Guidebook for Shanklin and beyond
Food Scene
The Taverners serve delicious food. It's a pub restaurant, a cosey atmosphere, the produce is freshly prepared, an excellent menu. It's a fifteen-minute drive from Shanklin. Tel: 01983 840707
36 locals recommend
The Taverners
High StreetThe Taverners serve delicious food. It's a pub restaurant, a cosey atmosphere, the produce is freshly prepared, an excellent menu. It's a fifteen-minute drive from Shanklin. Tel: 01983 840707
Here I'm recommending afternoon tea, the Royal has a real old-world charm. If you're travelling by public transport check out the number 3 bus http://www.islandbuses.info/ or they have a small car park opposite.
Tel: 01983 852186
36 locals recommend
The Royal Hotel
Belgrave RoadHere I'm recommending afternoon tea, the Royal has a real old-world charm. If you're travelling by public transport check out the number 3 bus http://www.islandbuses.info/ or they have a small car park opposite.
Tel: 01983 852186
Quaint little tea shop in Shanklin. With homemade cakes and sandwiches, popular with knitters!
01983 865345
Cinderellas Dress Hire
7 High StQuaint little tea shop in Shanklin. With homemade cakes and sandwiches, popular with knitters!
01983 865345
It's very nearby, it's a nice place to sit outside for a drink as it has the most amazing views of sea and sky it serves good food. Plus on a Sunday they often have live bands in the garden.
Tel: 01983 864145
8 locals recommend
The Hideaway
Saint Boniface Cliff RoadIt's very nearby, it's a nice place to sit outside for a drink as it has the most amazing views of sea and sky it serves good food. Plus on a Sunday they often have live bands in the garden.
Tel: 01983 864145
This is actually a really old pub right on the beach at the South end of Shanklin seafront, just a great location for a glass of beer! They also serve food.
Opening hour; summer season· 11 am–11 pm
Phone: 01983 863882
13 locals recommend
Fishermans Cottage, Shanklin
This is actually a really old pub right on the beach at the South end of Shanklin seafront, just a great location for a glass of beer! They also serve food.
Opening hour; summer season· 11 am–11 pm
Phone: 01983 863882
Lining the beach is an Esplanade with cafés. The south end of the beach is overlooked by small hotels, pubs and restaurants.
8 locals recommend
Shanklin seafront
EsplanadeLining the beach is an Esplanade with cafés. The south end of the beach is overlooked by small hotels, pubs and restaurants.
Drinks & Nightlife
The Spyglass has a nice atmosphere and excellent views, some good live music too. Also serves food, good if you're hungry as far as I remember it's a big portions of chips place, the whitebait was good!
A 20 minute drive or bus ride take the number 3, or walk from Shanklin maybe 2 hours.
Tel: 01983 855338
78 locals recommend
The Spyglass Inn
EsplanadeThe Spyglass has a nice atmosphere and excellent views, some good live music too. Also serves food, good if you're hungry as far as I remember it's a big portions of chips place, the whitebait was good!
A 20 minute drive or bus ride take the number 3, or walk from Shanklin maybe 2 hours.
Tel: 01983 855338
This is one of the oldest pubs on the Island, atmospheric, great views and they serve real ales. 10 minutes walk from here.
The Chine Inn
1 Chine AveThis is one of the oldest pubs on the Island, atmospheric, great views and they serve real ales. 10 minutes walk from here.
