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Family walking with dog around the salt pans at Newtown National Nature Reserve Isle of Wight — Visitors at Newtown | © National Trust Images / Paul Harris

Family-friendly places to visit on the Isle of Wight

There's plenty of family fun to be had on the Isle of Wight, from making a mud pie in the Bembridge Windmill Mud Bakery to helping to find Gunner John at the Needles Old Battery. Find out the best places for a family visit.

Family Friendly Events

Compton Bay Fossil Walks

Various dates through out the year. Join Wight Coast Fossils at Compton Bay and travel back in time 130 million years to the Cretaceous period as you discover the fossils of the Compton coast.

About twenty people scour the beach at Compton for fossils fallen from the cliffs

Randy-O Medieval Fayre at Newtown

Inspired by the historic fayre once held at Newtown, the Randy-O invites you to travel back in time and enjoy a taste of medieval life. This much-loved summer event returns with family-friendly fun and plenty of outdoor adventure.

Teenager doing archery at Newtown Medieval Randy-O Fayre

Guided Rockpool Safaris

Join marine biologists Theo Vickers and Laura McConnell in discovering the amazing marine life of the Isle of Wight’s coast through their guided rockpool safaris!

A velvet swimming crab in a rock pool

Come out and play at these places around the Isle of Wight

Needles Old and New Battery

There are lots of ways for little visitors to make even more of their visit here. Explore the hidden tunnel that goes deep underground or re-fuel in the tea-room.

Visitors at the Needles Old Battery and New Battery, Isle of Wight

Mottistone Gardens and Estate

Children will love searching for 'Red' the squirrel and completing some of the '50 Things' activities. Each season there are special trails for little ones, so there's always something new to discover.

Colourful double flower borders looking down to Manor House

Bembridge Windmill

Explore this little gem at Bembridge - the last surviving windmill on the Isle of Wight. Make a mud pie in the Mud Bakery or find the hidden mice.

Bembridge Windmill faces into the sunshine on a bright summer's day

Newtown National Nature Reserve and Old Town Hall

There's plenty of wildlife to discover at Newtown. Borrow one of our explorer packs and head out on a nature adventure.

A cormorant with its wings spread perches on a wooden post protruding from the water, with a grassy sandbank behind it, at Newtown National Nature Reserve, Isle of Wight

Fun on the Isle of Wight

Sunset over the Needles headland coast, Isle of Wight. The Needles lighthouse and rocks can be seen in the shade, leading up to the coastline.

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Gardens, forts, a windmill, a National Nature Reserve, and 17 miles of coastline and over 5000 acres of countryside on this treasure island.

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