Isle of Wight
Welcome to a treasure island just a 30-minute ferry ride away.
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The Needles Old Battery and New Battery
Victorian coastal defence and secret rocket testing site perched high above the Needles Rocks
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Mottistone Manor Garden
Enchanting garden set in a sheltered valley
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Bembridge Windmill
The only surviving windmill on the Isle of Wight
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Newtown Old Town Hall
17th-century town hall with no town but a fascinating history
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Bembridge Fort
A Victorian fort gradually being restored
The weather
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Take a tour around the island...
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© Heather Bradshaw
Mottistone Manor Garden
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© National Trust/ Sue Oldham
Bembridge Windmill in autumn
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© National Trust/Sue Oldham
The view over Sandown Bay from Culver Down
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© National Trust
Old Golf House on St Helens Duver
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© National Trust
Bembridge Fort
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© National Trust/Sue Oldham
Beautiful tree-covered Borthwood copse
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© National Trust/Sue Oldham
Coombe Bottom and the sea seen from high on Ventnor Down
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© National Trust/Sue Oldham
The radio mast on the top of Chillerton Down
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© National Trust
The Old Town Hall
For weekend walkers
Next time you're out for a walk on the Needles Headland call in at the Old Battery Tea-room and treat yourself to some homemade refreshments. The tea-room is open most Saturdays and Sundays from 11am to 3pm.
Places to stay
An island holiday with a difference? Try one of our 15 holiday cottages. They come in all shapes and sizes, including Coastguard Cottages and a former golf club house.
Events on the island
Contact us
For all general enquiries including filming and press releases please contact the Isle of Wight Office on (01983) 741020 or email us.
The great outdoors
Bring your binoculars and walking boots and explore the coast and countryside.
- Bembridge and Culver
- Borthwood
- Chillerton
- Compton
- Mottistone Estate
- Newtown NNR
- St Catherine's
- St Helens
- The Needles Headland
- Ventnor
Get active
The Isle of Wight is great for:
50 things to do on the Isle of Wight
Are you up for our 50 things to do before you're 11 ¾ challenge? To get you started we've listed our favourite activities and the best places to do them. And you can do just about all them at any of our Isle of Wight places, so start ticking them off now. Find the full list of outdoor adventures on the 50 Things website and start earning your badges.