Lu’s Little Island Guidebook

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Lu’s Little Island Guidebook

Food scene

Crave in Ventnor is one of the best places for Ice Cream on the island. They change their flavours daily and make them on site in their characterful 1930s shop. They even have excellent gluten free and vegan options.
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Crave
5 Spring Hill
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Crave in Ventnor is one of the best places for Ice Cream on the island. They change their flavours daily and make them on site in their characterful 1930s shop. They even have excellent gluten free and vegan options.
Great for all things garlicky! There's a lovely cafe, farm walks and tours and different seasonal events.
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The Garlic Farm Shop And Restaurant
Mersley Lane
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Great for all things garlicky! There's a lovely cafe, farm walks and tours and different seasonal events.
The Bluebell Café is the prefect breakfast or lunch spot with a great farm shop too where you can buy their award winning milk and cheese amongst other local produce.
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Briddlesford Lodge Farm Shop
Briddlesford Road
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The Bluebell Café is the prefect breakfast or lunch spot with a great farm shop too where you can buy their award winning milk and cheese amongst other local produce.
Award winning tea gardens and home of the Isle of Wight shape scones for your cream tea and 'Old Shanklin Pie'. Really tasty homemade food in a lovely old building right in the heart of Shanklin Old Village.
Vernon Cottage
1 Eastcliff Rd
Award winning tea gardens and home of the Isle of Wight shape scones for your cream tea and 'Old Shanklin Pie'. Really tasty homemade food in a lovely old building right in the heart of Shanklin Old Village.
Excellent Italian food with great service right on the seafront in Ryde.
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Restorante Michelangelo
30 St. Thomas St
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Excellent Italian food with great service right on the seafront in Ryde.
Great little café in the old station buildings at Yarmouth. Nice walk along the old railway line and only minutes from Yarmouth town.
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Off The Rails
Station Road
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Great little café in the old station buildings at Yarmouth. Nice walk along the old railway line and only minutes from Yarmouth town.
Very nice little independent cafe for brunch, lunch or coffee. Excellent coffee and a really nice homemade iced drinks selection including free from 'milks'.
The Wonky Goat
30 Union St
Very nice little independent cafe for brunch, lunch or coffee. Excellent coffee and a really nice homemade iced drinks selection including free from 'milks'.
Gorgeous cream teas and superb gluten free selections in this newly refurbished thatched cottage cafe- you won't feel left out here. Scones to die for. Pleasant garden seating too. Closes during winter months.
Old World Tea Rooms
High Street
Gorgeous cream teas and superb gluten free selections in this newly refurbished thatched cottage cafe- you won't feel left out here. Scones to die for. Pleasant garden seating too. Closes during winter months.
Floating retsaurant right in Bembridge Harbour. Great seafood, freshly caught.
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The Best Dressed Crab Ltd
Embankment Road
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Floating retsaurant right in Bembridge Harbour. Great seafood, freshly caught.
The home of the island's own Mermaid Gin. Excellent little distillery where you can book to see how the gin is made and then have a few tastes. They use hops from Ventnor, samphire from the local shores and all presented in stunning bottles made from recycled glass. We really like the Pink Gin, flavoured with island strawberries. Cheers!
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Isle Of Wight Distillery
Pondwell Hill
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The home of the island's own Mermaid Gin. Excellent little distillery where you can book to see how the gin is made and then have a few tastes. They use hops from Ventnor, samphire from the local shores and all presented in stunning bottles made from recycled glass. We really like the Pink Gin, flavoured with island strawberries. Cheers!
Right on Ventnor Seafront, beautiful at sunset. Superb seafood and Asian fusion menu. Steak too.
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Smoking Lobster
Esplanade
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Right on Ventnor Seafront, beautiful at sunset. Superb seafood and Asian fusion menu. Steak too.
Quaint and quirky breakfast and lunch place. Very atmospheric old shop vibe.
Jolliffes Eatery
11 Shooters Hill
Quaint and quirky breakfast and lunch place. Very atmospheric old shop vibe.
Great pub food, nice ambiance & beautiful views if you sit outside.
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The Crab and Lobster Inn
32 Forelands Field Rd
