Reef Apartments - Dory
🏖️ a few minutes' walk from Sandown (Good water quality)
Sandown, Southern England
Sleeps 6
£571 per break
Check availabilityCardiff to Isle of Wight
How to get from Cardiff to Isle of Wight by road and by rail — with the stops worth knowing about — and what's waiting when you arrive.
🚗 By car
4h 10m · 176 miles
Typical driving time without stops, from the centre of Cardiff to the heart of Isle of Wight. Add time for traffic and breaks.
Service stations on the way
- mile 5 Welcome Break Cardiff Gate Services Welcome Break towing-friendly
- mile 22 Roadchef Magor Services RoadChef towing-friendly
- mile 53 Moto Leigh Delamere Westbound Moto towing-friendly
- mile 53 Moto Leigh Delamere Eastbound Moto towing-friendly
- mile 57 Chippenham Pit Stop
- mile 82 Welcome Break Membury Services Welcome Break towing-friendly
- mile 98 Tot Hill Services
- mile 111 RoadChef Sutton Scotney Services Southbound RoadChef towing-friendly
🚆 By train
Nearest station to the centre of Isle of Wight: Shanklin · from Cardiff Central
No direct or one-change trains in the next two hours — the live planner shows other options.
Live train planner →Where to stay in Isle of Wight
Greystone Cottage
🏖️ 2.39 miles from Ventnor (Excellent water quality)
Ventnor, Southern England
Sleeps 4
£503 per break
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Moonbeam House
🏖️ 1.43 miles from Totland Bay (Excellent water quality)
Freshwater, Southern England
Sleeps 6
£707 per break
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Kenmare Cottage
🏖️ 0.31 miles from Shanklin (Excellent water quality)
Shanklin, Southern England
Sleeps 6
£811 per break
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Green Poplars
🏖️ 0.66 miles from Gurnard (Excellent water quality)
Cowes, Southern England
Sleeps 6
£467 per break
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