Isle of Wight Heritage

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.

Opened in 1875 on the Ryde & Newport Railway, Whippingham Station quietly linked parish life with the orbit of Osborne House.

Ever heard an Isle of Wight baby’s feeding bottle called a 'titty-bottle'? The curious expression was among dozens recorded when William Henry Long published his famous Isle of Wight dialect dictionary in the spring of 1886...

A proposed railway linking Ventnor with Freshwater was debated before a House of Lords committee on 19th March 1886 - 140 years ago today.

In our Isle of Wight Pubs series, Island Echo takes a look at Chale, where a handful of inns once served travellers, farmers and scattered communities on the Island’s south coast.