Isle of Wight Heritage

HMS Implacable - which had survived the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 - was scuttled by an explosive charge off the Isle of Wight on 2nd December 1949. The 154-year-old-warship was towed by a fireboat to a spot 5 miles...

There are close to 350 prehistoric barrows on the Isle of Wight, but Island Echo takes a look at a handful as part of the latest in the Secret Isle of Wight heritage series... The Longstone at Mottistone, a long...

2 jet fighters from RAF Filton in Gloucestershire collided in mid-air over the Isle of Wight on 28th November 1954 - 70 years ago today. One of the planes crashed at Bursledon Bridge in Hamble, Hampshire. 24-year-old Pilot Officer Nigel...

Freshwater Station was the little-used terminus for one of the lesser-used railway lines on the Isle of Wight, running from rural West Wight to the County Town of Newport. Transport links between West Wight and the rest of the Island...

A valuable Friesian cow was airlifted to safety by a Royal Navy helicopter after falling 75ft over a cliff at Binnel Bay on 20th November 1984. Farmer Hugh Noyes and coastguards had spent 5 hours attempting to rescue the 900lb...

In a new series of Secret Isle of Wight, Island Echo looks at 4 of the Island towns and villages that no longer exist. Island residents often complain about ever-growing towns and villages eating into our countryside. But what of...

6 young pilots who died when their Hawker Typhoon planes crashed into the sea off the Isle of Wight in June 1944 have been honoured at a service of remembrance at Parkhurst Military Cemetery. Veterans from the Island branch of...

The coming of the railway to Bembridge in 1882 transformed a sleepy rural village to a fashionable resort. Until the late 19th century, Bembridge had been isolated from the rest of the Isle of Wight by Brading Haven - an...

The last bonfire to be burnt on Cowes High Street was set ablaze on 5th November 1869. At that time, it was common to burn effigies of unpopular figures on Guy Fawkes night. In 1869, the effigy to be burnt...

Sandown Barrack Battery - now Battery Gardens housing the Poo Museum - was yet another Island fort built to protect England from the French invasion that never came. This Royal Commission fortification was constructed in response to the 1859 Royal...