Places in Isle of Wight

Local directory of named places, businesses, and landmarks

A directory of notable places in Isle of Wight, from pubs and restaurants to schools, churches, and local landmarks.

Beach

• Appley Tower
  A Victorian folly tower standing in Appley Park on the seafront east of Ryde. The tower was built in

Church

• St Mildred's Church, Whippingham
  A parish church near East Cowes designed by Prince Albert in a distinctive Germanic Gothic style, se

Community

• Quay Arts Centre
  The island's main venue for visual arts, performance and creative workshops, housed in converted riv

Healthcare

• St Mary's Hospital, Newport
  The main hospital on the Isle of Wight, providing accident and emergency, maternity, surgical and ou

Historic Site

• Carisbrooke Castle
  A medieval castle on a hill above Newport, serving as the seat of the Lords of the Isle of Wight for
• Osborne House
  Queen Victoria and Prince Albert's Italianate seaside palace near East Cowes, built in the 1840s. Th
• Brading Roman Villa
  One of the finest Roman villa sites in Britain, with well-preserved mosaic floors depicting mytholog
• Dinosaur Isle Museum
  The island's geological museum on the seafront at Sandown, celebrating the Isle of Wight's status as
• Yarmouth Castle
  A small but well-preserved coastal artillery castle built by Henry VIII in 1547 to defend the wester
• Dimbola Lodge
  The former home of the Victorian pioneer photographer Julia Margaret Cameron, now a museum and galle

Nature

• The Needles
  Three stacks of chalk rock rising from the sea at the western tip of the Isle of Wight, with a light
• Shanklin Chine
  A deep, narrow gorge running from the clifftop at Shanklin Old Village down to the beach, with a pat

Park

• Ventnor Botanic Garden
  A botanic garden in the Undercliff at Ventnor, occupying the site of the former Royal National Hospi

Pub

• The Spyglass Inn
  A characterful pub built into the sea wall on Ventnor Esplanade, with the waves sometimes breaking a

Transport

• Isle of Wight Steam Railway
  A heritage railway operating steam and vintage diesel trains between Smallbrook Junction and Wootton
• Ryde Pier
  One of the oldest seaside piers in England, extending half a mile into the Solent from Ryde Esplanad