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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.
✓ Beach Access
✓ Luxury apartments within a historic former manor house
🏖️ 0.57 miles from Shanklin (Excellent water quality)
Shanklin, Southern England
£732 per break
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✓ Beach Access
🏖️ 0.44 miles from Bembridge (Good water quality)
Isle of Wight
✓ Beach Access
🏖️ a few minutes' walk from Ventnor (Excellent water quality)
Ventnor, Southern England
£2,985 per break
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✓ Beach Access
🏖️ a few minutes' walk from Ventnor (Excellent water quality)
Ventnor, Southern England
£704 per break
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✓ Beach Access
🏖️ a few minutes' walk from Ventnor (Excellent water quality)
Ventnor, Southern England
£413 per break
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✓ Beach Access
🏖️ a few minutes' walk from Whitecliff Bay (Excellent water quality)
Bembridge
✓ Beach Access
🏖️ a few minutes' walk from Ventnor (Excellent water quality)
Ventnor, Southern England
£1,837 per break
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✓ Beach Access
🏖️ 0.29 miles from Ventnor (Excellent water quality)
Ventnor, Southern England
£1,638 per break
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✓ Beach Access
✓ Beach front apartment with direct access to Ventnor Beach
🏖️ a few minutes' walk from Ventnor (Excellent water quality)
Ventnor, Southern England
£1,294 per break
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✓ Beach Access
🏖️ a few minutes' walk from Ventnor (Excellent water quality)
Ventnor, Southern England
£767 per break
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✓ Beach Access
✓ Independent coastal hotel set in a charming seaside village
🏖️ 0.33 miles from Seagrove (Excellent water quality)
Seaview
✓ Beach Access
🏖️ a few minutes' walk from Totland Bay (Excellent water quality)
Totland
✓ Beach Access
🏖️ a few minutes' walk from East Cowes (Excellent water quality)
East Cowes
✓ Beach Access
✓ 19th century Victorian villa set in sub-tropical gardens
🏖️ 0.31 miles from Ventnor (Excellent water quality)
Ventnor
✓ Beach Access
🏖️ a few minutes' walk from Ventnor (Excellent water quality)
Ventnor
✓ Beach Access
✓ Many rooms have sea-view balconies overlooking the English Channel
🏖️ a few minutes' walk from Ventnor (Excellent water quality)
Ventnor
✓ Beach Access
🏖️ a few minutes' walk from Ventnor (Excellent water quality)
Ventnor
✓ Beach Access
🏖️ a few minutes' walk from Ventnor (Excellent water quality)
Ventnor, Southern England
£878 per break
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✓ Beach Access
🏖️ 0.28 miles from Ventnor (Excellent water quality)
Ventnor, Southern England
£727 per break
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✓ Beach Access
🏖️ 0.33 miles from Ventnor (Excellent water quality)
Ventnor, Southern England
£1,688 per break
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✓ Beach Access
🏖️ 0.36 miles from Ventnor (Excellent water quality)
Ventnor, Southern England
£651 per break
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Direct access varies from a gate onto the sand to a short path — worth a look at the map on each listing to see exactly how the stay meets the beach.
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