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  1. Add Prince of Wales (East Cowes) to your Itinerary

    Prince of Wales (East Cowes)

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    Pub/Inn

    EAST COWES

    The Prince of Wales is a traditional pub with a friendly and lively atmosphere.

  2. Add The Kings Head to your Itinerary

    The Kings Head

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    Type:

    Pub/Inn

    Yarmouth

    The Kings Head is a welcoming and lively pub in the heart of the coastal town of Yarmouth.

  3. Add The Old Corner Bank to your Itinerary

    The Old Corner Bank

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    Type:

    Pubs

    SANDOWN

    The Old Corner Bank has kept its charm of the bank it use to be with many of the original features still standing. 

    Visit for a drink or a home cooked meal that is fresh to order at affordable prices. 

  4. Add Fisherman's Cottage to your Itinerary

    Fisherman's Cottage

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    Type:

    Pub/Inn

    SHANKLIN

    Shanklin’s original dining pub on the beach, Fisherman’s Cottage is one of the longest established pubs in the south of the Island, trading since the early 1800’s.

  5. Add Island Riding Centre to your Itinerary

    Island Riding Centre

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    Type:

    Horse Riding

    Newport

    At Island Riding Centre we offer a range of riding activities for all ages and abilities – the perfect place to saddle up. If you are learning to ride or an experienced horse rider, we have escapes and short riding breaks with or without your horse…

  6. Add Bembridge Harbour Authority to your Itinerary

    Bembridge Harbour Authority

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    Type:

    Sailing

    ST HELENS

    A leisure harbour with a residents' Marina, a visitors' Marina, 2 yacht clubs, an Angling Club, a commercial fishermans' pontoon & a variety of marine businesses.

  7. Add Yarmouth Harbour to your Itinerary

    Yarmouth Harbour

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    Type:

    Sailing

    The Quay, Yarmouth

    Welcome to Yarmouth Harbour – situated on the Isle of Wight’s northwest coast and gateway to West Wight’s Isle of Wight National Landscape (formerly known as Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty).

  8. Add Sir John Oglander's Effigy to your Itinerary

    Sir John Oglander's Effigy

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    Type:

    Church / Chapel

    BRADING

    The Oglander family were manorial lords at Nunwell from at least the 12th century. Their table tombs and memorials in Brading church are amongst the finest on the Island.

    Sir John Oglander died in 1655 aged 70. His carved wooden effigy is of…

  9. Add Oldest Timber House to your Itinerary

    Oldest Timber House

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    Type:

    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 prettified appearance, it is substantially a two-bay jettied timber-framed house dating from around 1600 or earlier…

  10. Add Earl Mountbatten Monument to your Itinerary

    Earl Mountbatten Monument

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    Type:

    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 by a bomb planted by the IRA that exploded on the boat he was sailing off the coast of the Republic of…

  11. Add Queen Victoria Memorial to your Itinerary

    Queen Victoria Memorial

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    Type:

    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 in 1901 and the memorial was unveiled two years later.

    Its triangular base, with concave sides, stands on…

  12. Add Queen Victoria's Church (St. Mildred's) to your Itinerary

    Queen Victoria's Church (St. Mildred's)

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    Type:

    Church / Chapel

    EAST COWES

    This is the church used by Queen Victoria when she was in residence at Osborne House.

    The church is run by volunteers and there is a guide on duty in the church. 

    Exhibition located within the Church and Church Centre:

    There is a…

  13. Add St Christopher Wall Painting to your Itinerary

    St Christopher Wall Painting

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    Type:

    Church / Chapel

    SHORWELL

    Over the north door of the church of St Peter in the village of Shorwell, is an elaborate wall painting depicting scenes from the life of St Christopher.

    The saint is shown bearing the Christ Child across a river, but also appears on the left by…

  14. Add Shalfleet Tympanum to your Itinerary

    Shalfleet Tympanum

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    Type:

    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 within a pediment. The north door is the oldest feature of the church and has been dated to the 12th century. A…

  15. Add St. Agnes Church to your Itinerary

    St. Agnes Church

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    Type:

    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 small lancet windows flanked by buttresses, contrasts with the picturesque north frontage. Inside the walls are…

  16. Add The Unknown Knight to your Itinerary

    The Unknown Knight

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    Type:

    Church / Chapel

    GATCOMBE

    An unusual wooden effigy to an unknown knight can be found in the medieval church at Gatcombe. It sits in a recess in the chancel and depicts a knight with crossed legs and a dog at his feet, as was the style in the 14th century. However, some of…

  17. Add St George Church to your Itinerary

    St George Church

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    Type:

    Church / Chapel

    ARRETON

    St George, in the parish of Arreton, is one of the most remarkable churches on the Island, possibly the successor to an earlier late Saxon 'mother church'. The west wall is essentially late Saxon and the west part of the chancel is also of early…

  18. Add St Boniface Old Church to your Itinerary

    St Boniface Old Church

    Type

    Type:

    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 said to be from as early as the 7th century. The south porch was added in the 19th century. 

  19. Add St Lawrence Parish Church to your Itinerary

    St Lawrence Parish Church

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    Type:

    Church / Chapel

    ST LAWRENCE

    This Victorian church was designed by the architect Sir George Gilbert Scott in 1878. The interior has hardly altered since the church was built.

    The stained glass windows are mainly by Morris & Co., and date from about 1873. They were originally…

  20. Add All Saints Church (Freshwater) to your Itinerary

    All Saints Church (Freshwater)

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    Type:

    Church / Chapel

    FRESHWATER

    The church is of Saxon origin and stands near the head of the tidal estuary of the River Yar.

    The late Saxon church had an aisle-less nave. Some of the quoins (dressed stones at the angles of a building) at its north west and south west angles…

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