Seaview is a little Edwardian resort situated on the north-eastern edge of the Isle of Wight, overlooking the Solent. The town is preferred with tourists as well as is 2 1/3 miles (3.8 kilometres) from the town of Ryde, where most tourists get to the island by ferry or hovercraft. Along with Nettlestone, it creates a civil parish of Nettlestone and Seaview. The High Street is perpendicular to the shore. On the seafront lies the Old Fort bar, a drinking spot prominent with both homeowners and summertime site visitors. The Salterns Cottages used to house salt frying pan employees. One road 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 town. This stretch of coastline can only be gotten to at low tide. It is loaded with white sand and provides exceptional swimming problems. On top of that, Seagrove Bay, in between the village as well as Priory Bay, is quite preferred. Some of the largest residences in the area are along Pier Road and also Bluett Avenue, as well as this is partly responsible for the label "millionaires avenues". Further large period houses, currently greatly separated right into apartments, can be discovered in Ryde Road. In 1870, Augustus Gough-Calthorpe, sixth Baron Calthorpe, had a French Renaissance design home, Woodlands Vale, developed by Samuel Sanders Teulon. The close-by Calthorpe Road is named after the household. Seaview has numerous vacation houses consisting of some with sea views. This brings about a seasonal variant in the activity in the town - with numerous second-home owners visiting only in the summertime or vacation periods. There are 2 hotels, the Seaview Hotel and also the Northbank Hotel. There is a bar, pizza place, coffee shop, stationery store, pharmacist, Post office, Neighborhood grocery shop, Beauty Clinic, seaside garments shop, biltong store and also an art gallery. No Man's Land Ft, previously part of the shore supports as well as now a luxury residence, shows up in the Solent one mile from Seaview. Public transportation is readily available on Southern Vectis bus course 8, which runs between Ryde, Bembridge, Sandown and also Newport. St. Peter's Church the village's Church of England church constructed in 1859.