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Great pub food, nice ambiance & beautiful views if you sit outside.
Really great, tasty food in a gorgeous old pub with great atmosphere and newly refurbished. Park just up the road opposite The Griffin.
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The Taverners
High Street
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Really great, tasty food in a gorgeous old pub with great atmosphere and newly refurbished. Park just up the road opposite The Griffin.
Breakfast, lunch, huge cakes, cream teas, gift shop, some very nice clothes, gardens ...the list goes on and on. Lots of parking.
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The Old Smithy - café, shops and gardens
High Street
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Breakfast, lunch, huge cakes, cream teas, gift shop, some very nice clothes, gardens ...the list goes on and on. Lots of parking.
Fantastic breakfasts. Doughnuts made in heaven, wonderful coffee. It’s just lovely.
Cook & Baker
High Street
Fantastic breakfasts. Doughnuts made in heaven, wonderful coffee. It’s just lovely.
So nice here in the evening, having a nice dinner and watching the sunset looking over the western Solent, towards Hurst Castle and Milford on Sea.
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The Waterfront
Madeira Road
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So nice here in the evening, having a nice dinner and watching the sunset looking over the western Solent, towards Hurst Castle and Milford on Sea.
Really lovely in the morning for breakfast/ lunch, right overlooking the beach towards Portsmouth . Access via Ryde seafront, Puckpool Park or walk round from Seaview.
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Dell Cafe
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Really lovely in the morning for breakfast/ lunch, right overlooking the beach towards Portsmouth . Access via Ryde seafront, Puckpool Park or walk round from Seaview.
Lovely little cafe with outdoor seating only, right on the cliff path looking over Sandown Bay. Excellent place to stop for a bite or coffee, if you’re walking a circular route along cliff path, down to the beach and back to where you parked. Great breakfasts, light lunches and cakes.
Blueberrys
Sandown Road
Lovely little cafe with outdoor seating only, right on the cliff path looking over Sandown Bay. Excellent place to stop for a bite or coffee, if you’re walking a circular route along cliff path, down to the beach and back to where you parked. Great breakfasts, light lunches and cakes.
A real neighbourhood cafe. Great breakfasts with veggie and gf options. Right on Ventnor esplanade. Dog friendly inside and out. Great views of The English Channel. Next to the cascades and the famous Isle of Wight paddling pool- your tinies will love it! Very friendly owners and staff.
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Besty & Spinkys
Eastern Esplanade
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A real neighbourhood cafe. Great breakfasts with veggie and gf options. Right on Ventnor esplanade. Dog friendly inside and out. Great views of The English Channel. Next to the cascades and the famous Isle of Wight paddling pool- your tinies will love it! Very friendly owners and staff.
Lovely independently owned coffee place. Nice brunches and lite bites. Booking advisable - it’s not huge.
The Freshwater Coffee House
5 School Green Rd
Lovely independently owned coffee place. Nice brunches and lite bites. Booking advisable - it’s not huge.
Very tasty food, pretty small so I advise booking
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The Pointer Inn
High Street
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Very tasty food, pretty small so I advise booking
Nice pub food. Lots of outdoor seating and things for kids. Dog friendly.
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The Fighting Cocks
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Nice pub food. Lots of outdoor seating and things for kids. Dog friendly.
Very nice pub food.
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The White Lion
High Street
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Very nice pub food.
It’s simply stunning food. You must try.
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Smoking Lobster Cowes
127 High Street
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It’s simply stunning food. You must try.
Our newest farm shop/ restaurant on the island, which includes all the island produce you could ask for including butchery. Opens from 8:30 most days. Really spacious, nice outdoor space overlooking fishing ponds. Great coffee, smashing breakfasts.Nice and close to The Old Chapel too. Bonus! NB only dog friendly for outdoor seating
Harvey Browns
Our newest farm shop/ restaurant on the island, which includes all the island produce you could ask for including butchery. Opens from 8:30 most days. Really spacious, nice outdoor space overlooking fishing ponds. Great coffee, smashing breakfasts.Nice and close to The Old Chapel too. Bonus! NB only dog friendly for outdoor seating
Smashing breakfasts right in the heart of Cowes. Anything from Cowboy breakfast to pancakes. Lunch and dinner too. Watch out for their themed evenings eg Spanish, Burns Night, American
