Shanklin hotel on the Isle of Wight
| country: | England |
| location: | Shanklin, Isle of Wight |
| price: | From £25 - £45 per person per night. Evening meals are available in the Hotel. We are closed after the 1st weekend of October to 1st March |
| vouchers: | Gift vouchers can be used with this holiday |
description
This hotel is a converted Edwardian Gentleman’s residence where each room is different. It is located on the cliff top with stunning uninterrupted views of Sandown Bay and ideally located just five minutes walk from the beach, old village and town centre.
This is a family run hotel standing in its own grounds in a peaceful traffic free location leading out onto Keats Green, one of the Islands most beautiful cliff top locations. All public rooms face the sea giving stunning views over Sandown Bay.
The Isle of Wight is easily accessible by ferry from Portsmouth, Lymington and Southampton. The Island boasts over 500 miles of scenic paths, through rolling countryside and breathtaking coastlines. There are so many things to see and do you will have to come back again!
Shanklin beach is only a short walk from our hotel and one of the Island's most popular seaside resorts. There are many attractions for children, crazy golf, trampolines and a children's play park. The Island has a unique number of historic monuments and castles to visit, including the magnificent Osbourne House.
This is a family run hotel standing in its own grounds in a peaceful traffic free location leading out onto Keats Green, one of the Islands most beautiful cliff top locations. All public rooms face the sea giving stunning views over Sandown Bay.
The Isle of Wight is easily accessible by ferry from Portsmouth, Lymington and Southampton. The Island boasts over 500 miles of scenic paths, through rolling countryside and breathtaking coastlines. There are so many things to see and do you will have to come back again!
Shanklin beach is only a short walk from our hotel and one of the Island's most popular seaside resorts. There are many attractions for children, crazy golf, trampolines and a children's play park. The Island has a unique number of historic monuments and castles to visit, including the magnificent Osbourne House.
rooms, food and facilities
Our bedrooms are clean and comfortable, many with sea views & some a balcony. In addition to bath/shower en-suite, clock radio, tea/coffee/chocolate making facilities and colour television we also offer "Premier" rooms, furnished and decorated to a very high standard, for special occasions.The dining room provides good home cooking and all food is cooked fresh. Local Island ingredients are used whenever possible from organic sources, free of genetically modifications as far as can be ascertained, to appreciate the various flavours.
No salt is added to our food during the cooking process and we are happy to accommodate special dietary requirements. We support Fair Trade and use this produce when available. Our bar has Island brewed beer, soft drinks and wines from good vineyards. Complimentary broadband available for guests to use with their own computer.We now have unlimited free wi-fi access via our free hotspot. It may be used even outside our hotel and laptops, mobile phones and PDA's can use it.
Family friendly: Family rooms are available and children sized portions are available from the restaurant on request.
how to find us
By air: The nearest private airport (grass runway) is Sandown and airport with concrete runway Bembridge. The nearest commercial airport is Southampton.
By rail: The nearest train station is Shanklin railway station. If you get the train to Portsmouth harbour, the fastcat ferry service to Ryde departs from the harbour and trains to Shanklin meet the ferry at Ryde.
By road: From Lymington, take road signed to Newport, then signed to Shanklin. From Cowes, take road to Newport, then road signed to Shanklin. From Fishbourne, take road to Ryde, continue to Shanklin.
how this holiday makes a difference
 We use energy efficient lighting and all electrical appliances are A or B rated. We use blending valves on refurbishment to decrease the use of hot water and reduce the amount of potentially wasted water. We install the latest dual flush toilets. All but 2 of our rooms have showers. We invite guests to only leave out towels for washing when they require.Bio degradable products are utilised wherever possible. The garden is weeded by hand to preclude weed killers, and to encourage the robins, dunnocks and blackbirds we have visiting us. Also butterflies and hummingbird moths. We encourage visiting schools to take interest in the “Bat Hospital” where injured bats are treated & returned to the wild whenever possible, or looked after to end their lives naturally. We use glass containers whenever available and bottles with deposits to encourage less waste. We recycle all other glass, cans, and textiles. Because of our policy of fresh local food cooked to order, there is virtually no waste food. We reduce paper use in the office. All paper is recycled paper. As much work is carried out electronically as possible and machinery is not left on “standby”. We source as much locally as available. We support Island organically grown and GM free. We work closely with neighbouring hotels. We have local casual labour, stockists and contractors to carry out various works not undertaken by ourselves. We support Naomi House, the Hospice for children from the Isle of Wight and we also support the local inshore rescue lifeboat that is not RNLI. |
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