Local Amenities
It has two pubs - the Waverley and the Eight Bells, an Italian restaurant called Valentino's and a motorcycle dealership called Dave Death Motorcycles. Its founder was killed in a motorcycle crash. There are several shops on the High Street including a Co-Op and Hair Salon. The village also has a cafe called Number 44. The village also has four schools, three of which are along Wellington Road. These are Carisbrooke CE Primary School, Christ the King College (formerly Archbishop King Middle and Trinity Middle Schools) and Carisbrooke High School. The fourth school is St Thomas of Canterbury RC Primary School, which is located on Carisbrooke High Street next to the doctors surgery. There is also the village allotments, situated next to the ford in Castle Street.
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