Places to Visit 4
Appuldurcombe House
(English Heritage)
Wroxall.
Shell of Palladian Mansion and grounds. Open April-September
Tel.: (01983) 852484
Arreton Manor
Open all year Mon.-Fri.
Tel: (01983) 528134
Brading Old Town Hall
Local museum. Open May-Sept.
Carisbrooke Castle
(English Heritage)
Nr. Newport
Museums and 161ft deep well worked by donkeys, etc. Open all year.
Tel: (01983) 522107
Dimbola Lodge
Freshwater Bay
Former home of Victorian photographer Julia Margaret Cameron. Open all year.
Tel: (01983) 756814
Haseley Manor
Arreton
Open April-October
Tel. (01983) 865420
Morton Manor and Gardens
Brading
Open Sun-Fri,
April-October
Tel: (01983) 406168
Needles Old Battery
(National Trust)
Open April-Oct.
Tel: (01983) 754772
Newtown Old Town Hall
(National Trust)
Open certain days in summer.
Tel: (01983) 741053
Nunwell House and Gardens
Brading
Open certain days in summer.
Tel: (01983) 407240
Osborne House
(English Heritage)
East Cowes.
Italianate palace and grounds.
Open Easter-October.
Tel: (01983) 200022
Yarmouth Castle
(English Heritage)
Open April-September.
Tel: (01983) 760687
Isle of Wight Steam Railway
Havenstreet
Opening days vary.
Tel: (01983) 882204
Further reading
Manor Houses of the Isle of Wight
C.W.R. Winter
Isle of Wight Curiosities
J. Jones
Parish Churches of the Isle of Wight
Tourist Information Centres
A Potted History
Tourist Information Centres
Tourist Information Centres have details of guided town trails, ghost walks
and numerous history books relating to buildings, towns, villages, steam trains
and literary personalities.