Cowes Harbour Commission is working with Destination Cowes and Visit Isle of Wight to promote Cowes as a unique destination port-of-call, encouraged by the rising demand in the cruise ship market, including growth in the Northern European luxury cruise market. Cowes offers exceptional visitor appeal with cruise ship passengers able to

Thanks to EH for photo of Enchanted Osborne. Next  weekend 2/3 December will see the best of Christmas in Victorian times at Osborne House. Visit the Victorian fairground and take a ride on the swing-boats and carousel. See the amazing Addrian and his travelling flea circus or stop by Captain Griffin’s fairground stalls

Red Funnel’s second state-of-the-art high-speed passenger ferry, Red Jet 7 is rapidly taking shape at Wight Shipyard Co in East Cowes. This £7m, 41 metre vessel is expected to enter the water ahead of schedule in May 2018. The twin aluminium catamaran hulls are now easily recognisable inside the famous

  Today, Early Bird weekend tickets have been released for the Isle of Wight Festival 2018 which will take place from 21st – 24th June at Seaclose, Park, Newport. Festival goers will be able to buy tickets for a discounted price until November 28th.   as well as take advantage of special Ferry offers

Earl Mountbatten Hospice has been the Isle of Wight’s only hospice for 35 years and is known for innovation across the UK and beyond. This Hospice provides expert medical, nursing and domiciliary end of life care and bereavement support to people in their own homes, including care homes, in the Newport buildings and in

Isle of Wight College was the venue for the Careers, Education and Jobs Fair held recently. This free event sponsored by IW Council was supported by Island Futures, IW County Press, Job Centre Plus (JCP) and Isle of Wight College. It was open to all Island residents looking for work,

Ascensos, a Contact Centre based in Cowes, was officially opened by Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of the Island, Major General Martin White CB CBE JP on the 1st of November. He unveiled a plaque at the new facility which has been established to manage inbound telephone, email, social media and online queries

Cowes based, UKSA- the youth charity that uses the power of the sea to transform the lives of thousands of young people each year- has celebrated its 30 th anniversary at Trinity House in London, with UKSA Charity Patron HRH Princess Royal as guest of honour. As Charity Patron HRH

Organisers of Lendy Cowes Week  are seeking a new Regatta Director to replace Phil Hagen, who left CWL after this year’’s regatta to focus on his other business interests. The Regatta Director role is a year-round, part-time post, and carries a responsibility to evolve the on-the-water side of the regatta

2018 sees the 50th Anniversary of the 1st Isle of Wight Festival. Although a very small festival, the 1968 version held at Godshill, was the inspiration for all the festivals that followed. In 1969 the IW Festival was held at Wootton and this was followed in 1970 by the great IW