Days out with the kids on the Isle of Wight

Have some fun with the little rascals and try some of the ideas below.

Garlic Festival

The Isle of Wight Garlic Festival is a unique event in the Island calendar and another one of those 'must do' visitor attractions ...

Freshwater
PO38 3EW

Compton Bay

Compton Bay is to be found on the southwest coast of the Isle of Wight. It has a white chalk cliff and part of its edge is formed ...

Ryde
PO33 2HX

Ryde Cinema

The old commodore cimema in Ryde was opened in 1936, 3 years before World War Two and was the largest on the Island until the mul...

Calbourne
PO30 4JN

Calbourne Water Mill

Set in 35 acres of stunning rural landscape, Calbourne Water Mill contains one of the oldest working water mills in the countr...

Shanklin
PO37 6BW

Shanklin Chine

It's an area of stunning beauty set inside a chine! A chine is a naturally occuring, steep sided valley formed by a river and w...

Yarmouth
PO41 0YJ

Tapnell Farm

Tapnell Farm was opened up to the public after dairy farming was moved to the mainland. Tapenll Farm Park was created to enable al...

Newtown
PO30 3PA

Newtown Old Town Hall

Built on the foundations of the old mediaeval town hall in the 1600's, this building was used to send MP's to parliament from the ...

Yarmouth
PO41 0RR

Fort Victoria Model Railway

A huge model railway with stunning attention to detail sweeping through tunnels, mountains & model villages. Model railway C...

Alum Bay
PO39 0JH

The Needles New Battery

A small exhibition in the underground rooms of The New Battery, further up the headland, reveals the astonishing and little-known...

Alum Bay
PO39 0JH

The Needles Old Battery

A spectacular cliff-top fort built in 1862 with exhibitions and displays exploring how the fort was used from the days of Queen Vi...

Bembridge
PO35 5TB

Bembridge Lifeboat Station

Bembridge lifeboat station is classified as a key station by the RNLI and is strategically situated in the Solent, home to one of ...

Ryde
PO33 1JA

Ryde Harbour

Ryde Harbour is situated on the seafront on the north-east coast of the Isle of Wight. The Harbour is ideal for family cruising...

Brading
PO36 0EN

Brading Roman Villa

The Romans had a large influence on the Isle of Wight (did you know they called the Island 'Vectis'?). You can view all this and ...

Arreton
PO30 3AA

Shipwreck Centre

The Shipwreck Centre and Maritime Museum contains atrifacts from shipwrecks over the centuries. There are several exhibitions an...

RYDE
PO33 4ES

Quarr Abbey

Quarr Abbey is home to a small group of Benedictine monks who strive to dedicate their lives to the glory of God, and whose day i...