The Isle of Wight is great for outdoor sports with recognised areas for walking, cycling, mountain biking, swimming, snorkling, diving, fishing, surfing, sailing, windsurfing, paragliding, kite surfing and horse riding.

Walking - The Isle of Wight has more footpaths per square mile than any other English county - from a 60 mile coastal path, to easy circular routes, and short town trails - there are over 500 miles of well maintained paths.

Cycling - the Island is an ideal location for cyclists. There is a network of quiet lanes and way-marked bridleways. There is a well signposted ‘round-island’ road route.

Paragliding - there is a good variety of terrain for paragliding and hang gliding with cliff sites, thermal ridges and a challenging 15km cliff run.

Horse Riding - there are a number of excellent riding schools on the Island where you can mount up for the day and explore the many paths and bridleways that straddle the Island.

With over 60 miles of coastline, the Island can cater for most water sport enthusiasts.

Sailing - The Isle of Wight is one of the best known sailing venues in the world - the Solent - an area of varied coastline and fierce tidal streams which has long been a training ground for world-beating sailors.

Surfing - Sandown, Shanklin and Ventnor on the south-east coast, and Brook, Compton and Brighstone Bay all on the south-west coast of the island are all popular locations.

Diving - From shallow shore dives where you can see a variety of marine life to dive trips by boat to see some of the many wrecks around the island.

Kitesurfing - A new and popular sport, the Island has suitable Kitesurfing and Windsurfing beaches at Brooke, Colwell Bay, Sandown, Bembridge and Ryde