Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Wight, Verenigd Koninkrijk

Rustig — reizigers noemen het rustig, Christmas holidays in Verenigd Koninkrijk

In januari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Brent geese and winter waders (1 okt – 15 mrt (meestal)), Fossil hunting season (1 nov – 31 mrt (meestal)), Attractions shut for winter (1 nov – 15 mrt)

Druk — February half-term in Verenigd Koninkrijk, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

In februari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Brent geese and winter waders (1 okt – 15 mrt (meestal)), Fossil hunting season (1 nov – 31 mrt (meestal)), Attractions shut for winter (1 nov – 15 mrt)

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

• Feestdag

  Easter bank holidays

  3–6 aprPasen & Goede WeekDrukSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Brent geese and winter waders (1 okt – 15 mrt (meestal)), Fossil hunting season (1 nov – 31 mrt (meestal)), Attractions shut for winter (1 nov – 15 mrt)

Topdrukte — Easter bank holidays, Easter / spring holiday in Verenigd Koninkrijk

In april begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Easter bank holidays (3–6 apr)

Druk — Late-May half-term in Verenigd Koninkrijk, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

In mei begint er niets nieuws.

Topdrukte — Isle of Wight Festival, Round the Island Race

• Festival

  Isle of Wight Festival

  10–25 jun · meestalMuziekfestivalDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Round the Island Race

  20 jun – 10 jul · meestalSportevenementDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Rustig — reizigers noemen het rustig, Round the Island Race

• Seizoen

  Summer ferry peak

  20 jul – 1 sepSchoolvakantiesDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Cowes Week

  28 jul – 12 aug · meestalSportevenementDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Round the Island Race (20 jun – 10 jul (meestal))

Topdrukte — Summer ferry peak, Cowes Week

• Festival

  Ventnor Fringe

  5–20 aug · meestalKunstenfestival

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Summer ferry peak (20 jul – 1 sep), Cowes Week (28 jul – 12 aug (meestal))

Druk — Summer ferry peak, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

In september begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Summer ferry peak (20 jul – 1 sep)

Druk — October half-term in Verenigd Koninkrijk, schoolvakanties in 3 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Festival

  Isle of Wight Walking Festival

  1–20 okt · meestalWandelseizoen

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

• Natuur

  Brent geese and winter waders

  1 okt – 15 mrt · meestalVogelseizoen

  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. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Isle of Wight Literary Festival

  5–15 okt · meestalKunstenfestival

  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. Bron ↗

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

• Natuur

  Fossil hunting season

  1 nov – 31 mrt · meestal

  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. Bron ↗

• Sluiting

  Attractions shut for winter

  1 nov – 15 mrt

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Brent geese and winter waders (1 okt – 15 mrt (meestal))

Topdrukte — Christmas and Boxing Day, Christmas holidays in Verenigd Koninkrijk

• Feestdag

  Christmas and Boxing Day

  24–28 decKerst & nieuwjaarSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Brent geese and winter waders (1 okt – 15 mrt (meestal)), Fossil hunting season (1 nov – 31 mrt (meestal)), Attractions shut for winter (1 nov – 15 mrt)