Seaview caravan at Thorness Bay, Isle of Wight

20/11/2024

🎁 🎅🏻 Santa Claus is coming to Town! 🎅🏻 🎁

Ho ho head on down to Arreton Barns to visit the jolly man in red this December!

Santa will be paying Arreton Barns a visit on the 14th, 15th, 21st, 23rd and 24th of December, so be sure to head down with the young ones for a magical prelude to Christmas.

Advance booking required, please contact the Corn Exchange on 01983 539365 to book your child's slot

08/11/2024

🎄We have Christmas officially in the bag! 🎅🏼⁠
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Enjoy the festive season by having breakfast with Santa, take part in a immersive Christmas experience through time at Tapnell Farm Park, feel Christmassy at this years Newport Carnival Festival Parade, along with Christmas markets and fairs to inspire your family and friends gifts...⁠
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There really is something for everyone - watch this space! More to be added on a regular basis as we find out!⁠
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🔗 https://shorturl.at/lRcxR
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08/11/2024

Say Yes to a Magical Wight Christmas 🎄✨

Whether you’re dreaming of a cosy Christmas staycation, seeking fun-filled family moments, planning a romantic winter getaway, or hunting for the perfect gift on a magical shopping spree, the Isle of Wight has it all this festive season.🤩

From twinkling attractions to unforgettable experiences, there's something to inspire every festive spirit.❄️

ℹ️ Click here for Christmas inspiration: https://shorturl.at/PTNKm

02/11/2024

Liz Ward is celebrating 15 years at Parkdean Resorts 👏

Liz is our incredible Administration Manager, responsible for managing finance processes on the popular Isle of Wight holiday park, Thorness Bay.

First joining the Parkdean Resorts team in the Sales Admin department in 2009, Liz transferred to her current role after just one year and really enjoys it.

💬 Liz said: “I’m delighted to be celebrating 15 years with Parkdean Resorts. I really enjoy my job, no two days are ever the same, and there are lots of routes to progress within the company. I’ve been working in holiday parks for over 20 years now and couldn’t imagine doing anything else.”

We love celebrating our people and the milestones throughout their careers 🎉

31/10/2024

🦇 Happy Halloween from all of us at isleofwight.com! 🎃

Enjoy a SPOOKTACULAR celebration by checking out our comprehensive Halloween Events guide:⁠
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🔗 https://www.isleofwight.com/isle-of-wight-events/halloween/
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25/10/2024

🕸️ 🎃 Get Ready for a Hair-Raising Halloween Spooktacular! 🎃 🕸️

This October, join us for a month-long celebration of all things spooky! Explore our haunted grounds decked out with eerie decorations, animatronics, and live actors bringing frightful surprises around every corner. From werewolves to wyverns, you never know what lurks in the shadows! 🐺

On weekends, enjoy live music featuring your favorite spooky tunes, and don’t forget to come in costume—fancy dress is highly encouraged!

Find out more: https://shanklinchine.co.uk/events/shanklin-chine-halloween-spooktacular/

25/10/2024

24/10/2024

24/10/2024

🎃 Halloween Countdown at Briddlesford Farm! 🎃

With only a week to go until Halloween, we’ve got a pumpkin barn full of perfect pumpkins waiting for you! 🎃✨

Bring your family and friends to pick out the best ones, and don’t forget, we’ve got mini wheelbarrows for your little pumpkins to join in the fun! 🧡👻

