O que acontece em Ilha de Wight, Reino Unido, ao longo do ano

Tranquilo — viajantes descrevem como tranquilo, Christmas holidays em Reino Unido

Nada novo começa em janeiro.

Ainda em andamento: Brent geese and winter waders (1 Out – 15 Mar (normalmente)), Fossil hunting season (1 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente)), Attractions shut for winter (1 Nov – 15 Mar)

Movimentado — February half-term em Reino Unido, férias escolares em 2 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

Nada novo começa em fevereiro.

Ainda em andamento: Brent geese and winter waders (1 Out – 15 Mar (normalmente)), Fossil hunting season (1 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente)), Attractions shut for winter (1 Nov – 15 Mar)

Meia-estação — férias escolares em 4 dos países que mais mandam visitantes, um mês comum

• Feriado

  Easter bank holidays

  3–6 AbrPáscoa e Semana SantaLotadoFechamentos

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Brent geese and winter waders (1 Out – 15 Mar (normalmente)), Fossil hunting season (1 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente)), Attractions shut for winter (1 Nov – 15 Mar)

Lotação máxima — Easter bank holidays, Easter / spring holiday em Reino Unido

Nada novo começa em abril.

Ainda em andamento: Easter bank holidays (3–6 Abr)

Movimentado — Late-May half-term em Reino Unido, férias escolares em 3 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

Nada novo começa em maio.

Lotação máxima — Isle of Wight Festival, Round the Island Race

• Festival

  Isle of Wight Festival

  10–25 Jun · normalmenteFestival de músicaLotadoReserve cedo

  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 Jun – 10 Jul · normalmenteEvento esportivoLotado

  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 ↗

Tranquilo — viajantes descrevem como tranquilo, Round the Island Race

• Temporada

  Summer ferry peak

  20 Jul – 1 SetFérias escolaresLotadoReserve cedo

  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 Jul – 12 Ago · normalmenteEvento esportivoLotadoReserve cedo

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Round the Island Race (20 Jun – 10 Jul (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Summer ferry peak, Cowes Week

• Festival

  Ventnor Fringe

  5–20 Ago · normalmenteFestival de artes

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Summer ferry peak (20 Jul – 1 Set), Cowes Week (28 Jul – 12 Ago (normalmente))

Movimentado — Summer ferry peak, férias escolares em 3 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

Nada novo começa em setembro.

Ainda em andamento: Summer ferry peak (20 Jul – 1 Set)

Movimentado — October half-term em Reino Unido, férias escolares em 3 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

• Festival

  Isle of Wight Walking Festival

  1–20 Out · normalmenteTemporada de trilhas

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

• Natureza

  Brent geese and winter waders

  1 Out – 15 Mar · normalmenteTemporada de aves

  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 Out · normalmenteFestival de artes

  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 ↗

Meia-estação — férias escolares em 2 dos países que mais mandam visitantes, um mês comum

• Natureza

  Fossil hunting season

  1 Nov – 31 Mar · normalmente

  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 ↗

• Fechamento

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Brent geese and winter waders (1 Out – 15 Mar (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Christmas and Boxing Day, Christmas holidays em Reino Unido

• Feriado

  Christmas and Boxing Day

  24–28 DezNatal e Ano-NovoFechamentos

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Brent geese and winter waders (1 Out – 15 Mar (normalmente)), Fossil hunting season (1 Nov – 31 Mar (normalmente)), Attractions shut for winter (1 Nov – 15 Mar)