Carisbrooke Castle | Visit Carisbrooke Castle and enjoy over 800 years of history! The Isle of Wights royal castle is remarkably complete, with battlements to march across, a keep to climb and the new Edwardian inspired Princess Beatrice Garden. | 7.6 miles from cottage Click here more info... |
Nunwell House & Gardens | Situated a mile or so from the village, Nunwell House and Gardens should definitely not be missed. The picturesque house has been a family home since 1522 and is of great historic and architectural interest. It was here that Sir John Oglander, was host to Charles I on his last night of freedom and modern day visitors can still see the Parlour Chamber in which they met. | 10 miles from cottage Click here more info... |
Osborne House | Step into Queen Victoria's favourite country home and experience a world unchanged since the countrys longest reigning monarch died here just over 100 years ago. | 11.4 miles from cottage Click here more info... |
Appley Tower - World Tree Shore Bee & Wyrdstone Workings | A landmark in Ryde; Appley Tower is a Victorian mock castle tower on the esplanade overlooking the beach at Ryde. The tower is in private hands, but visitors can mount to the top for excellent views across the Solent. | 13.1 miles from cottage Click here more info... |
Appuldurcombe House | Once the grandest and most striking house on the Isle of Wight, Appuldurcombes 18th century baroque elegance is still notable today in the partly restored building. Admire the delightful east front and stroll peaceful through Capability Browns idyllic ornamental 11 acres of grounds.
| 4.6 miles from cottage Click here more info... |
Yarmouth Castle | This last and most sophisticated addition to Henry VIIIs coastal defences was completed after his death in 1547, with the first new-style arrowhead artillery bastion built in England. Displays inside the castle include atmospheric recreations of how the rooms were used in the 16th century, and an exhibition about the many wrecks which occurred in the treacherous stretch of sea which the castle overlooks. | 18.9 miles from cottage Click here more info... |
Arreton Manor | Set in five acres of land, nestled in the chalk-based Arreton Downs three miles from Newport, the manor was first mentioned in Alfred the Great's will in 885 when he left it to his youngest son Etherward. | 8.4 miles from cottage Click here more info... |
