Scenes Above - Sandown, Isle Of Wight (Micro Light)
10% discount
Soak in the picturesque landscape as you experience all the awe-inspiring thrills of Hot Air Ballooning!
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Why stay here ...
- Well stocked fishing lakes on site.
- All pitches have own water tap and grey water disposal on pitch.
- Close to Wight Nature Reserve for bird watching, great walks and red squirrel feeding.
- Only 150 metres from the main Cowes to Newport cycleway, a flat tarmaced old railway line so bring your bikes.
- Discounted ferry travel package available - please ask for more details.
- 2 Holiday Lodges also available
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Useful Info
Latest arrival time: 8:00 PM
0.75 acres
Electric amperage: 16
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Dimbola Museum & Galleries
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Exhibitions of contemporary and historic photography and displays about the Isle of Wight Music Festival.
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The Brickworks Museum
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Explore the story of how bricks, the product of earth and fire, were made and the lives of the workers.
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Beaulieu
Up to 33% discount
One of the UK’s leading attractions, a great day out for all, one ticket grants access to multiple areas.
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Sites key:
- Postcode:
- PO36 0HA
- GPS:
- Lat 50.666601 / Lon -1.185336
- OS field ref:
- SZ576853
- OS map ref:
- 196
Transport links
- Bus stop within 1 mile
- Buses go to: Sandown and Newport
- Daily public transport within 1 mile
- Nearest port: Portsmouth (20 miles)
- Nearest train station: Sandown
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Lovely peaceful site with friendly owners
Alverstone Ponds
This is a lovely site, well cared for, with friendly owners close to a cycle track and great walks. Water, grey waste and EHU near / on each pitch, which is gravel hard standing and level. Clean and nice toilet. Stayed here twice and loved how relaxed and peaceful it was. A very easy place to settle into. As a new Motorhome driver I was a little apprehensive about the narrow lanes (make sure you come in the right way) but there are plenty of passing points. When I was leaving one time, roadworks closed the original route so the owner drove in front of me to take me a different route out. Excellent service going the extra mile. Will stay here regularly in future.
Ticked all the boxes
Alverstone Ponds
I endorse the many positive comments made by previous reviewers which I’ll try not to repeat. We stayed for 7 nights and didn’t drive off-site. There is a large Morrisons supermarket outside Sandown that can be reached via the airstrip on foot in about 30 mins and more quickly by bike. The nearest bus stop with a regular No 8 service between Newport, Sandown, Bembridge, St Helens, Seaview and Ryde is a 20 min walk along Alverstone Road to Winford. The local area is rich with clearly marked footpaths and bridleways. There are pleasant walks from the site to Sandown, Culver Down, Shanklin and inland to Pedallers café, the Garlic Farm, the Donkey Sanctuary and The Pointers Inn in Newchurch (which we didn’t try) as well as local woods and nature reserves. Cycleway 23 which links to cycleway 22 and other routes is just down the road. West Cowes can be reached by bike in about 1 hr 25 mins. The single sex toilets and hand basins include an extractor fan, hot water, hand soap and clean hand towel. We were not aware of them being shared. There are also laundry facilities. The pitch cost for two was £20 per night which included free wi-fi and £4 worth of metered electricity. We found the electricity was more than enough even though we ran everything on mains in mid-April when it was quite cool. Terrestrial TV reception with our omni-directional aerial was good. Each pitch appeared to have a satellite dish & coax (which we didn’t use). Sections of pipe were provided to direct the grey water into a drain on each pitch. The discounted return ferry for our motorhome was £165. This site ticks all our boxes.
A hidden perfect Gem
Alverstone Ponds
We've just come back from a 7 night stay at Alverstone ponds CL Site, what a fantastic CL site this is, one of the best we've stayed on. Paul and Chris are fantastic, so friendly, helpful and knowledgeable. There's laundry facilities, a toilet and basin, information room, books, DVD's to borrow. There's fresh water on pitches, grey waste and EHU, as well as a picnic bench on each generous sized level pitch.
There's free basic WiFi, with option to upgrade. The Chemical toilet emptying point is excellent, every detail has been carefully planned.
There's goats, chickens and an abundance of wildlife, as a early waker, lying in bed listening to the dawn chorus is magical. There is 2 gates taking you straight out onto the bridle way, as well as a dog walk on site, great when you have 3 collies.
You are surrounded by countryside, you can explore so many different areas on foot, if you don't want to drive far. From the Wetlands reserve opposite, where you can see the Red Squirrels, to the miles of cycle paths where you can walk to Shanklin and beyond or towards Newchuch, where you can grab refreshments at Peddlers, and further afield. Paul and Chris provide you with so much information about walk, alot of circular ones. The local people around are very friendly as well, with one showing us the way to the copse after meeting them on the bridle path, so pack your walking shoes, camera and binoculars.
The site is also perfectly based to explore the island and easy to get to from the Ferry.
We would highly recommend this site.
We've already got dates ready for 2024, we wished we'd found this site last year and stayed for longer this year. Paul and Chris wete also able to organise all the Ferry for us, it was just a case of turning up and sheer relaxation.
Thank you both, for friendship and making our stay so memorable and enjoyable. See you next year
Just Perfect!
Alverstone Ponds
We stayed from 27/2/23 to 6/3/23
What gem!
We chose to stay for 7 nights and use this as our base for walking. Paul and Chris a very friendly, knowledgeable and attentive.
The site has spacious pitches, EHU, drinking water on each pitch and grey waste disposal. The added bonus of washrooms was great for us as we’ve a small campervan. It is adult only which we like, and surrounded by wildlife and goats, sheep, and chickens, which means fresh eggs!
We were able to enjoy the nature reserve across the road even spotting 2 red squirrels. We walked from site to Newchurch and onto Pedlars cafe. The walk to the Garlic Farm took us past a Christmas tree farm and the food if you like garlic is delicious. We walked to Sandown and also Shanklin all from site and all walks were circular. The only time we took our van out was to visit St Catherine point area, beautiful.
We never usually stay anywhere for more than 3 days but this CL was perfect as a base, which we would return to and recommend.
Perfect, Restful and Peaceful Site
Alverstone Ponds
We booked just a week ahead for our stay and Paul was so helpful and welcoming. When we arrived on site he showed us all the facilities and gave us a leaflet with information about nearby places of interest - we are Island based so were aware of many but the walks listed was helpful as we had Stanley the dog with us. The site is in lovely surroundings and the pitches are spaced well apart to ensure privacy. It was so peaceful and tranquil, no road noise, just birds, sheep and goats and the chickens in the next field! We were quite sheltered and even though it's early March we managed to sit out on our second evening with our fire pit blazing away.
The pitch had water, EHU and grey waste disposal, and there were also laundry facilities available if you need them. The toilet and washbasin were spotless. There was also a huge choice of DVDs we could choose from!
All in all this is a perfect site for us - we don't have young children and prefer a site that's either adults only or large enough to be able to pitch far enough away not to be impacted by the noise of others. We loved the wildlife all around us - Alverstone Mead across the road is a beautiful nature reserve and we had close encounters with a red squirrel and many small birds who were curious enough to get close to us. Lots of lovely walks around the site. We can't wait to go back again. Thanks Paul.
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