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Pubs we like! | Local
Sports & Leisure | Local
Attractions | Local Walks
Pubs
The Taverners
High Street Godshill Ventnor PO38 3HZ Telephone:
01983 840707
Open: All year. 11am to 11pm, Sundays close 10.30. Restaurant
and gardens. Very Good Food.
The Buddle Inn
St Catherines Road Niton Ventnor
PO38 2NE Telephone: 01983 730243
Open: All year. 11am to 11pm. Food served
from 12-2.45pm & 6-9pm. Ex Smugglers haunt, broad stone
fire-place, heavy black beams, family dining room, bar food
including seafood & griddled dishes, games room and live
jazz. Local beers and wines sold. Some good walks nearby,
close to St Catherines Lighthouse.
Red Lion Inn
Church Place Freshwater Freshwater Bay
PO40 9BP Telephone: 01983 754925 Traditional village inn.
Outstanding food - Egon Ronay recommended. (no children
under 10 yrs old in the bar)
Wight Mouse Inn
Newport Road, Chale PO38 2HA Email:
Telephone: 01983 730431
Open: 11am-11pm Sun-Thurs, Fri & Sat 11am-midnight.
The Wight Mouse Inn has recently undergone a £1
million restoration and now offers excellent family and
disabled facilites. It also has a large menu of traditional
pub food, real ales and a restaurant with non-smoking
areas. Food served from midday until 9pm, Fri & Sat
until-10pm. A good family venue.
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Local Sports
And Leisure
Ventnor Golf Club
Steephill Down Road Ventnor PO38 1BP Email:
secretary@ventnorgolfclub.co.uk Telephone: 01983 853326
Open: All year. Dawn to dusk. Closed Sunday until 12.30pm Situated
on the downs above Ventnor with spectacular views. 12 holes/18
tees - par 68
Wight Off Road Mountain Biking
105 Sandown High Street Sandown PO36 8AS
Email: gavin@wightoffroad.co.uk Telephone: 01983 730120
Open: All year. 8.30am to 6pm Guided off
or on road rides and bike hire delivered and collected to
and from anywhere on the island. Also sales and repairs.
Bike hire £14.
Wight Water Adventure Sports
19 Orchardy Road Shanklin PO37 7NP Email:
surf@wightwaters.com Telephone: 01983 404987
Open: April to Sept. 9am to 5pm 7days
per week Surfing, sailing,kayaking, windsurfing and body
boarding. Supply equipment and wet suits to hire or for
tuition. Beachfronted café. Lifeguarded and qualified
staff. ALLA, BCU, and BSA approved. All sailing staff are
RYA instructors
Butterfly Paragliding
The Terrace Chale PO38 2HL Email: butterfly@paraglide.uk.com
Telephone: 01983 731611
Open: All year. When flyable Established
and registered school with an enviable safety record
with some of the best training, weather and sites anywhere.
Comprehensively equipped school, friendly instructors,
an on site clubhouse and fully stocked shop. Teaching
for all levels from complete beginner.
Horse Riding
Allendale Equestrian Centre
Location: Godshill Telephone 01983
840258
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Some
Local Attractions
Appuldurcombe House and Owl & Falconry
centre
Appuldurcombe Road Wroxall PO38 3EW Email:
enquiries@appuldurcombe.co.uk Telephone: 01983 852484
Open: 1 April to 30 September 10am-4pm
Partially restored shell of 18th Century
English baroque house. Ornamental grounds landscaped by Capability
Brown. Falconry displays are the latest attraction at this,
one of the grandest of the Islands mansions. Exhibition and
gift shop. Café in falconry centre.
Blackgang Chine
Blackgang Chine Ventnor PO38 2HN Email:
info@blackgangchine.com Telephone: 01983 730330
Spectacular cliff top gardens, originally
opened in 1843, now offer a wide range of the weird and
wonderful, as well as exciting attractions for all the
family. These include the Cliffhanger roller coaster, family
boat slides, a full size cowboy town, a giant hedge maze
and pirate adventure play! Free return within 7 days.
OPENING TIMES AND SPECIAL EVENTS: 30 Mar-13
Sep open daily from 10am. 14 Sep-1 Nov open Tue, Wed, Thu,
Sat & Sun. Blackgang's Pirate Firework Parties! from
6pm onwards Wednesday, 27 May and every Wednesday in the
school summer holidays.
Ventnor Botanical Gardens
The Undercliffe Drive Ventnor PO38 1UL
Email: alison.ellsbury@iow.gov.uk Telephone: 01983 855397
Open: 10am-6pm daily The Botanic Garden
on the Isle of Wight is a place where the pleasure of
plants can be enjoyed to the fullest, it is also a place
where people of all ages can learn more about the wonderful
world of plants and the inextricable link that we have
with them. Includes cafe, gift shop, plant sales and
greenhouse exhibition.
St Catherines Oratory (The Pepper
Pot)
St Catherines Oratory is the only
surviving medieval lighthouse in Britain. It is the
rocket shaped structure, locally known as the Pepper
Pot. This location offers the finest views, accross
the whole Island, and the mainland and English Channel
towards Cherbourg, some 60 miles away.
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Some
Local WalksDirect from the cottages
1.
A circular walk from Maytime Cottage with fantastic panoramic
views
2. Three walks from Plum Tree Cottage
(Walk
3 also accessible from Maytime Cottage)
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