Fair Isle Holiday Cottages - Viking
Newport, Southern England
Sleeps 8
£687 per break
Check availabilityLeicester to Isle of Wight
How to get from Leicester 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 13m · 185 miles
Typical driving time without stops, from the centre of Leicester to the heart of Isle of Wight. Add time for traffic and breaks.
Service stations on the way
- mile 5 Leicester Forest East Services Welcome Break towing-friendly
- mile 19 Rugby Truck Stop
- mile 32 Red Lion Truckstop
- mile 37 Northampton Services Roadchef towing-friendly
- mile 37 Northampton Services Roadchef towing-friendly
- mile 42 Jacks Hill Cafe & Truck Stop
- mile 43 Towcester Services
- mile 52 Brackley Service Station
🚆 By train
Nearest station to the centre of Isle of Wight: Shanklin · from Leicester
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
Chine Bluff
🏖️ a few minutes' walk from Shanklin (Excellent water quality)
Shanklin, Southern England
Sleeps 4
£437 per break
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The Tap Room
🏖️ 0.75 miles from Colwell Bay (Excellent water quality)
Freshwater, Southern England
Sleeps 6
£807 per break
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Cliffside Beau
🏖️ 2.36 miles from Gurnard (Excellent water quality)
Cowes, Southern England
Sleeps 8
£511 per break
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Cooks Castle Farm - The Dairy
🏖️ 2.18 miles from Ventnor (Excellent water quality)
Shanklin, Southern England
Sleeps 3
£581 per break
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Rossiter's Vineyard Barn - Dornfelder
🏖️ 2.63 miles from Compton Bay (Excellent water quality)
Yarmouth, Southern England
Sleeps 4
£971 per break
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