Parks & Nature
I'm mentioning bonchurch because I'd like to recommend (if you're able-bodied and like a good walk) the Coastal Path walk from Shanklin to Ventnor through the landslip, past Devils Chimney. It can take aprox. an hour and a half, best if it's not rainy as it gets muddy and then you need good boots :) you can get the number 3 bus back from Ventnor town it goes every half hour or so check the timetable at http://www.islandbuses.info/
9 locals recommend
Bonchurch
I'm mentioning bonchurch because I'd like to recommend (if you're able-bodied and like a good walk) the Coastal Path walk from Shanklin to Ventnor through the landslip, past Devils Chimney. It can take aprox. an hour and a half, best if it's not rainy as it gets muddy and then you need good boots :) you can get the number 3 bus back from Ventnor town it goes every half hour or so check the timetable at http://www.islandbuses.info/
If you like a good walk and would like to get up high and look down over Shanklin and Sandown and across the Island to Ryde and the mainland beyond. Start at St Blasius Church in Shanklin, there's a free car park or it's a 15-minute walk through the town from us. Head through the churchyard and follow the sign over the style and through the gate into the fields beyond. Follow the well-trodden footpath that takes you up and up to the small cement tumuli where you can sit and take in the amazing views. Take water. It's quite steep in places, suitable for the able-bodied. Allow aprox. 45 mins to walk from the Isle of Yoga to the top,(this depends greatly on fitness! :)
There are various walks from here to Ventnor for example. I would recommend using a map or google.
Shanklin
If you like a good walk and would like to get up high and look down over Shanklin and Sandown and across the Island to Ryde and the mainland beyond. Start at St Blasius Church in Shanklin, there's a free car park or it's a 15-minute walk through the town from us. Head through the churchyard and follow the sign over the style and through the gate into the fields beyond. Follow the well-trodden footpath that takes you up and up to the small cement tumuli where you can sit and take in the amazing views. Take water. It's quite steep in places, suitable for the able-bodied. Allow aprox. 45 mins to walk from the Isle of Yoga to the top,(this depends greatly on fitness! :)
There are various walks from here to Ventnor for example. I would recommend using a map or google.
A very beautiful little cove with old-world charm, a number of cafes and a restaurant encircle the small cove, selling locally caught seafood and fresh crab pasties, also ice creams and teas. Access to the cove is made via a 25-minute walk from Ventnor Esplanade and Beach along the coast path. Or a steeper descent down Love Lane which runs past Ventnor cricket club. It is also possible to get to Steephill Cove by walking from the back of the Ventnor Botanic. (Charges apply if parking at the Botanic Gardens).
The clue is in the name: it's down/up a steep hill!
70 locals recommend
Steephill Cove Chalet
Steephill RoadA very beautiful little cove with old-world charm, a number of cafes and a restaurant encircle the small cove, selling locally caught seafood and fresh crab pasties, also ice creams and teas. Access to the cove is made via a 25-minute walk from Ventnor Esplanade and Beach along the coast path. Or a steeper descent down Love Lane which runs past Ventnor cricket club. It is also possible to get to Steephill Cove by walking from the back of the Ventnor Botanic. (Charges apply if parking at the Botanic Gardens).
The clue is in the name: it's down/up a steep hill!
Lining the beach is an Esplanade with cafés, beach shops and traditional beach huts. Activities include crazy golf, go-carts, bowling and an amusement arcade providing something for all seasons. The south end of the beach is overlooked by small hotels, pubs and restaurants.
Heading further south towards Shanklin Chine the cliffs rise up over the beach. At low tide, you can walk from here around the headland to Luccombe Beach.
35 locals recommend
Shanklin Beach
Luccombe RoadLining the beach is an Esplanade with cafés, beach shops and traditional beach huts. Activities include crazy golf, go-carts, bowling and an amusement arcade providing something for all seasons. The south end of the beach is overlooked by small hotels, pubs and restaurants.
Heading further south towards Shanklin Chine the cliffs rise up over the beach. At low tide, you can walk from here around the headland to Luccombe Beach.
Sightseeing
Osbourne House is an excellent historic monument and museum to Queen Victoria's life, packed full of interesting artefacts and information about her and her family.
48 locals recommend
Osbourne House
Osbourne House is an excellent historic monument and museum to Queen Victoria's life, packed full of interesting artefacts and information about her and her family.
