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  1. Add Ryde Pier to your Itinerary

    Ryde Pier

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    Pier

    RYDE

    Ryde's pier is the second-longest seaside pier in the country. Only Southend's is longer. The original wooden structure at Ryde opened in…

  2. Add Tennyson Monument to your Itinerary

    Tennyson Monument

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    Historic Site

    FRESHWATER

    The imposing memorial to Alfred, Lord Tennyson, the Victorian Poet Laureate, stands on the highest point of Tennyson Down (formerly High…

  3. Add The Longstone to your Itinerary

    The Longstone

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    Historic Site

    MOTTISTONE

    Legend has it that St Catherine and the Devil had a contest to see who should control the Isle of Wight. The Longstone’s tall iron…

  4. Add Alum Bay & Needles Rocks to your Itinerary

    Alum Bay & Needles Rocks

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    Historic Site

    ALUM BAY

    Alum Bay Alum Bay is well known for its multi-coloured sand cliffs and the area is also renowned for its stunning views across the Solent.…

  5. Add Oldest Timber House to your Itinerary

    Oldest Timber House

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    Historic House / Palace

    BRADING

    A black and white building in the heart of Brading village is thought to be the oldest timber-framed house on the Island. Despite its…

  6. Add The Marconi Monument to your Itinerary

    The Marconi Monument

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    Historic Site

    ALUM BAY

    Situated within Needles Park is the world famous Marconi Monument, which marks the precise location where Guglielmo Marconi undertook his…

  7. Add Earl Mountbatten Monument to your Itinerary

    Earl Mountbatten Monument

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    Historic Site

    NEWPORT

    Earl Mountbatten of Burma was the last Governor of the Isle of Wight. He held the position from 1965 until his death in 1979. He was killed…

  8. Add Queen Victoria Memorial to your Itinerary

    Queen Victoria Memorial

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    Historic Site

    NEWPORT

    This elaborate memorial by Percy Stone is in front of the County Club in Newport, close to the corner with High Street. Queen Victoria died…

  9. Add Old Church of St Lawrence to your Itinerary

    Old Church of St Lawrence

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    Church / Chapel

    ST LAWRENCE

    The tiny St Lawrence, Old Church, is probably of 13th century origin. It sits on a hillside in the Undercliff, west of Ventnor.

    The…

  10. Add 1970 Isle of Wight Festival Site to your Itinerary

    1970 Isle of Wight Festival Site

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    Historic Site

    FRESHWATER

    Visit the legendary site of the original 1970 Isle of Wight Festival.

    V-DUB ISLAND - 14TH AUGUST 2014 - 18TH AUGUST.
    This year V-Dub…

  11. Add Sir Robert Holmes Monument to your Itinerary

    Sir Robert Holmes Monument

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    Historic Site

    YARMOUTH

    Sir Robert Holmes, an adventurer with a record of overseas exploits, was a prominent local figure; he became Captain (Governor) of the…

  12. Add Earl of Yarborough Monument to your Itinerary

    Earl of Yarborough Monument

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    Historic Site

    BEMBRIDGE

    Charles Pelham of Brocklesby Park, Lincolnshire, was created 1st Earl of Yarborough in 1837. By marriage, he inherited Appuldurcombe, once…

  13. Add St. Agnes Church to your Itinerary

    St. Agnes Church

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    Church / Chapel

    FRESHWATER

    The 1908 church, with thatched roof, wooden bell-turret and apse, is by the architect Isaac Jones. Its simple west elevation, with two…

  14. Add St Catherine's Oratory - The Pepperpot to your Itinerary

    St Catherine's Oratory - The Pepperpot

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    Tower

    CHALE

    The tall, octagonal tower, the shell of a medieval lighthouse, was built in 1314 as a penance for stealing wine from a merchant ship that…

  15. Add St Mary & St Rhadegund Chapels to your Itinerary

    St Mary & St Rhadegund Chapels

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    Church / Chapel

    WHITWELL

    The church in Whitwell was really two chapels side by side. Each related to a different manor and parish. The earlier was St Rhadegund,…

  16. Add Princess Elizabeth's Monument to your Itinerary

    Princess Elizabeth's Monument

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    Church / Chapel

    NEWPORT

    Princess Elizabeth was a daughter of King Charles I. Like her father, she was imprisoned at Carisbrooke Castle. She died there in 1650 at…

  17. Add All Saints Church (Godshill) to your Itinerary

    All Saints Church (Godshill)

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    Church / Chapel

    GODSHILL

    The church has an unusual plan: a double nave and chancel of roughly equal width, small transepts, porch and north west tower, mostly in…

  18. Add Shalfleet Tympanum to your Itinerary

    Shalfleet Tympanum

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    Church / Chapel

    SHALFLEET

    The Church of St Michael the Archangel at Shalfleet has a unique sculpted tympanum - the area above a lintel and the arch above it, or…

  19. Add St Boniface Old Church to your Itinerary

    St Boniface Old Church

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    Church / Chapel

    BONCHURCH

    The church was rebuilt  in the 11th century, with the bell cote dating from the 16th century as does the bell. The muraled north wall is…

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