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Pier View
25 High St
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Smashing breakfasts right in the heart of Cowes. Anything from Cowboy breakfast to pancakes. Lunch and dinner too. Watch out for their themed evenings eg Spanish, Burns Night, American
Lovely food and views… oh the views. Even in the winter from indoors in the warm it’s just lovely.
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The Woodvale Hotel
1 Prince's Esplanade
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Lovely food and views… oh the views. Even in the winter from indoors in the warm it’s just lovely.
Great food, I mean really great! Dog friendly and in such a beautiful part of Freshwater, nestled right next to the church.
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The Red Lion
Church Place
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Great food, I mean really great! Dog friendly and in such a beautiful part of Freshwater, nestled right next to the church.
Newly refurbished. New menu. Nice play area and maze for kids and VERY dog friendly.
Griffin Family Inn
High Street
Newly refurbished. New menu. Nice play area and maze for kids and VERY dog friendly.
Right on Sandown Esplanade. Gorgeous views and lots of outdoor seating. Nice food with something for everyone.Parking right outside.
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The Reef
Esplanade
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Right on Sandown Esplanade. Gorgeous views and lots of outdoor seating. Nice food with something for everyone.Parking right outside.
As well as gorgeous donkeys, this place has a great cafe which is just 10 minutes from The Old Chapel. Tasty light lunches and great cake. Very dog friendly.
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The Isle of Wight Donkey Sanctuary
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As well as gorgeous donkeys, this place has a great cafe which is just 10 minutes from The Old Chapel. Tasty light lunches and great cake. Very dog friendly.
Right on the seafront at Seaview. Lovely food and service. Breakfast ⭐️! You can book online. Outdoor seating too. Great views.
The Boathouse
Right on the seafront at Seaview. Lovely food and service. Breakfast ⭐️! You can book online. Outdoor seating too. Great views.
Highly recommended by recent guest. Nice and close to The Old Chapel- just a 10 minute drive
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The Yarbridge Inn.
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Highly recommended by recent guest. Nice and close to The Old Chapel- just a 10 minute drive
Really delicious food. Seasonal menus and local produce. Something for everyone and great Sunday roasts too.
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Pier View
25 High St
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Really delicious food. Seasonal menus and local produce. Something for everyone and great Sunday roasts too.
Great little independent cafe and place to play games. Great for when the weather is bad too.
Snacks and Ladders Board Game Café & Eatery
Great little independent cafe and place to play games. Great for when the weather is bad too.
Great little brunch place. Thursday to Saturday only
Loaph
Great little brunch place. Thursday to Saturday only
Very tasty Thai food in a wonderful thatched building in the heart of old Godshill. Also do take out.
Thai Journey Restaurant
Very tasty Thai food in a wonderful thatched building in the heart of old Godshill. Also do take out.
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Bluebells At Briddlesford
Briddlesford Road
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Bluebells At Briddlesford
Briddlesford Road
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Lovely food, right by the water looking over The Solent, great atmosphere and staff.
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The Old Fort
Esplanade
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Lovely food, right by the water looking over The Solent, great atmosphere and staff.
Lovely breakfasts served 9-12 then lunch from 12. Really nice decor and delicious food. Lots of ales ( obviously) and only 5 minutes from the chapel. You buy a £5 day membership but this comes with a beer, soft drink or coffee included. Nice outdoor pitch facing deck in summer with views over the countryside.
Goddards Brewery Ltd
Lovely breakfasts served 9-12 then lunch from 12. Really nice decor and delicious food. Lots of ales ( obviously) and only 5 minutes from the chapel. You buy a £5 day membership but this comes with a beer, soft drink or coffee included. Nice outdoor pitch facing deck in summer with views over the countryside.
Lovely pub food and nice atmosphere. Situated right in the heart of Little London in old Newport right by the quay . Car park on site or in nearby Quay Street or Sea Street.
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The Bargeman's Rest
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Lovely pub food and nice atmosphere. Situated right in the heart of Little London in old Newport right by the quay . Car park on site or in nearby Quay Street or Sea Street.

