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Isle of Wight Festival 2025: Line-Up Highlights, Ticket Discounts, and Why You Should Go
If you’ve ever experienced the magic of the Isle of Wight Festival, you’ll know it’s not just another music event - it’s a rite of passage. From the moment you step onto the ferry, surrounded by fellow music lovers armed with camping chairs and glitter, you know...
Prepare for a spooktacular Halloween on the Isle of Wight!
As the latter half of October creeps in, the Isle of Wight gears up for a month of spooktacular celebrations. 2023 promises to be a Halloween season like no other on the island, with a wide array of events and activities to tickle your spine and spark your creativity....
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Is a Quickie Wedding right for you?
In these straitened times we’re all looking for a bargain. Which is why, if you’re planning on getting married you...
4 days out with toddlers in the depths of winter
Guest blog by Isle of Wight Guru If you stand on the high point of St Boniface Down in early November you can just...
How to waste time on an Isle of Wight car journey
Guest blog by Isle of Wight Guru Let’s be honest, Isle of Wight roads are not great. If I were an estate...
5 Best Bits from Bestival 2016
Bestival is just the BEST, isn’t it? Jokes aside, we thoroughly enjoyed ending an epic festival season in true...
Wightbay’s new opening hours! (APRIL FOOLS!)
We have a very big announcement for all you Wightbay users today - we are implementing opening hours on the...
How to use the new Wightbay
Finding your perfect items on the new Wightbay Desktop Search There are several ways to easily find a particular item:...
A guide to adult learning courses on the Isle of Wight
Adult learning courses - an introduction: If you are living on the Isle of Wight and are in need of a change of...
Beat those January blues with these amazing upcycling ideas!
Beat those January blues with these amazing and practical upcycling ideas! Most of us tend to throw...
Fun fitness at The Fitness Factory in Newport!
The Fitness Factory, which opened in 1984, is located in Newport, Isle of Wight. It has a dance studio for...

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