The Queen's Road Hotel
✓ Moments from Shanklin Beach and Shanklin Chine
🏖️ a few minutes' walk from Shanklin (Excellent water quality)
Shanklin
Manchester to Isle of Wight
How to get from Manchester to Isle of Wight by road and by rail — with the stops worth knowing about — and what's waiting when you arrive.
🚗 By car
5h 35m · 268 miles
Typical driving time without stops, from the centre of Manchester to the heart of Isle of Wight. Add time for traffic and breaks.
Service stations on the way
- mile 0 Redbank Service Station
- mile 16 Cheshireways
- mile 18 Knutsford Services Southbound Moto towing-friendly
- mile 18 Knutsford Services Northbound Moto towing-friendly
- mile 18 Tabley Hill Service Station
- mile 32 RoadChef Sandbach Services RoadChef towing-friendly
- mile 32 RoadChef Sandbach Services RoadChef towing-friendly
- mile 37 Crewe Services
🚆 By train
Nearest station to the centre of Isle of Wight: Shanklin · from Manchester Piccadilly
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
Fair Isle Holiday Cottages - Hill Top Cottage
Newport, Southern England
Sleeps 4
£473 per break
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Lapwing
🏖️ 2.11 miles from Colwell Bay (Excellent water quality)
Yarmouth, Southern England
Sleeps 6
£393 per break
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Villa Amanti
✓ Beach front apartment with direct access to Ventnor Beach
🏖️ a few minutes' walk from Ventnor (Excellent water quality)
Ventnor, Southern England
Sleeps 4
£1,294 per break
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Cooks Castle Farm - The Farriers
🏖️ 2.18 miles from Ventnor (Excellent water quality)
Shanklin, Southern England
Sleeps 3
£577 per break
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Aqua Compton Retreat
🏖️ a few minutes' walk from Shanklin (Excellent water quality)
Shanklin, Southern England
Sleeps 6
£1,237 per break
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