town (parish), unitary district of Isle of Wight (Wight, Isle of), historic county of Hampshire, England. It lies close to Alum Bay, notable for its many-coloured sandstone cliffs and for the Needles, a group of chalk sea stacks.

Farringford House at Freshwater was the home of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron), who is commemorated by a tablet in All Saints' Church and by a large cross on High Down. Pop. (2001) 5,360.