Sightseeing

All sorts to do here. You can walk out to the western most tip of the island and see the old battery built in 1862 and the new battery which is home to a fascinating exhibition about secret rocket testing during the Cold War. Stunning views.
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The Needles
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All sorts to do here. You can walk out to the western most tip of the island and see the old battery built in 1862 and the new battery which is home to a fascinating exhibition about secret rocket testing during the Cold War. Stunning views.
A working Benedictine monastery set in tranquil grounds, café, shop, walled garden, see the pigs and chickens, visitor centre.
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Quarr Abbey
Quarr Road
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A working Benedictine monastery set in tranquil grounds, café, shop, walled garden, see the pigs and chickens, visitor centre.
Climb the ancient steps and walk around the battlements imagining King Charles I imprisoned here. Home to the famous donkeys that walk on the wheel and raise the water from the well. English Heritage.
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Il-Kastell ta 'Carisbrooke
Castle Hill
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Climb the ancient steps and walk around the battlements imagining King Charles I imprisoned here. Home to the famous donkeys that walk on the wheel and raise the water from the well. English Heritage.
What's not to love about a steam railway. You can ride the train and imagine you've been whisked back in time to a more romantic era! The museum there is brilliant and interactive showing how the fantastic volunteers resurrected the locos and carriages. Café, shop, falconry. Seasonal events including Santa special. Must do.
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Il-Vapur tal-Isle of Wight
Main Road
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What's not to love about a steam railway. You can ride the train and imagine you've been whisked back in time to a more romantic era! The museum there is brilliant and interactive showing how the fantastic volunteers resurrected the locos and carriages. Café, shop, falconry. Seasonal events including Santa special. Must do.
The donkeys are just so lovely, I find this place so relaxing. It's deep in the countryside, free to enter, gift shop and café. (It’s a great cafe btw)The donkeys each wear a collar with their name on it and they all have so much character. SUPER dog friendly.
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The Isle of Wight Donkey Sanctuary
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The donkeys are just so lovely, I find this place so relaxing. It's deep in the countryside, free to enter, gift shop and café. (It’s a great cafe btw)The donkeys each wear a collar with their name on it and they all have so much character. SUPER dog friendly.
Queen Victoria's stunningly beautiful seaside retreat designed by her beloved Prince Albert. The house, grounds, including her private beach and Swiss Cottage built for her children are all accessible. Café and shop. English Heritage. A must see.
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Osborne House Osborne House Estate
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Queen Victoria's stunningly beautiful seaside retreat designed by her beloved Prince Albert. The house, grounds, including her private beach and Swiss Cottage built for her children are all accessible. Café and shop. English Heritage. A must see.
Yarmouth Castle is a fort built by Henry VIII in 1547 to protect Yarmouth Harbour from the threat of a French attack. Stunning views of the solent and across to the mainland from the garden where you can picnic. Children welcome.
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Yarmouth Castle
Quay Street
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Yarmouth Castle is a fort built by Henry VIII in 1547 to protect Yarmouth Harbour from the threat of a French attack. Stunning views of the solent and across to the mainland from the garden where you can picnic. Children welcome.
See the island from a different perspective. This family owned model village is so quaint and gentle - a different and gentle way to spend some time wandering around looking at a mini version of where we call home. Can you spot the miniature John Craven figure? The gardens are beautiful too and they're actually a RHS Partner Garden . Open March through October
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Model Village Godshill
High Street
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See the island from a different perspective. This family owned model village is so quaint and gentle - a different and gentle way to spend some time wandering around looking at a mini version of where we call home. Can you spot the miniature John Craven figure? The gardens are beautiful too and they're actually a RHS Partner Garden . Open March through October
