If you’re new to the Isle of Wight or have not been since childhood, it’s fair to say you’re likely to have your preconceptions thoroughly dismantled on arrival. I speak from personal experience: having not visited for 20 years, I returned...
Mark Rowe is an environmental journalist and author who writes for a wide range of national newspapers and magazines, including Geographical, Walk magazine, Scotland magazine and National Geographic Traveller. He is the author of the Bradt...
Over the years, people who run pubs, cafés and accommodation have become trusted friends on the Isle of Wight and have gone out of their way to ferry me around the Island, confirm or dispel a quirky fact I’ve run past them, and generally shared...
At Bradt Guides we’re aware that guidebooks start to go out of date on the day they’re published – and that you, our readers, are out there in the field doing research of your own. You’ll find out before us when a fine new family-run hotel opens or...
The Island 11, Island food 12, Isle of Wighty 18, Festivals & events 19, Getting there 21, Car-free travel 22, Low-impact car travel 24, Activities 24, The Island landscape – a brief natural history 33, Further information 39, How this book...
Getting there & around 280, Bembridge, Brading & around 281, Culver Down, Yaverland & around 297, Sandown, Shanklin & Luccombe 307, The east coast hinterland 321
Getting there & around 84, Cowes & East Cowes 84, Osborne House to Whippingham 95, Southeast to Binstead 103, Ryde 111, The northeast coast 120
Getting there & around 136, Tennyson Down & around 138, Freshwater Bay & around 150, Back o’ the Wight 169