Seaview
Seaview is a small Edwardian resort located on the north-eastern corner of the Isle of Wight, overlooking the Solent. The town is popular with vacationers as well as is 2 1/3 miles (3.8 kilometres) from the community of Ryde, where most travelers reach the island by ferryboat or hovercraft. Along with Nettlestone, it creates a civil parish of Nettlestone and also Seaview. The High Street is perpendicular to the shore. On the seafront exists the Old Fort bar, an alcohol consumption place prominent with both residents as well as summertime site visitors. The Salterns Cottages used to house salt frying pan workers. One road is called Rope Walk because long areas of rope for setting up ships were set out there. The well-known Abbey Bay is roughly a ten-minute walk from the village. This stretch of beach can just be gotten to at low tide. It is loaded with white sand as well as provides exceptional swimming problems. Additionally, Seagrove Bay, between the village and Priory Bay, is fairly popular. Several of the largest houses in the area are along Pier Road and Bluett Avenue, as well as this is instrumental for the label "millionaires opportunities". Additionally large period homes, currently mostly divided into flats, can be found in Ryde Road. In 1870, Augustus Gough-Calthorpe, 6th Baron Calthorpe, had a French Renaissance design home, Woodlands Vale, built by Samuel Sanders Teulon. The neighboring Calthorpe Road is named after the family members. Seaview has numerous holiday homes including some with sea views. This results in a seasonal variant in the activity in the town - with several second-home owners seeing just in the summertime or holiday durations. There are two resorts, the Seaview Hotel and the Northbank Hotel. There is a pub, pizza place, coffee shop, stationery shop, pharmacist, Post office, Community grocery shop, Beauty Clinic, seaside garments store, biltong shop and an art gallery. No Man's Land Ft, formerly part of the coast defences as well as now a high-end residence, shows up in the Solent one mile from Seaview. Public transportation is offered on Southern Vectis bus route 8, which runs in between Ryde, Bembridge, Sandown and Newport. St. Peter's Church the village's Church of England church built in 1859.
