described a view of the mainland “from a little hill nearby”.