Sunnycott Caravan Park

Windsurfing, sailing, paragliding, festivals, theme parks… pretty much everything under the sun is handy on the Isle of Wight, and there’s an extensive bus service for visitors who don’t want to take their car around. One should of course start off at the yachting centre of Cowes – yachters from all over the world descend on at the start of August each year for famous Cowes Week; if you’re here at any other time of the year, there are yachty events all year round including regattas, club racing and rallies. Take the chain ferry or floating bridge over the River Medina to East Cowes too – it’s free for foot passengers and cyclists. Elsewhere, Queen Vicky’s old pad and seaside palace Osborne House is less than three miles from Sunnycott – she and the brood loved the Isle of Wight and Osborne House is where she died in 1901. Natch the beach will be hit if the sun’s shining – Shanklin and Sandown should hit the spot as well as nearby Thorness and Gurnard – and there are two theme parks nearby at Blackgang Chine and the Robin Hill theme park. The ‘Garden Isle’ also has plants and wildlife aplenty, as well as several animal-themed family days out: take the nippers along to the Isle of Wight Zoo, the Amazon World Zoo Park or the Owl and Monkey Haven.