Dimbola Lodge is the former home of Julia Margaret Cameron, a noted portrait photographer of the Victorian age. This house is the place where...

The Isle of Wight was once joined to the mainland by a chalk ridge. This ridge runs across the centre of the island from Culver...

Overlooking the famous Needles on the Isle of Wight, this park has many attractions and rides for all the family, a pleasure packed day for...

The Needles Battery was built in Victorian times to protect against the threat of invasion from the French. The beautiful cliff top location offers...

This was the last, and one of the most sophisticated pieces added to Henry VIII’s coastal defences; in fact, it was completed two years after...

This fine-looking town hall building has a fascinating history that dates back to its construction in the 17th Century. At one stage, this tiny...

St Barbe Museum and Art Gallery was established in order to tell the story of the area that lies between the Solent and the New...

This imposing coastal fortress was completed in 1544 by Henry VIII to protect the narrow Solent entrance. Extended during the Napoleonic wars, the castle was...

Carisbrooke Castle Museum is located in Newport and is dedicated to telling the story of this grand castle that has for hundreds of years dominated...

Artsway is a contemporary visual arts gallery based in Sway in the New Forest. We show high quality changing exhibitions, offer gallery talks, events and...

The Maritime Heritage Museum exhibits 60 small, attractive and unique craft with special displays. Just added are genuine Gipsy Moth IV items. Restoration of historic...

Highcliffe Castle, built in the 1830’s for Lord Stuart de Rothesay, was severely damaged by two fires in the late 1960’s. However in 1991 saw...

With a beautiful riverside setting this historic, picturesque 18th century shipbuilding village is where ships for Nelson’s fleet were built. The Buckler’s Hard Story together...

This museum houses one of the finest collections of motorcycles that has been established anywhere in the world. There are well over seven decades...

Palace House, once the Great Gatehouse of Beaulieu Abbey contains the resident Montagu family treasures, portraits, photographs and memorabilia. Set in the beautiful gardens overlooking...

A spectacular 200-acre woodland garden, world famous for the Rothschild collection of rhododendrons, azaleas, camellias and magnolias. The daffodil meadow, rock garden, rose garden, cascades,...

Spectacular cliff top gardens overlooking the South West coast of the Isle of Wight with exciting themed areas including a thrilling water ride, a full...

A carefully restored mill situated on Christchurch Quay at the confluence of the rivers Stour and Avon. Although unable to grind corn, the wheel is...

This charming Georgian building would have originally been used as the workhouse for the community. It has been converted into a museum and is...

The Isle of Wight Steam Railway gives visitors to the southernmost English county a chance to relive a more simple and elegant time on the...