Seaview is a little Edwardian resort located on the north-eastern corner of the Isle of Wight, overlooking the Solent. The town is preferred with visitors as well as is 2 1/3 miles (3.8 kilometres) from the community of Ryde, where most tourists reach the island by ferryboat or hovercraft. Together with Nettlestone, it creates a civil parish of Nettlestone and also Seaview. The High Street is perpendicular to the shore. On the seafront lies the Old Ft bar, a drinking place popular with both locals and also summertime visitors. The Salterns Cottages made use of to house salt pan workers. One street is named Rope Walk because long sections of rope for setting up ships were laid out there. The widely known Abbey Bay is roughly a ten-minute walk from the town. This stretch of coastline can only be reached at low tide. It is loaded with white sand and also uses outstanding swimming problems. On top of that, Seagrove Bay, in between the town as well as Priory Bay, is quite popular. Several of the biggest residences in the location are along Pier Road as well as Bluett Avenue, as well as this is partly responsible for the label "millionaires methods". Better huge period houses, now mostly separated right into apartments, 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 household. Seaview has lots of vacation residences including some with sea views. This causes a seasonal variation in the task in the village - with many second-home proprietors seeing only in the summer months or holiday durations. There are 2 resorts, the Seaview Hotel and also the Northbank Hotel. There is a pub, pizza location, cafe, stationery shop, pharmacologist, Post office, Community grocery store shop, Beauty Clinic, seaside clothing shop, biltong shop and also an art gallery. No Man's Land Ft, formerly part of the coastline protections and now a deluxe house, is visible in the Solent one mile from Seaview. Public transport is readily available on Southern Vectis bus route 8, which operates between Ryde, Bembridge, Sandown and also Newport. St. Peter's Church the town's Church of England church built in 1859.