Things to do in Yarmouth

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   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 Island (now in its Fourth year) has moved to its new site - East Afton Farm – home of the world’s largest music…
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   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 pioneering work at the end of the 19th Century, which led to radio and all telecommunications as we know it…

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   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 Down), a long chalk ridge with sheer cliffs on its south side.

   A late work designed by J.L. Pearson, it…

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   1 Jan 2024to31 Dec 2024
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   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 Island in 1668. The present George Hotel in Yarmouth was probably his house at the time of his death in 1692…

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   1 Jan 2024to31 Dec 2024
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   West Wight Sports and Community Centre

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   Leisure / Swimming Pool

   FRESHWATER

   The West Wight Sports and Community Centre offers a range of activities including Swimming pools, sports hall (which can be used for football, badminton, basketball etc.), gym, café and over 50 adult fitness classes every week. We also provide…

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   Newtown Old Town Hall and National Nature Reserve

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   Historic Site

   NEWTOWN

   This ancient building is the only remaining evidence of the former importance of Newtown.

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   The Needles Old Battery & New Battery

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   Historic Site

   ALUM BAY

   A spectacularly sited, cliff top fort overlooking The Needles Rocks, in the care of the National Trust.

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   4 Nov 2024to30 Mar 2025
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   The Needles Landmark Attraction - Victoria's Island Trail

   ALUM BAY

   The Marconi Monument at The Needles Landmark Attraction commemorates the spot where Guglielmo Marconi set up his revolutionary wireless equipment and sent the very first wireless transmission. In August 1898, Queen Victoria was said to be…

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   Farringford - Victoria's Island Trail

   FRESHWATER BAY

   The Isle of Wight retreat of Poet Laureate Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Farringford was the centre of the Freshwater Circle group of writers, artists and intellectuals.Tennyson was a regular guest at Osborne. Prince Albert visited Farringford in 1856,…

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    Yarmouth Harbour

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    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).
    

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    1 Jan 2024to31 Dec 2024
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    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 small lancet windows flanked by buttresses, contrasts with the picturesque north frontage. Inside the walls are…

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    1 Jan 2024to31 Dec 2024
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    All Saints Church (Freshwater)

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    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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    1 Jan 2024to31 Dec 2024
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    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. Many homes around the world have a glass object filled with sand as a memento of a visit to Alum Bay and…

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    5 Jan 2024to18 Dec 2024
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    Mottistone Gardens

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    Garden

    MOTTISTONE

    Mottistone Manor Garden, which is in the care of the National Trust, is one of the most peaceful and magical gardens on the Island with colourful borders, shrub filled banks and grassy terraces which surround an Elizabethan manor house (house is…

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    4 Nov 2024to30 Mar 2025
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    Dimbola Museum and Galleries & Tea Room

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    Museum

    FRESHWATER BAY

    Home and workplace of the internationally acclaimed Victorian photographer Julia Margaret Cameron.

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    From:

    1 Jan 2024to31 Dec 2024

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