A Norman castle that's had a rich history, Charles the 1st was imprisoned here, great views from the walls of the castle and the keep, interesting and good fun for kids too as there are old stairs, walls to climb, lots of fascinating history, oh and donkeys!
Tel: 0370 333 1181
133 locals recommend
Carisbrooke Castle
Castle HillA Norman castle that's had a rich history, Charles the 1st was imprisoned here, great views from the walls of the castle and the keep, interesting and good fun for kids too as there are old stairs, walls to climb, lots of fascinating history, oh and donkeys!
Tel: 0370 333 1181
This English Heritage site is free to visit. Grounds are open 10 am-4 pm, Sunday to Friday, from April to October. Begun in the early 18th century as the seat of the Worsley family, Appuldurcombe was once the grandest house on the Isle of Wight. A later owner, Sir Richard Worsley, the 7th baronet, gained notoriety for a 1782 court case in which his wife, Seymour, admitted to having had 27 lovers.
23 locals recommend
Appuldurcombe House
This English Heritage site is free to visit. Grounds are open 10 am-4 pm, Sunday to Friday, from April to October. Begun in the early 18th century as the seat of the Worsley family, Appuldurcombe was once the grandest house on the Isle of Wight. A later owner, Sir Richard Worsley, the 7th baronet, gained notoriety for a 1782 court case in which his wife, Seymour, admitted to having had 27 lovers.
Essentials
Co-op Food
1 Pier StIt's a well stocked shop, with parking.
There's also a Co-op at the top of our road, turn right out of our place and head up the hill for a couple of minutes. It's open from 7am-11pm
The Co-operative Food
42 Regent StThere's also a Co-op at the top of our road, turn right out of our place and head up the hill for a couple of minutes. It's open from 7am-11pm
Farmer Jacks
Main RoadExcellent local farm produce, vegetables, butchers, deli.
There's a Lidl just 10-15 minutes walk away, head to the Shanklin railway, and down the steps to the left of the railway, cross the road, down the hill.
9 locals recommend
Lidl
Landguard Manor RoadThere's a Lidl just 10-15 minutes walk away, head to the Shanklin railway, and down the steps to the left of the railway, cross the road, down the hill.
Getting Around
Shanklin Bus Station (Bay D)
It's outside the main Co-op store in the town of Shanklin.
The railway on the Island runs between Ryde pier head and our home town of Shanklin, taking in 6 stops along the way. The Fast Cat ferry which runs from Portsmouth Harbour to the Isle of Wight, docks at Ryde Peir Head where a local train runs to Shanklin in 20 minutes, every half an hour.
Shanklin Railway Station
The railway on the Island runs between Ryde pier head and our home town of Shanklin, taking in 6 stops along the way. The Fast Cat ferry which runs from Portsmouth Harbour to the Isle of Wight, docks at Ryde Peir Head where a local train runs to Shanklin in 20 minutes, every half an hour.
Entertainment & Activities
Erling and I teach Scaravelli Inspired Yoga, this is a gentle form of Yoga that helps with alignment, relaxation and rejuvination. We have many years of teaching experience and love to share the benefits of Yoga and Meditation. We have a website called Isle of Yoga where you can read more and see photos too. A one to one Yoga session for one person is £30 or for up to four people £50
Erling Yoga
7 Arthurs Hill Erling and I teach Scaravelli Inspired Yoga, this is a gentle form of Yoga that helps with alignment, relaxation and rejuvination. We have many years of teaching experience and love to share the benefits of Yoga and Meditation. We have a website called Isle of Yoga where you can read more and see photos too. A one to one Yoga session for one person is £30 or for up to four people £50
This is the place to go for surfing, sailing, stand up paddleboarding, equipment hire and instruction, great helpful friendly, knowledgable staff, and a great cafe.
9 locals recommend
Wight Water
This is the place to go for surfing, sailing, stand up paddleboarding, equipment hire and instruction, great helpful friendly, knowledgable staff, and a great cafe.