Cowes Maritime Museum celebrates the long tradition of nautical affairs that have gone on in the town and across the whole Isle of Wight....

Osborne House was bought by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in 1845 and used as a retreat away from stresses and court life. Today it...

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...

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...

Located in Newport on the Isle of Wight, one thing that you are not expecting amongst the suburban homes of this area is a Roman...

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,...

Calshot Castle formed part of the chain of costal forts built by Henry VIII in 1539. Its strategic importance, alongside the deep-water channel between Southampton...

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

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...

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...

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...

There are more than 240 acres of parkland, woodland and foreshore areas to be explored here. The park is in the grounds of an old...

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...

This Victorian folly stands on the edge of the award-winning sands of Ryde beach. It is now home to a small crystal and rune shop,...

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...

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...

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

A world of wildlife awaits you at this award-winning park. This park is home to wonderful penguins, pelicans, flamingos, parrots, beavers and many different species...

St Catherine’s Oratory is a tall medieval tower, octaganal in shape. Many claim that the tower was once used as a lighthouse, although the...