Julia Margaret Cameron (1815 – 1879) was one of the most important early photographers and now recognised worldwide as a pioneer of photography as art. Ahead of her time, she was ambitious and freethinking when most Victorian women were passive and demure. She took on the challenges of handling large cameras and dangerous chemicals at a time when photography was known as ‘The Black Art’. Today she is credited with creating the first photographic close-up portraits and influencing the subsequent Pictorialism movement with her use of diffused focus. Her portraits of ‘famous men and fair women’, reflect her time within the Freshwater Circle, which included Alfred, Lord Tennyson and Lewis Carroll, and the birth of celebrity.
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Dimbola Museum & Galleries
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Julia Margaret Cameron (1815 – 1879) was one of the most important early photographers and now recognised worldwide as a pioneer of photography as art. Ahead of her time, she was ambitious and freethinking when most Victorian women were passive and demure. She took on the challenges of handling large cameras and dangerous chemicals at a time when photography was known as ‘The Black Art’. Today she is credited with creating the first photographic close-up portraits and influencing the subsequent Pictorialism movement with her use of diffused focus. Her portraits of ‘famous men and fair women’, reflect her time within the Freshwater Circle, which included Alfred, Lord Tennyson and Lewis Carroll, and the birth of celebrity.
Ventnor Botanic Garden lies in the remarkable microclimate at the heart of the famous ‘Undercliff,’ on the site of the National Hospital for Diseases of the Chest in the 1860’s where people would be sent to be treated for turbuculosis. This unique garden is protected from the cold northerly winds by chalk downs. The Garden is unrivalled for its collections of subtropical plants grown unprotected out of doors. It's a great place to wander round, the kids will love the space, it's dog friendly and there's a nice cafe too. Plant and seed sales - take a little piece of our island home to your garden. The microclimate and a scrubland habitat here supports Britain’s oldest colony of wall lizards. Can you spot them?
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Ġnien Botaniċi Ventnor
Undercliff Drive
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Ventnor Botanic Garden lies in the remarkable microclimate at the heart of the famous ‘Undercliff,’ on the site of the National Hospital for Diseases of the Chest in the 1860’s where people would be sent to be treated for turbuculosis. This unique garden is protected from the cold northerly winds by chalk downs. The Garden is unrivalled for its collections of subtropical plants grown unprotected out of doors. It's a great place to wander round, the kids will love the space, it's dog friendly and there's a nice cafe too. Plant and seed sales - take a little piece of our island home to your garden. The microclimate and a scrubland habitat here supports Britain’s oldest colony of wall lizards. Can you spot them?
Lovely mosaic, great artefacts and all under cover. Very child friendly, nice cafe too. Only 10 minutes from Apse Heath. Pick up a kit to make your own mosaic perhaps? Can you discover what the Romans called our island?
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Villa Ruma Brading
Morton Old Road
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Lovely mosaic, great artefacts and all under cover. Very child friendly, nice cafe too. Only 10 minutes from Apse Heath. Pick up a kit to make your own mosaic perhaps? Can you discover what the Romans called our island?
Lovely walk out along pier to working RNLI Lifeboat station. It’s very child friendly and interactive. Closed due to Covid restrictions but will reopen as soon as allowed. Shop always open.
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Bembridge Lifeboat Station
Lane End Road
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Lovely walk out along pier to working RNLI Lifeboat station. It’s very child friendly and interactive. Closed due to Covid restrictions but will reopen as soon as allowed. Shop always open.
Thatched cottages and tea rooms, model village, lovely walk up to the old church. Very quaint.
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Godshill
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Thatched cottages and tea rooms, model village, lovely walk up to the old church. Very quaint.
Lovely place to walk the dogs, let the kids run off steam or just wander in the calm of the trees. Drew is there with his great coffee van most days too.
Firestone Copse
Lovely place to walk the dogs, let the kids run off steam or just wander in the calm of the trees. Drew is there with his great coffee van most days too.
Skilled artisans at work, shops, interior furnishings, The Dairyman’s Daughter family friendly pub , a silver smith, and even a Shipwreck Museum
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Arreton Barns
Main Road
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Skilled artisans at work, shops, interior furnishings, The Dairyman’s Daughter family friendly pub , a silver smith, and even a Shipwreck Museum

