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Tommy · 28/02/2005 21:40
It's all lovely! Haven't stayed there for a long time but my best friend lives there so we pop over for the day every so often.
It's also very small so you could go anywhere and be able to move around easily.
Tip - don't go in Cowes Week unless you're really into sailing
stupidgirl · 28/02/2005 22:38
There's a big holiday park with caravans at whitecliff bay. It has a 'private' beach (it's not actually private but only accessable on foot), but again it;s steep to get down onto the beach, but there's lots of facilities.
Think it's just called the whitecliff bay caravan park. There are several around there. Hang on a minute, I think I have a brochure somewhere...
RTKangaMummy · 28/02/2005 22:56
IIRC as you go from South to north the road bends round to the left around the airport and it is there
Is there a pond on other side of the road?
DH has just said he remembers seeing it but can't remember where [men]
My great Aunt was from Seaview {near Ryde}
Anyway there is a holiday park there too over the road from beach,
There is a larger one called Flamingoes also in seaview.
Frieda · 28/02/2005 23:02
We had a fab holiday on the Isle of Wight last year. It's quite a small place so very easy to get about if you're taking a car. We stayed just outside Carisbrooke (pretty countryside and medieval castle) which is bang in the middle of the island, which gave us loads of options just a short drive away. Depends what kind of thing you like, as to which ones you would enjoy . We loved Robin Hill (country park with brilliant toboggan run, a couple of theme-park-type rides and lots of outdoor play sort of stuff). Sandown has a fab dinosaur museum (although I should imagine both Sandown and Shanklin get v busy in summer), Blackgang Chine is another theme park with a lot more rides, several zoos, little steam railway rides, nice family pubs all over and lovely Minghella's icecream...
The west of the island is a bit quieter and a bit more rural; there are loads of nice sandy beaches along the coast from Sandown to Ventnor (and probably further along, although we didn't explore. Carisbrooke was fairly quiet, but set in lovely gently rolling countryside ? it was an ideal base for us.
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