Island Info - Things to do, Places to see, People to meet
The Isle of Wight has lots to offer - some like sailing and walking in our beautiful countryside and enjoying our good weather on the beach. But there are other interesting subjects which you might like to discover. We hope these will help you plan your next holiday with us.
 Fossil collecting- Isle of Wight Geology and Palaeontology
The Isle of Wight is a fossil hunter's paradise - Steven Sweetman describes the variety and high quality of fossils there are here.
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 Red squirrels on the Isle of Wight
The Isle of Wight is one of the last places in the South of England where you can still see these endearing native creatures. Robert Oliver gives some facts and figures about them as well as some very attractive photographs.
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 The Isle of Wight At War
Due to its strategic position near the entrance to Portsmouth and Southampton harbours, the Isle of Wight has been the focus of many a military invasion. Local author Fidelis Morgan marches briskly through the island’s bellicose history.
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 Smuggling and Piracy on the Isle of Wight
Topographically the Isle of Wight always has been a smuggler’s delight. Surrounded by water, with many rocky promontories to the south (great for wrecking), which also happen to overlook one of the busiest shipping lanes in the western world . . . .
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 Messing about on Boats
While the Island’s interior has plenty to offer visitors, one of its beauties – particularly in the summer – is the fact that you are never more than a few miles from that infinitely versatile playground: the sea.
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 Bats on the Isle of Wight
Bats are one of the most feared, intelligent – and threatened – species in Britain and they have their own hospital here on the Isle of Wight. Serena Allott talks to the couple who run it.
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 Annual Brambles Cricket Match
When the full or new moon hits its perigee, usually as summer becomes autumn, the spring tide hits an annual low and at this point the dreaded Bramble Bank – a vast sandbank on which many a vessel has run aground . . .
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 Fort Walk
For at least half a century a growing throng of people have marked the lowest tide of the summer by trekking through the shallows from Ducie Beach off Bembridge to St Helens Fort, set some three-quarters of a mile out into the sea.
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 Isle of Wight Golf Courses
Despite its diminutive size, the Isle of Wight boasts seven golf courses. Two of these have 18 holes, several have stunning views and they all welcome visitors.
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 Literary Wight
A romp through the Isle of Wight’s literary connections and associations, by author and novelist, Fidelis Morgan, who lives in Cowes.
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 Shipwrecks of the Isle of Wight
Many of the Island’s most dramatic wrecks were carefully recorded and described by twentieth century Isle of Wight resident Fred Mew.
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 Carisbrooke Castle
To understand the dramatic role the Isle of Wight had played in English history it is essential to visit Carisbrooke castle.
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