Clarendon House
✓ Beach Access
🏖️ a few minutes' walk from Shanklin (Excellent water quality)
Shanklin, Southern England
Sleeps 8
£937 per break
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Places to Stay by the Beach in Isle of Wight
There is a special smugness to walking to the beach while everyone else queues for the car park. These Isle of Wight stays have direct beach access — buckets down, sand in minutes.
Mole Cottage
✓ Beach Access
🏖️ 0.82 miles from Shanklin (Excellent water quality)
Shanklin, Southern England
Sleeps 7
£1,231 per break
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The Highlands - Highlands Apartment 2
✓ Beach Access
🏖️ 0.34 miles from Shanklin (Excellent water quality)
Shanklin, Southern England
Sleeps 5
£775 per break
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The Tap Room
✓ Beach Access
🏖️ 0.75 miles from Colwell Bay (Excellent water quality)
Freshwater, Southern England
Sleeps 6
£807 per break
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Highlands Apartment 3
✓ Beach Access
🏖️ 0.34 miles from Shanklin (Excellent water quality)
Shanklin, Southern England
Sleeps 4
£732 per break
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Solent Lawns
✓ Beach Access
🏖️ a few minutes' walk from Gurnard (Excellent water quality)
Cowes, Southern England
Sleeps 6
£581 per break
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The Sergeants Quarters
✓ Beach Access
🏖️ 0.74 miles from Colwell Bay (Excellent water quality)
Freshwater, Southern England
Sleeps 7
£457 per break
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The Highlands - Highlands Apartment 4
✓ Beach Access
🏖️ 0.34 miles from Shanklin (Excellent water quality)
Shanklin, Southern England
Sleeps 3
£732 per break
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Green Poplars
✓ Beach Access
🏖️ 0.66 miles from Gurnard (Excellent water quality)
Cowes, Southern England
Sleeps 6
£467 per break
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Highlands Apartment 5
✓ Beach Access
🏖️ 0.34 miles from Shanklin (Excellent water quality)
Shanklin, Southern England
Sleeps 4
£732 per break
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Seacrest Hotel
✓ Beach Access
🏖️ a few minutes' walk from Southsea East (Poor water quality)
Southsea
Regent Rose
✓ Beach Access
🏖️ 0.31 miles from Shanklin (Excellent water quality)
Shanklin, Southern England
Sleeps 2
£707 per break
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Anstey Hotel
✓ Beach Access
🏖️ a few minutes' walk from Southsea East (Poor water quality)
Isle of Wight
Tennyson Cottage
✓ Beach Access
🏖️ 0.94 miles from Colwell Bay (Excellent water quality)
Freshwater, Southern England
Sleeps 4
£585 per break
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The Clarence
✓ Beach Access
✓ Boutique bedrooms a short walk from Southsea seafront
🏖️ a few minutes' walk from Southsea East (Poor water quality)
Southsea
The Osborne Hotel
✓ Beach Access
✓ Boutique Victorian hotel on the Esplanade in Shanklin
🏖️ a few minutes' walk from Shanklin (Excellent water quality)
Shanklin
3rd Ventnor Scouts Campsite
✓ Beach Access
🏖️ 0.66 miles from Ventnor (Excellent water quality)
Ventnor
Sandown Manor Hotel
✓ Beach Access
🏖️ a few minutes' walk from Yaverland (Excellent water quality)
Sandown
Woodside Coastal Retreat
✓ Beach Access
✓ Private hot tubs for relaxing after a day exploring
🏖️ 2.89 miles from East Cowes (Excellent water quality)
Wootton, near Cowes, Southern England
Sleeps 8
£305 per break
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The Bungy
✓ Beach Access
🏖️ 0.58 miles from Colwell Bay (Excellent water quality)
Freshwater, Southern England
Sleeps 4
£493 per break
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