Seaview is a small Edwardian resort situated on the north-eastern corner of the Isle of Wight, overlooking the Solent. The town is preferred with vacationers as well as is 2 1/3 miles (3.8 km) from the town of Ryde, where most vacationers reach the island by ferryboat or hovercraft. Together with Nettlestone, it creates a civil parish of Nettlestone and Seaview. The High Street is perpendicular to the coast. On the seafront lies the Old Fort pub, an alcohol consumption place prominent with both homeowners as well as summer visitors. The Salterns Cottages used to house salt frying pan workers. One street is called Rope Walk because lengthy sections of rope for rigging ships were outlined there. The well-known Priory Bay is about a ten-minute stroll from the village. This stretch of beach can just be reached at low tide. It is loaded with white sand and supplies excellent swimming problems. Furthermore, Seagrove Bay, in between the town and also Priory Bay, is fairly prominent. Some of the largest homes in the area are along Pier Road and also Bluett Avenue, and this is instrumental for the label "millionaires avenues". Even more big period houses, currently greatly divided into flats, can be located in Ryde Road. In 1870, Augustus Gough-Calthorpe, 6th Baron Calthorpe, had a French Renaissance style home, Woodlands Vale, developed by Samuel Sanders Teulon. The neighboring Calthorpe Road is named after the family. Seaview has numerous holiday residences including some with sea views. This leads to a seasonal variant in the activity in the village - with lots of second-home owners checking out just in the summertime or holiday durations. There are two resorts, the Seaview Hotel and the Northbank Hotel. There is a club, pizza place, cafe, stationery shop, pharmacologist, Post office, Community grocery store store, Beauty Clinic, seaside clothes store, biltong shop as well as an art gallery. No Man's Land Ft, formerly part of the coastline defences as well as now a high-end house, is visible in the Solent one mile from Seaview. Public transport is available on Southern Vectis bus path 8, which operates in between Ryde, Bembridge, Sandown and also Newport. St. Peter's Church the town's Church of England church built in 1859.