Isle of Wight Heritage

Britain’s worst post-war submarine disaster began with a routine dive off the Isle of Wight 75 years ago today.

Former Bembridge School captain Derek Lewin scored twice as Bishop Auckland won the FA Amateur Cup final replay on this day 70 years ago - on 14th April 1956.

Novelist Henry De Vere Stacpoole, who gifted Bonchurch Pond to the village, died on this day 75 years ago - 12th April 1951.

Long before supermarkets arrived on the Isle of Wight, one Newport family firm quietly created what was effectively the Island’s own grocery chain – Wray & Sons, a business that served Islanders for nearly two centuries.

Councillors in Cowes and East Cowes debated plans for a tunnel beneath the River Medina as an alternative to the floating bridge on 10th April 1906 - 120 years ago today.

Opened in 1875 on the Ryde & Newport Railway, Havenstreet began as a rural crossing point before becoming the centre of the Island’s railway revival.

2 escaped Camp Hill prisoners were dramatically recaptured after turning a disused railway station into a makeshift home on 1st April 1956 - 70 years ago today.

Behind a modest Union Street entrance lies one of Ryde’s most remarkable Victorian buildings – the Royal Victoria Arcade, opened in 1836.

The Portsmouth-Fishbourne car ferry route is celebrating 100 years of service this month, but its story stretches back more than two centuries...

Workmen digging foundations for a garage struck Roman remains in Newport on 24th March 1926 - 100 years ago today.