St Barbe Museum and Art Gallery was established in order to tell the story of the area that lies between the Solent and the New...

This imposing coastal fortress was completed in 1544 by Henry VIII to protect the narrow Solent entrance. Extended during the Napoleonic wars, the castle was...

This was the last, and one of the most sophisticated pieces added to Henry VIII’s coastal defences; in fact, it was completed two years after...

The Isle of Wight was once joined to the mainland by a chalk ridge. This ridge runs across the centre of the island from Culver...

Artsway is a contemporary visual arts gallery based in Sway in the New Forest. We show high quality changing exhibitions, offer gallery talks, events and...

Dimbola Lodge is the former home of Julia Margaret Cameron, a noted portrait photographer of the Victorian age. This house is the place where...

Overlooking the famous Needles on the Isle of Wight, this park has many attractions and rides for all the family, a pleasure packed day for...

This museum houses one of the finest collections of motorcycles that has been established anywhere in the world. There are well over seven decades...

The Needles Battery was built in Victorian times to protect against the threat of invasion from the French. The beautiful cliff top location offers...

Highcliffe Castle, built in the 1830’s for Lord Stuart de Rothesay, was severely damaged by two fires in the late 1960’s. However in 1991 saw...

With a beautiful riverside setting this historic, picturesque 18th century shipbuilding village is where ships for Nelson’s fleet were built. The Buckler’s Hard Story together...

Palace House, once the Great Gatehouse of Beaulieu Abbey contains the resident Montagu family treasures, portraits, photographs and memorabilia. Set in the beautiful gardens overlooking...

A spectacular 200-acre woodland garden, world famous for the Rothschild collection of rhododendrons, azaleas, camellias and magnolias. The daffodil meadow, rock garden, rose garden, cascades,...

The New Forest Museum carries an extensive collection that looks at every aspect of the life and history of this extraordinary piece of woodland and...

It is from time to time that there are discoveries made that even scientists and archaeologists cannot truly explain and have trouble deciding on the...

MacPennys Woodland Gardens consists of approximately 4 acres of established woodland gardens. It was created out of gravel pits in the early 1950s. A canopy...

The New Forest Otter and Owl Sanctuary houses a large collection of native wildlife. In addition to various types of otters from around the world,...

Cowes Maritime Museum celebrates the long tradition of nautical affairs that have gone on in the town and across the whole Isle of Wight....

At Longdown Activity Farm, the emphasis is very much on ‘hands on’ activities with daily timetable including kid goat and calf bottle feeding, small animal...

The Norman House in Christchurch was built near to the original castle keep around the year 1160, to house the castle’s Constable. It is a...