For the kiddoes

Really good interactive museum for all ages, excellent fossil collection showing just why the island is so well known for dinosaurs. All weather attraction.
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Gżira tad-Dinosaħri
Culver Parade
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Really good interactive museum for all ages, excellent fossil collection showing just why the island is so well known for dinosaurs. All weather attraction.
Everything from flamingos and wallabies to sloths and anteaters. You can even walk through the lemur enclosure. Café and shop. New indoor play area.
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Amazon World Zoo
Watery Lane
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Everything from flamingos and wallabies to sloths and anteaters. You can even walk through the lemur enclosure. Café and shop. New indoor play area.
Super cool place to visit for everyone. The views from here are amazing too. They have alpacas, donkeys, goats, wallabies and pot bellied pigs as well as great play barns with all sorts of great things for little ones to do and to save your sanity if it's raining! There's a great restaurant too and even specialist recharging for Tesla cars.
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Tapnell Farm Park
Newport Road
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Super cool place to visit for everyone. The views from here are amazing too. They have alpacas, donkeys, goats, wallabies and pot bellied pigs as well as great play barns with all sorts of great things for little ones to do and to save your sanity if it's raining! There's a great restaurant too and even specialist recharging for Tesla cars.
Right at the bottom of the island [nest stop France] you'll find Blackgang. Cowboy land, dinosaurs, rides and space to run about. The kids just love it.
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Blackgang Chine
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Right at the bottom of the island [nest stop France] you'll find Blackgang. Cowboy land, dinosaurs, rides and space to run about. The kids just love it.
Really fun place for the whole family. Right across the road from the beach, golf, playground and Skynets.
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Sandham Gardens
Culver Parade
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Really fun place for the whole family. Right across the road from the beach, golf, playground and Skynets.
For kids young and old! Lots of fun on the race track.
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Wight Karting
Brading Road
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For kids young and old! Lots of fun on the race track.
Indoor fun for all children ( open from January 3rd 2024
Sensory Island
Indoor fun for all children ( open from January 3rd 2024
Right on the cliff path. What kid won’t be amused by this! Parking - just past the leisure centre at the top of Lake Hill , left at traffic lights. Playground right outside too.
National Poo Museum
Right on the cliff path. What kid won’t be amused by this! Parking - just past the leisure centre at the top of Lake Hill , left at traffic lights. Playground right outside too.

A little bit special

Lovely restaurant, great views and décor to yearn for. Looks stunning over Christmas.
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The George Hotel
Quay Street
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Lovely restaurant, great views and décor to yearn for. Looks stunning over Christmas.
View the island from above by taking a trip in a plane or a microlight. It's such a great experience - you'll never forget it.
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Isle of Wight/Sandown Airport
Scotchells Brook Lane
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View the island from above by taking a trip in a plane or a microlight. It's such a great experience - you'll never forget it.
Outstanding fishy menu but they do serve other stuff too. Amazing place to watch the sunsets. It's fun watching people come over from the mainland on their boats, anchor up and come ashore to eat. Some people even arrive by helicopter! You must book as it's a way to go and then be disappointed. It isn't cheap but you get what you pay for and the fish is always fresh as.
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The Hut
Colwell Chine Road
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Outstanding fishy menu but they do serve other stuff too. Amazing place to watch the sunsets. It's fun watching people come over from the mainland on their boats, anchor up and come ashore to eat. Some people even arrive by helicopter! You must book as it's a way to go and then be disappointed. It isn't cheap but you get what you pay for and the fish is always fresh as.
Superb afternoon tea [including champagne if you like] they also do a really good gf tea. Lots to eat - ask for a take home box if you're full! You must pre book. Really lovley experience, especially for a birthday or anniversary.
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The Royal Hotel
Belgrave Road
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Superb afternoon tea [including champagne if you like] they also do a really good gf tea. Lots to eat - ask for a take home box if you're full! You must pre book. Really lovley experience, especially for a birthday or anniversary.
If you like to live life a bit on the wild side and view things from a different angle why not try a spot of paragliding.
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Butterfly Paragliding
The Terrace
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If you like to live life a bit on the wild side and view things from a different angle why not try a spot of paragliding.
Have fun on a segway [min age 10] or trying your hand at archery [min age 8] or both...just not at the same time! Booking ahead essential.
Moor Active Segway Treks
Shanklin Road
Have fun on a segway [min age 10] or trying your hand at archery [min age 8] or both...just not at the same time! Booking ahead essential.
Not many places in the UK are home to the red squirrel, but we’re one of them. See these beautiful little creatures in many locations but very often spotted in Parkhurst Forest . Watch out for the squirrel road signs when you’re out and about too.
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Parkhurst Forest
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Not many places in the UK are home to the red squirrel, but we’re one of them. See these beautiful little creatures in many locations but very often spotted in Parkhurst Forest . Watch out for the squirrel road signs when you’re out and about too.
Really nice interiors and gifts
Bayliss & Booth
Lushington Hill
Really nice interiors and gifts

