Seaview is a small Edwardian resort located on the north-eastern edge of the Isle of Wight, neglecting the Solent. The village is prominent with travelers and also is 2 1/3 miles (3.8 km) from the community of Ryde, where most tourists get to the island by ferryboat or hovercraft. Together with Nettlestone, it creates a civil parish of Nettlestone as well as Seaview. The High Street is vertical to the coast. On the seafront exists the Old Ft bar, a drinking place prominent with both homeowners and summer visitors. The Salterns Cottages used to house salt pan employees. One road is named Rope Walk because lengthy areas of rope for setting up ships were outlined there. The widely known Abbey Bay is approximately a ten-minute stroll from the village. This stretch of beach can only be reached at low tide. It is full of white sand and provides superb swimming problems. In addition, Seagrove Bay, between the village as well as Priory Bay, is fairly prominent. Some of the largest houses in the area are along Pier Road as well as Bluett Avenue, and also this is partly responsible for the label "millionaires methods". Additionally big period houses, now greatly split into flats, can be discovered in Ryde Road. In 1870, Augustus Gough-Calthorpe, 6th Baron Calthorpe, had a French Renaissance design residence, Woodlands Vale, built by Samuel Sanders Teulon. The close-by Calthorpe Road is named after the family members. Seaview has many vacation residences including some with sea views. This brings about a seasonal variation in the activity in the town - with many second-home proprietors visiting only in the summer months or holiday durations. There are two hotels, the Seaview Hotel as well as the Northbank Hotel. There is a club, pizza area, cafe, stationery store, pharmacologist, Post office, Area grocery store, Beauty Clinic, seaside apparel store, biltong shop as well as an art gallery. No Man's Land Fort, previously part of the shore protections and also currently a deluxe residence, is visible in the Solent one mile from Seaview. Public transportation is available on Southern Vectis bus route 8, which runs in between Ryde, Bembridge, Sandown and also Newport. St. Peter's Church the village's Church of England church built in 1859.