Location: Newport in United Kingdom
Nearest Airport:
Southampton at 8
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Nearest Ferry:
Ryde/Cowes at 5
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Nearest Train:
Newport at 4
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Nearest Beach:
beach at 4
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Car: recommended
The Isle Of Wight, situated just off the South Coast of England, is one of Britain's finest holiday destinations.
Made popular by Queen Victoria who had her maritime residence at Osbourne House. The Island is famous for sailing in the Solent; The Needles, for Cowes Week; for the Round the Island Race, for its beautiful coastline including many many miles of clean sandy beaches. It enjoys spectacular countryside and the longest hours of sunshine in England.
The area is famous for its fossils and children and adults can score the beaches and be almost guaranteed to find fossils from the Jurassic age - as long as they can recognise them.
With 350 ferry crossings a day and routes that link directly with rail, coach and road it couldn’t be easier to get to, take your own car across to the Island or catch the swift passenger ferry and make use of the Isle of Wight’s excellent transport system that has been specifically designed with the holidaymaker in mind.