Places to visit 3
Ventnor Botanic Garden
Open daily all year. Temperate house is open daily,
April - October and Sundays in winter.
Tel: (01983) 855397
Isle of Wight Rare Breeds Park
St Lawrence
Open daily in the summer and most school holidays and weekends in winter.
Tel: (01983) 852582
Tropical Bird Park
St Lawrence
Open daily all year.
Tel: (01983) 852583
Ventnor Heritage Centre
Spring Hill, Ventnor
Local history exhibition open week days April to November.
Tel: (01983) 855407
St Boniface Old Church
Bonchurch
One of the Island's smallest churches in a picturesque setting.
New Church of St Boniface
Bonchurch
Interesting Victorian memorials and tombstones.
St Lawrence Old Church
12th century, once the smallest in the country.
St Catherine's Lighthouse
Open summer afternoons at the discretion of the keeper.
Further reading
South East Coastal Path Leaflet
Isle of Wight Council
Study Pack
Ventnor and the Undercliff
Isle of Wight Council's educational guide for schools
Old Men Remember
Reminiscences of Victorian life by two elderly gentlemen
Local History Trails for Bonchurch and Ventnor
Inns and Alehouses - Bonchurch to Chale
The Isle of Wight Bedside Anthology
Hugh Noyes
Village Churches of the Isle of Wight
R. & P. Winter