Fun in and on the water

Situated half way between Shanklin and Sandown in the heart of the bay, this is a great place to try water sports like body boarding, kayaking, sailing, kitesurfing etc. All my kids were lucky enough to go here for after school club [the joy of living on an island]. Fun. Fun. Fun.
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Wight Water
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Situated half way between Shanklin and Sandown in the heart of the bay, this is a great place to try water sports like body boarding, kayaking, sailing, kitesurfing etc. All my kids were lucky enough to go here for after school club [the joy of living on an island]. Fun. Fun. Fun.
Try your hand at windsurfing or paddle boarding. Based in St Helens near the beautiful Bembridge Harbour.
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Tackt-Isle Adventures
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Try your hand at windsurfing or paddle boarding. Based in St Helens near the beautiful Bembridge Harbour.
Lovely inside pool with roof that opens in summer, next to lovely boating lake complete with swans [ feathered and ones you can ride in].
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Waterside Pool
Esplanade
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Lovely inside pool with roof that opens in summer, next to lovely boating lake complete with swans [ feathered and ones you can ride in].
World renowned centre for all things in and on the water . Must book ahead. Look at their website. Amazing place.
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UKSA
Arctic Road
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World renowned centre for all things in and on the water . Must book ahead. Look at their website. Amazing place.

Animal magic

Lovely way to spend a few hours looking at the alpacas and llamas. You can even arrange to go on a walk with them. Lots of chickens, goats etc. Space for children to run off steam too. Nice cafe which serves great pizza, quiche and light lunches, cakes etc.
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West Wight Alpacas & Llamas
Main Road
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Lovely way to spend a few hours looking at the alpacas and llamas. You can even arrange to go on a walk with them. Lots of chickens, goats etc. Space for children to run off steam too. Nice cafe which serves great pizza, quiche and light lunches, cakes etc.
Really lovely and interesting way to spend a few hours. We took our eldest grandson at Christmas and even in the rain, boy did it rain, it was fascinating being given a tour of the farm, meeting the deer and learning SO much. We finished our tour in the barn with steaming hot chocolate which was delicious. You need to go on their website and prebook. You cannot just turn up.
Isle of Wight Deer Farm
Whitcombe Road
Really lovely and interesting way to spend a few hours. We took our eldest grandson at Christmas and even in the rain, boy did it rain, it was fascinating being given a tour of the farm, meeting the deer and learning SO much. We finished our tour in the barn with steaming hot chocolate which was delicious. You need to go on their website and prebook. You cannot just turn up.
See some of the world's most beautiful moths and butterflies flying freely. Nice place for a visit when the weather might not be so kind.
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Butterfly World IOW
Staplers Road
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See some of the world's most beautiful moths and butterflies flying freely. Nice place for a visit when the weather might not be so kind.
Great little award winning primate rescue centre. Visit the monkeys, birds of prey and reptiles. Cafe and play area.
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Rifuġju tal-Majmun
Staplers Road
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Great little award winning primate rescue centre. Visit the monkeys, birds of prey and reptiles. Cafe and play area.
Great little sanctuary and a nice cafe. Lots of gorgeous donkeys and mini shetlands. You could even adopt one!
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The Isle of Wight Donkey Sanctuary
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Great little sanctuary and a nice cafe. Lots of gorgeous donkeys and mini shetlands. You could even adopt one!
This is a small animal sanctuary who do wonderful work rescuing big cats and keeping them safe for the rest of their lives. There are two wonderful white lions and some tigers, two are new arrivals summer 2023 who were rescued from a terrible life. The Wildheart Trust runs the zoo and is a young, dynamic and determined charity which is flourishing under the care of its Trustees and the commitment of its team. It was founded by Charlotte Corney, former CEO of the Isle of Wight Zoo. She inherited the zoo from her parents, Jack and Judith Corney and has dedicated her life to conservation and animal welfare. Her partner, Chris Packham, is a Trustee of The Wildheart Trust and champions its cause.
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Il-Ġnien tal-Annimali tal-Isle of Wight
Yaverland Road
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This is a small animal sanctuary who do wonderful work rescuing big cats and keeping them safe for the rest of their lives. There are two wonderful white lions and some tigers, two are new arrivals summer 2023 who were rescued from a terrible life. The Wildheart Trust runs the zoo and is a young, dynamic and determined charity which is flourishing under the care of its Trustees and the commitment of its team. It was founded by Charlotte Corney, former CEO of the Isle of Wight Zoo. She inherited the zoo from her parents, Jack and Judith Corney and has dedicated her life to conservation and animal welfare. Her partner, Chris Packham, is a Trustee of The Wildheart Trust and champions its cause.