Priory Barn
✓ Beach Access
🏖️ 0.72 miles from Totland Bay (Excellent water quality)
Freshwater, Southern England
Sleeps 5
£423 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.
Needles and Winds
✓ Beach Access
🏖️ 0.73 miles from Colwell Bay (Excellent water quality)
Freshwater, Southern England
Sleeps 3
£313 per break
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Solent Point
✓ Beach Access
🏖️ 0.73 miles from Colwell Bay (Excellent water quality)
Freshwater, Southern England
Sleeps 4
£337 per break
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Gurnard Pines Holiday Camp
✓ Beach Access
🏖️ 0.78 miles from Gurnard (Excellent water quality)
Isle of Wight
Somerset House
✓ Beach Access
🏖️ a few minutes' walk from Southsea East (Poor water quality)
Southsea
Haven Hall
✓ Beach Access
✓ Luxury hotel by the sea on the Isle of Wight
🏖️ 0.68 miles from Shanklin (Excellent water quality)
Shanklin
Bourne Hall Country House Hotel
✓ Beach Access
✓ Elegant Victorian country house hotel set in mature grounds
🏖️ 0.49 miles from Shanklin (Excellent water quality)
Shanklin
Victoria Lodge Hotel
✓ Beach Access
🏖️ a few minutes' walk from Shanklin (Excellent water quality)
Shanklin
HF Holidays Freshwater Bay
✓ Beach Access
✓ Overlooks Freshwater Bay at the foot of Tennyson Down
🏖️ 1.6 miles from Totland Bay (Excellent water quality)
Freshwater Bay
Cliff End
✓ Beach Access
🏖️ 0.77 miles from Colwell Bay (Excellent water quality)
Freshwater, Southern England
Sleeps 4
£247 per break
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Appley Manor Hotel
✓ Beach Access
✓ Victorian hotel built in 1850, inspired by Osborne House
🏖️ 0.63 miles from Ryde (Good water quality)
Ryde
Rosedene
✓ Beach Access
🏖️ a few minutes' walk from Colwell Bay (Excellent water quality)
Yarmouth, Southern England
Sleeps 10
£841 per break
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Greenridge
✓ Beach Access
🏖️ 0.27 miles from Totland Bay (Excellent water quality)
Freshwater, Southern England
Sleeps 4
£477 per break
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Keats Green Hotel
✓ Beach Access
🏖️ a few minutes' walk from Shanklin (Excellent water quality)
Shanklin
Royal Esplanade Hotel
✓ Beach Access
✓ Grade II listed Victorian hotel overlooking the Solent on Ryde's Esplanade
🏖️ 0.42 miles from Ryde (Good water quality)
Ryde
The Meadow Flat
✓ Beach Access
🏖️ 0.67 miles from Shanklin (Excellent water quality)
Shanklin, Southern England
Sleeps 2
£647 per break
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Haviland Cottage
✓ Beach Access
🏖️ 0.8 miles from Ventnor (Excellent water quality)
Ventnor, Southern England
Sleeps 7
£2,135 per break
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Beds@46 - The Disrespect
✓ Beach Access
✓ Boutique accommodation moments from the Cowes shoreline
🏖️ 0.58 miles from Cowes (Excellent water quality)
Cowes
The Anchor Inn
✓ Beach Access
✓ Pub serving home-cooked meals and real ale in central Cowes
🏖️ 0.67 miles from East Cowes (Excellent water quality)
Cowes
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