24/10/2024

23/10/2024

23/10/2024

WHAT'S ON THIS OCTOBER HALF TERM 👻🎃

👻 Dare to be scared at Shanklin Chine's Halloween Spooktacular with eerie decorations, animatronics, live actors and spine-chilling surprises (now until 3 Nov).
🔎 Explore Quarr Abbey as you follow the clues on their All Saints Trail to find the ten Saints hidden around the Abbey and its grounds (now until 3 Nov).
🎃 Tapnell Farm is celebrating the humble pumpkin this October with a Pumpkin Trail and Pumpkin Festival (selected dates).
🏰 Gather your little monsters for a ghoulishly good day out at Carisbrooke Castle for their half term event (19 Oct-3 Nov).
🐯 This October Half Term, discover the secrets of lost animals on a Myths and Legends adventure at Wildheart Animal Sanctuary (19 Oct-3 Nov).
🐴 Things are getting a little spooky at the Isle of Wight Donkey Sanctuary! Pick up the free Halloween Trail and keep an eye out for pictures of ghosts all around the sanctuary (19 Oct-3 Nov).
🎃 Grab a wheelbarrow and explore the magical, autumnal farm pumpkin patch at Westover Farm (weekends in October).
🌊 Go behind the scenes of the world’s only year-round scheduled passenger hovercraft service with a Hovertravel Ltd tour (21 & 22 October).
🦸‍♂️ Meet celebrity guests and enjoy a variety of entertainment at this year's Fan TC Con - a great day out for all the family (19 October).
👻 Halloween Spooktacular at 1Leisure Medina Theatre is jam-packed with your favourite Halloween hits and amazing ultra-violet puppetry (23 October).
🦇 Join Gunner Bruce, a Victorian soldier and amateur naturalist, as he investigates some mysterious bat sightings at National Trust Isle of Wight's The Needles Old Battery during their Bat Trail event (19 Oct-3 Nov).
🎇 Bembridge Fireworks will take place on 25 October with stalls, food and drinks and fireworks lighting up the sky from 7.30pm.
🥀 Celebrate life and immerse yourself in a magical world at Blackgang Chine- Land of Imagination at their Fiesta of the Dead event (25-26 & 29-31 October).
🎃 Harrowing Horrors at Wild Oak Farm is hosting an exciting pumpkin picking event this Halloween - it's great fun for the kids this half term (26-31 October).
🧙‍♀️ Head for Isle of Wight Steam Railway's Wizard Week - it’s wickedly, wonderful fun this half term as witches, wizards and other ghouls take over Havenstreet (26 Oct-1 Nov).
👻 Join Carisbrooke Castle's storytellers as they guide you on a journey through the past at their Ghost Tales event (26-27 & 31 October).
🔎 Sign up to a Compton Bay fossil walk with your guide Megan, who will use the fossils and clues in the rocks to build a picture of the dramatic changes the Island has undergone, before a trip to the famous Hanover Point dinosaur footprints (27, 29 & 31 October).
😱 AFTER DARK Spooktacular is coming to Robin Hill this Halloween where it'll host the Isle of Wight’s biggest kids party on 31 October.
🤼‍♀️ Back bigger than ever before are the super heroes and villains of LDN Wrestling for the season final! Visit 1Leisure Medina Theatre on 1 November to see these athletes in action.
🏃‍♀️ A running event with a difference. Can you complete the 5km run between Wootton and Havenstreet faster than Isle of Wight Steam Railway's steam train? Sign up to Race the Train on 2 November.
🎆 Blackgang Chine- Land of Imagination are hosting a one-off special event to see the season out with a literal bang as they present what they say will be their biggest fireworks display ever (2 November).

ℹ️ For more information on what's on, click here: visitisleofwight.co.uk/whats-on

23/10/2024

👀 MORE EVENTS HAVE BEEN ADDED 📢⁠
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The Isle of Fright guide to your Island Halloween events:⁠
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We would just like to share your Halloween event this autumn.⁠ Do you have something spooky going on and be present on our Halloween Half Term school holiday guide? If so, place your artwork in the comments below or submit a good quality graphic to [email protected].⁠
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We will be frightfully pleased to hear from you!⁠
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08/10/2024

21/09/2024

A lovely painting of Shanklin Old Village on Isle of Wight, by Alfred Robert Quinton, published around 1900, compared to how it looks today.

The original community consisted of about a dozen fishermen's cottages, many of which still survive in the Old Village today.