# Puckpool > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Puckpool > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Puckpool.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puckpool > Source revision: 1336238541 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Coastal village on the Isle of Wight Village in England Puckpool Village Beach huts at Puckpool, looking towards Spring Vale and Seaview Puckpool Location within the Isle of Wight OS grid reference SZ6093691814 Civil parish Ryde Nettlestone and Seaview Unitary authority Isle of Wight Ceremonial county Isle of Wight Region South East Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town RYDE Postcode district PO Police Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire Hampshire and Isle of Wight Ambulance Isle of Wight List of places UK England Isle of Wight 50°43′34″N 1°08′06″W / 50.726°N 1.135°W / 50.726; -1.135 **Puckpool** is a small coastal settlement on the outskirts of [Ryde](/source/Ryde) on the [Isle of Wight](/source/Isle_of_Wight). The area is best known for Puckpool Park, a park with an 18-hole putting green, 12 hole [mini golf](/source/Mini_golf) and two tennis courts.[1] [Puckpool Battery](/source/Puckpool_Battery) is located within the boundaries of the park; this is an old [Palmerston Fort](/source/Palmerston_Forts%2C_Isle_of_Wight) built in 1865. ## Name Its name probably means 'the pool belonging to a man called Cuca', from [Old English](/source/Old_English) *Cuca* (personal name) and *pōl*. The change from *Cuckpool* to *Puckpool* has only happened within the last few centuries, as it may have been associated with *puck*, a modern form of Old English *pūca*, meaning 'a goblin'. 1086 ([Domesday Book](/source/Domesday_Book)): Chochepon 1255: Cukepole 1287-1290: Cokepole 1316: Cokepoule 1769: Puck Pool 1826: Puckpool or Popful (Point) The Domesday Book spelling is of [Norman](/source/Normans) origin.[2] ## Overview Puckpool Point features a natural sheltered bay offering a large expanse of sand and a gently sloping beach which becomes very popular with tourists and local residents during the summer season. A wide pedestrian and cycle promenade leading to Puckpool Point lines the entire bay. Until December 2009 [Southern Vectis](/source/Southern_Vectis) operated standard bus service 16 which served the area between Ryde and [Bembridge](/source/Bembridge) via [Seaview](/source/Seaview%2C_Isle_of_Wight) and [St Helens](/source/St_Helens%2C_Isle_of_Wight).[3] However, no route currently serves the park and the arrangements for summer 2010 are not known. The Ryde Road Train is also operated during the summer, designed to transport tourists from Ryde to the beach and park at Puckpool.[4] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Puckpool_Park_1-0)** ["IWight - Puckpool Park"](http://www.iwight.com/placestogo/default.asp?ls=rec&recid=805&opt=). [Isle of Wight Council](/source/Isle_of_Wight_Council). Retrieved 27 August 2009. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Mills, A.D (1996). *The Place-Names of The Isle of Wight*. [Shaun Tyas](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shaun_Tyas&action=edit&redlink=1). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-route_list_3-0)** ["Southern Vectis route list"](https://web.archive.org/web/20091130004912/http://www.islandbuses.info/routelist.shtml). [Southern Vectis](/source/Southern_Vectis). Archived from [the original](https://www.islandbuses.info/routelist.shtml) on 30 November 2009. Retrieved 31 October 2009. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-IOW_beaches_-_Ryde_4-0)** ["Isle of Wight beaches - Ryde and Appley (Puckpool)"](https://web.archive.org/web/20090616031649/http://www.isleofwightholidays4all.co.uk/ryde.html). Isle of Wight holidays for all. Archived from [the original](http://www.isleofwightholidays4all.co.uk/ryde.html) on 16 June 2009. Retrieved 27 August 2009. ## External links - [www.puckpoolteagardens.com Puckpool Tea Gardens at Puckpool Park](http://www.puckpoolteagardens.com) v t e Settlements on the Isle of Wight Towns Brading Cowes East Cowes Newport Ryde Sandown Shanklin Ventnor Yarmouth Other civil parishes Arreton Bembridge Brighstone Calbourne, Newtown and Porchfield Chale Chillerton and Gatcombe Fishbourne Freshwater Godshill Gurnard Havenstreet and Ashey Lake Nettlestone and Seaview Newchurch Newport and Carisbrooke Niton and Whitwell Northwood Rookley Shalfleet Shorwell St Helens Totland Whippingham Wootton Bridge Wroxall Other villages and hamlets Adgestone Afton Afton Park Alum Bay Alverstone Alverstone Garden Village Apesdown Apse Heath Ashey Barton Bathingbourne Bierley Binfield Binstead Blackgang Blackwater Bonchurch Bouldnor Borthwood Bowcombe Branstone Brook Calbourne Carisbrooke Chale Green Chessell Chillerton Clatterford Cranmore Cross Lane Culver Down Downend Easton Egypt Point Elmfield Fairlee Five Houses Foreland Fields Forest Side Freshwater Bay Great Thorness Gunville Hale Common Hamstead Havenstreet Haylands Hillway Horringford Hulverstone Hunny Hill King's Quay Kingston Knighton Limerstone Little Atherfield Little Thorness Littletown Locksgreen Lowtherville Luccombe Marks Corner Mersley Merstone Moortown Morton Mottistone Nettlecombe Newbridge Newtown Ningwood Ninham Niton Niton Undercliff Norton Norton Green Nunwell Oakfield Osborne Parkhurst Pondwell Porchfield Princelett Puckaster Puckpool Quarr Hill Queen's Bower Rew Street Rookley Green Roud Rowridge St Lawrence Sandford Seagrove Bay Shalcombe Shide Staplers Steephill Steyne Cross Thorley Thorley Street Thorncross Totland Bay Upper Ventnor Wellow Westridge Whiteley Bank Whitwell Winford Wootton Wootton Common Yafford Yarbridge Yaverland See also List of places on the Isle of Wight List of civil parishes on the Isle of Wight This Isle of Wight location article is a stub. 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