Yarmouth Castle is a small off-square blockhouse built by Henry VIII in 1547, to guard Yarmouth harbour on the Isle of Wight. It is about 30 metres long, including its yard and its large platform on the seaside, which carried the heavier armament. Telephone: 0870 333 1181
IOW Attractions
Nunwell House
Nunwell House, also Nunwell Manor, is a historic English country house. The Tudor and Jacobean style house also has later additions. The house contains family militaria. Telephone: 01983 407240
Osborne House Cowes
Osborne House is a former royal residence of Queen Victoria. The house was built between 1845 and 1851 for the Queen and Prince Albert as a summer home and rural retreat. Telephone: 01983 200022
Quarr Abbey Ryde
Home to a small group of Benedictine Monks. The abbey belongs to the Catholic Order of St Benedict Telephone: 01983 882420
St. Catherines Oratory
A tall medieval octagonal tower, allegedly a lighthouse, built here in 1328 as penance for stealing church property from a wrecked ship. Telephone: 0800 015 0516
The Needles Old Battery & New Battery
Victorian coastal defence and secret rocket testing site perched high above the Needles Rocks. Telephone: 01983 754772