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South Wight




  HQ
  Status Non-metropolitan District
  Start 1974
  End 1995
  Replace Isle Of Wight


South Wight was a Borough on the Isle Of Wight , created in the local government reform of 1974 , alongside the Medina borough which covered the rest of the island. It was formed by the merger of Sandown-Shanklin and Ventnor Urban District s and Isle Of Wight Rural District .

It was effectively abolished on April 1 , 1995 when the borough councils were merged with the county council to form a single Unitary Authority , the Isle Of Wight Council .