Yarmouth Castle English Heritage next to Yarmouth IOW Terminal April 25th 2018, Quay Street, Yarmouth PO41 0PB, Isle of Wight.
On the 25th April 2018 I went back over to the Isle of Wight on a coach trip around the island. The Isle of Wight is a county and the largest and second-most populated island in England. It is in the English Channel, about 2 miles ( 3.2 km ) off the coast of Hampshire, separated by the busy Solent. The island has been a holiday destination since Victorian times, and is known for its climate, its coastal scenery and chines.
The island has also been home to the poets Algernon Charles Swinburne and to Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson FRS usually known as Alfred Lord Tennyson and Queen Victoria also paid many visits to this part of southern England and owned Osborne House at East Cowes. It has a maritime and industrial tradition including boat-building, sail-making, the manufacture of flying boats, the hovercraft, and Britain's space rockets. The island hosts annual music festivals including the Isle of Wight Festival, which in 1970 was the largest rock music event ever held. It has well established and conserved wildlife and some of the richest cliffs and quarries for dinosaur fossils in the whole of Europe. Until 1995 the island had a governor. The quickest public transport link to the mainland is the hovercraft from Ryde to Southsea; three ferry and two catamaran services also cross the Solent to Southampton Ferry Port, Lymington and finally in Portsmouth.
Set in the grounds of the Old Vicarage the Model Village in Godshill is a well laid out Model Village that allows you to escape the busy world outside. It is one of the best Model Villages I have ever visited. The Model Village first opened to the public in 1952 when after Mr Dams created models of Shanklin to populate the top section of the Old Vicarage gardens. The lower half of the garden ( the first section you will see when you enter the village ) contains models of Godshill ( the village it is situated in ) that Robin Thwaites made with help of model makers at Pinewood studios – this was the 1960’s when Thunderbirds was as a prime example of the art of modelling! All Saints Church sits proudly overlooking the other cottages and houses just like the real church a little way up on the hill. If you stand in the right spot you can see the real church, the model church, the model of the model church and then the model of the model of the model.
All Saints Church, The original foundations for the church were laid in a flat, easily accessible site; each morning they were found transferred to the hill where the church exists today. Eventually the builders gave up building it in the planned flat location and built it on the hill. The church is medieval. It is noted for its medieval wall painting of a Lily crucifix one of only two in Europe. The Lily painting was whitewashed out to save it from destruction during the Reformation. It remained hidden until the 19th century, when it was rediscovered.
Alum Bay is a bay near the western most point of the Isle of Wight, England, within sight of the Needles rock formation along with the Needles Lighthouse. Alum Bay beach is undoubtedly one of the most picturesque beaches on the Isle of Wight. This mainly shingle beach situated at the most westerly tip of the Island is framed by the iconic chalk landmarks known as The Needles with the world famous coloured sands with 21 different shades creating a dramatic and natural shelter for the beach.
Above Alum Bay beach stands The Needles Park where you will find a range of attractions, cafes, a fully licensed tea room, retail shops and not to forget the Sand shop where you can fill your own shape with a choice of the Alum Bay sands! Alum bay beach can be accessed on foot using the steps taking you through the chine or ride the chair lift from The Needles Park. They were closed the day I attended because of the gale force winds sweeping across this part of the island. It was very difficult to even stand up the wind was so fierce. The No 7 bus runs every 30 minutes from Newport or hop on the Island Breezer. Guglielmo Marconi moved to Alum Bay in 1897 to experiment with radio. He installed a 40-metre radio antenna outside the Needles Hotel in Alum Bay. Initially establishing communication with ships offshore, by early 1898 he had successfully communicated with stations at Madeira House, Bournemouth and the Haven Hotel in Poole some 20 miles away. A plaque can be seen on this site now to mark his achievement.
Yarmouth Castle English Heritage next to Yarmouth IOW Terminal April 25th 2018, Quay Street, Yarmouth PO41 0PB, Isle of Wight.
On the 25th April 2018 I went back over to the Isle of Wight on a coach trip around the island. The Isle of Wight is a county and the largest and second-most populated island in England. It is in the English Channel, about 2 miles ( 3.2 km ) off the coast of Hampshire, separated by the busy Solent. The island has been a holiday destination since Victorian times, and is known for its climate, its coastal scenery and chines.
The island has also been home to the poets Algernon Charles Swinburne and to Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson FRS usually known as Alfred Lord Tennyson and Queen Victoria also paid many visits to this part of southern England and owned Osborne House at East Cowes. It has a maritime and industrial tradition including boat-building, sail-making, the manufacture of flying boats, the hovercraft, and Britain's space rockets. The island hosts annual music festivals including the Isle of Wight Festival, which in 1970 was the largest rock music event ever held. It has well established and conserved wildlife and some of the richest cliffs and quarries for dinosaur fossils in the whole of Europe. Until 1995 the island had a governor. The quickest public transport link to the mainland is the hovercraft from Ryde to Southsea; three ferry and two catamaran services also cross the Solent to Southampton Ferry Port, Lymington and finally in Portsmouth.
Set in the grounds of the Old Vicarage the Model Village in Godshill is a well laid out Model Village that allows you to escape the busy world outside. It is one of the best Model Villages I have ever visited. The Model Village first opened to the public in 1952 when after Mr Dams created models of Shanklin to populate the top section of the Old Vicarage gardens. The lower half of the garden ( the first section you will see when you enter the village ) contains models of Godshill ( the village it is situated in ) that Robin Thwaites made with help of model makers at Pinewood studios – this was the 1960’s when Thunderbirds was as a prime example of the art of modelling! All Saints Church sits proudly overlooking the other cottages and houses just like the real church a little way up on the hill. If you stand in the right spot you can see the real church, the model church, the model of the model church and then the model of the model of the model.
All Saints Church, The original foundations for the church were laid in a flat, easily accessible site; each morning they were found transferred to the hill where the church exists today. Eventually the builders gave up building it in the planned flat location and built it on the hill. The church is medieval. It is noted for its medieval wall painting of a Lily crucifix one of only two in Europe. The Lily painting was whitewashed out to save it from destruction during the Reformation. It remained hidden until the 19th century, when it was rediscovered.
Alum Bay is a bay near the western most point of the Isle of Wight, England, within sight of the Needles rock formation along with the Needles Lighthouse. Alum Bay beach is undoubtedly one of the most picturesque beaches on the Isle of Wight. This mainly shingle beach situated at the most westerly tip of the Island is framed by the iconic chalk landmarks known as The Needles with the world famous coloured sands with 21 different shades creating a dramatic and natural shelter for the beach.
Above Alum Bay beach stands The Needles Park where you will find a range of attractions, cafes, a fully licensed tea room, retail shops and not to forget the Sand shop where you can fill your own shape with a choice of the Alum Bay sands! Alum bay beach can be accessed on foot using the steps taking you through the chine or ride the chair lift from The Needles Park. They were closed the day I attended because of the gale force winds sweeping across this part of the island. It was very difficult to even stand up the wind was so fierce. The No 7 bus runs every 30 minutes from Newport or hop on the Island Breezer. Guglielmo Marconi moved to Alum Bay in 1897 to experiment with radio. He installed a 40-metre radio antenna outside the Needles Hotel in Alum Bay. Initially establishing communication with ships offshore, by early 1898 he had successfully communicated with stations at Madeira House, Bournemouth and the Haven Hotel in Poole some 20 miles away. A plaque can be seen on this site now to mark his achievement.