Nearby
Wychwood is located by Turf Walk - an area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and only a small part of the coast line you will be enjoying.The village of Totland Bay is quiet and peaceful but has two well stocked Nisa stores, a pharmacy, an excellent fish and chip shop, a Chinese takeaway and a garage with forecourt. There is a pub in the village and even closer is the Waterfront pub and restaurant, on the beachfront just below the house. There is also a small local café on Totland Pier that serves breakfasts, lunches and ice cream.
Freshwater town is only 1½ miles away and has more shops including an award winning butchers, fishmongers, banks and a hardware store, two Co-op stores and a Somerfield. The town offers a library and an excellent sports centre which has a small café for light lunches.
If you walk along the seafront from the house you come to Colwell. This is predominately a beached area with seaside shops in wooden huts selling buckets, wet suits, ice creams etc and also boasts ‘Crusoe’s’ where you can sit in the summer and enjoy eating outside or watch the crashing waves in the winter from the comfort of a roast dinner!
Further along the coast is Yarmouth, home to a busy yet picturesque harbour. The town has boat trips around the coast and to Lymington (or take the harbour taxi to the beach), a Castle, a wonderful restored Pier and many excellent restaurant and drinking holes. The Old Gaffers festival takes over the town in July each year and provides wonderful entertainment for all ages. The Carnival week in August is full of fun family entertainment like treasure hunts and the harbour sports are not to be missed!
The cosy bay at Freshwater has a pebble beach and spectacular chalk cliffs. Dimbola is situated here and is a photographic museum in honour of Julia Margaret Cameron a pioneer in photography and dear friend of Lord Tennyson who lived at Farringford, just along the road. There is a permanent Isle of Wight pop festival exhibition with aerial photos of 1968 and 1969 and visiting exhibitors.
