Cosa c'è in programma a Isola di Wight (Regno Unito) durante l'anno

Tranquillo — i viaggiatori la descrivono come tranquilla, Christmas holidays in Regno Unito

In gennaio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Brent geese and winter waders (1 ott – 15 mar (di solito)), Fossil hunting season (1 nov – 31 mar (di solito)), Attractions shut for winter (1 nov – 15 mar)

Affollato — February half-term in Regno Unito, vacanze scolastiche in 2 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

In febbraio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Brent geese and winter waders (1 ott – 15 mar (di solito)), Fossil hunting season (1 nov – 31 mar (di solito)), Attractions shut for winter (1 nov – 15 mar)

Media stagione — vacanze scolastiche in 4 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori, un mese nella media

• Festività

  Easter bank holidays

  3–6 aprPasqua e Settimana SantaAffollatoChiusure

  Good Friday is a bank holiday across the UK and Easter Monday everywhere but Scotland. The long weekend opens the domestic touring season: popular towns, coasts and parks get busy, rooms cost more, and rail engineering works often cut or replace train services. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Brent geese and winter waders (1 ott – 15 mar (di solito)), Fossil hunting season (1 nov – 31 mar (di solito)), Attractions shut for winter (1 nov – 15 mar)

Folla al massimo — Easter bank holidays, Easter / spring holiday in Regno Unito

In aprile non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Easter bank holidays (3–6 apr)

Affollato — Late-May half-term in Regno Unito, vacanze scolastiche in 3 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

In maggio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Folla al massimo — Isle of Wight Festival, Round the Island Race

• Festival

  Isle of Wight Festival

  10–25 giu · di solitoFestival musicaleAffollatoPrenota presto

  Four days at Seaclose Park in Newport in June. The ferries sell out and reprice for the weekend, and the queues at Portsmouth and Southampton are the real event. Fonte ↗

• Festival

  Round the Island Race

  20 giu – 10 lug · di solitoEvento sportivoAffollato

  More than a thousand boats set off from Cowes at dawn on one day in early summer and sail the fifty miles round. The Needles at mid-morning is the place to stand. Fonte ↗

Tranquillo — i viaggiatori la descrivono come tranquilla, Round the Island Race

• Stagione

  Summer ferry peak

  20 lug – 1 setVacanze scolasticheAffollatoPrenota presto

  Car ferry fares roughly double for the English school holidays and the crossings sell out days ahead. Booking the boat matters more here than booking the bed. Fonte ↗

• Festival

  Cowes Week

  28 lug – 12 ago · di solitoEvento sportivoAffollatoPrenota presto

  Eight days of racing in the Solent at the start of August, running since 1826. Cowes itself is unrecognisable for the week and everything on that side of the island is booked out. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Round the Island Race (20 giu – 10 lug (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Summer ferry peak, Cowes Week

• Festival

  Ventnor Fringe

  5–20 ago · di solitoFestival delle arti

  A week of theatre, music and comedy in halls, a chapel and the old town hall in Ventnor, timed to coincide with the Ventnor Carnival in mid-August. It is the only thing that fills the south coast of the island rather than the north. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Summer ferry peak (20 lug – 1 set), Cowes Week (28 lug – 12 ago (di solito))

Affollato — Summer ferry peak, vacanze scolastiche in 3 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

In settembre non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Summer ferry peak (20 lug – 1 set)

Affollato — October half-term in Regno Unito, vacanze scolastiche in 3 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Festival

  Isle of Wight Walking Festival

  1–20 ott · di solitoStagione dei sentieri

  Guided walks over the chalk downs and the coast path through October, timed to the autumn colour rather than the summer crowds. Fonte ↗

• Natura

  Brent geese and winter waders

  1 ott – 15 mar · di solitoStagione degli uccelli

  Dark-bellied brent geese arrive from the Siberian coast onto the harbours at Newtown, Bembridge and the Yar, with godwits and curlew on the same mud. The estuaries are why you would bring binoculars here in January. Fonte ↗

• Festival

  Isle of Wight Literary Festival

  5–15 ott · di solitoFestival delle arti

  Four days of talks at Northwood House in Cowes in early October, with spillover into St Mary's church and the Royal Yacht Squadron. The island is winding down by then and the ferries are cheap again. Fonte ↗

Media stagione — vacanze scolastiche in 2 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori, un mese nella media

• Natura

  Fossil hunting season

  1 nov – 31 mar · di solito

  Winter storms strip the south-west beaches at Compton and Brook and expose dinosaur bone and footcasts in the ledges at low tide. It is the one thing the island is better at in January. Fonte ↗

• Chiusura

  Attractions shut for winter

  1 nov – 15 mar

  Most of the paid attractions, the seasonal cafes and a lot of the seafront hotels close from November to spring, and the ferry timetable thins. The coast path and the downs do not. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Brent geese and winter waders (1 ott – 15 mar (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Christmas and Boxing Day, Christmas holidays in Regno Unito

• Festività

  Christmas and Boxing Day

  24–28 dicNatale e CapodannoChiusure

  Christmas Day and Boxing Day are bank holidays. Public transport is minimal or absent on 25 December and thin on the 26th, and most shops, attractions and many pubs and restaurants close on Christmas Day, so plan travel and meals ahead. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Brent geese and winter waders (1 ott – 15 mar (di solito)), Fossil hunting season (1 nov – 31 mar (di solito)), Attractions shut for winter (1 nov – 15 mar)