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There are few scenes on the Isle of Wight more captivating than Yarmouth harbour on a busy sailing day.

Despite its name, Newchurch is one of the oldest parishes on the Isle of Wight, and once included Ryde and Ventnor within its bounds.

Totland Bay is the westernmost inhabited bay on the Isle of Wight, with views up the English Channel to Bournemouth and the Dorset coast.

Sir John Oglander, who died in 1655, wrote an early history of the Isle of Wight.

The Ferry c1955 Passengers disembark for their holiday on the Isle of Wight. Many return - as Queen Victoria did - year after year.

Guarding the entrance to Falmouth harbour, this lighthouse was completed in 1835 to the design of the Trinity House engineer James Walker, who also designed the famous Needles Lighthouse on the Isle of Wight

The great chasm of Blackgang Chine was an early tourist attraction on the Isle of Wight, with its dramatic waterfall and eroded colourful cliffs.

The pretty village of Calbourne lies among the downlands of the Isle of Wight. Its lovely Early English church boasts many fine monuments and is among the oldest on the Island.

Highcliffe is the most easterly parish in Dorset, famous for its eroding cliffs and splendid views across to the Isle of Wight.

Ryde is the Isle of Wight's largest holiday resort.

Brading is one of the oldest towns on the Isle of Wight, once returning two members to Parliament.

The Bugle Inn 1923 Yarmouth is an excellent centre for exploring the western half of the Isle of Wight, with Totland and Alum Bays and the Needles being not far away.

Yarmouth has become an important entry port to the Isle of Wight due to ease of access from the mainland.

Street Scene c1955 Queen Victoria first stayed on the Isle of Wight at Norris Castle, during the reign of her uncle William IV.

For some reason the line became known as 'The Nile;' it was particularly appreciated by Queen Victoria, who requested that royal trains use this route when she travelled to Osborne House on the Isle of Wight

It is possible to either take the lanes or to follow the coastal path, admiring the views towards Bournemouth and the Isle of Wight along the way.

A decade earlier the Isle of Wight had known the hostile use of air-power, being one of the first areas to be bombed during the Battle of Britain.

Former 'quarr houses' and stone workings (bottom left) can be seen here beside Durlston Bay (lower right) which revealed fossils of the first marsupial-type mammals that succeeded the dinosaurs.

It now gives its name to a district at the southwestern end of the Isle of Wight, from the village itself, a couple of miles inland, to the popular Freshwater Bay on the south coast.

There are stunning views over the Solent to the Isle of Wight from here. In the 1970s a six-bedroom property with staff cottage in Lepe cost £70,000.

Given the Isle of Wight's popularity as a holiday and residential paradise, it comes as no surprise that the famous and well-to-do arrived at this charming resort.

from Swanage, who could either get there by walking along the cliff tops or by taking a carriage or charabanc along the lanes, admiring the views across to Bournemouth, the Needles and the Isle of Wight as

From here there are superb views of Hengistbury Head, the Isle of Wight and Hurst Castle.

Many visitors gain their first impressions of the Isle of Wight as they land by ferry from Southampton.