Warners @ Bembridge, IOW
June 7, 2024
Following our popular Warners short breaks to Cricket St Thomas in 2022 and Littlecote House last year, I have been asked if we could do a Summer break. I’m pleased to say I have managed to secure a great opportunity to enjoy their Bembridge Coast Hotel on the Isle of Wight this June. As this is fairly short notice, we need to move fast to guarantee our places. As such, please see the details below and let me know as soon as you can, should you wish to join us. Demand is always great for our Warners breaks, especially for the single rooms.
Famous for their nightly entertainment, daily leisure activities and with a great reputation for food and customer service, Warners has been entertaining its guests for 90 years, with all their properties becoming adult only in 1994. Our 4 night / 5 day stay at the Bembridge Coast Hotel on the Isle of Wight will see us benefit from all the usual things you would expect on a Warner Leisure Hotels break. Whilst precise details might change slightly, we expect to visit the beautiful picture postcard village of Godshill when we arrive on the Isle of Wight and the equally beautiful Shanklin en route to getting the ferry home on the Friday. In addition, there will be at least two optional excursions for those that want to take advantage of them. Our excursions are left as optional as I know some people will have been to the Isle of Wight before and may not wish to join us on either or both excursions but make the most of the 23 acres of grounds and optimal coastal position that the hotel offers, just metres from the lapping, glistening Solent.
Our optional excursions will be a day at Osborne House and a trip on the Isle of Wight Steam Railway. We may have a free day at the hotel for our third full day on the Island, or I may look to include a third trip for anyone that is interested.
The cost of the trip will be £595 per person based on two sharing a twin or double standard room. For solo travellers please contact me for the options available. Please see below for a more detailed itinerary and what is included in the price.
What’s Included:
- 4 nights’ accommodation in a Standard room on a dinner, bed & breakfast basis
- Luxury coach travel throughout
- Warner’s Entertainment nightly
- Use of Warner’s leisure facilities
- Visits to Godshill and Shanklin
OPTIONAL EXCURSIONS
- Osborne House
- IOW Steam Railway
Monday – will find us leaving from behind the Dorking Halls at 9am, with a view to avoiding the worst of the rush hour traffic and ensuring a relaxing journey as we head to Southampton to catch our lunchtime ferry crossing. On arrival at East Cowes we will take the short journey to Godshill where we hope to spend a couple of hours enjoying what is one of the most beautiful villages on the Island. When done we will head to the hotel with time to check-in and acquaint ourselves with the surroundings before dinner and of course the evening entertainment.
Tuesday – today will either be left free to relax and enjoy the facilities and surrounding area or I may look to offer a third optional excursion.
Wednesday – our mid-week optional excursion will be to Osborne House. A favourite of both Queen Victoria and the Queen Mother, Osborne House has plenty to see. Leaving the hotel at around 10.15am, we have entry to Osborne House at 11am. Allowing enough time to enjoy all on offer, as well as time to relax in their restaurant or café, we will spend around 5 hours at Osborne House before returning to our hotel with time to spare before dinner and the nightly entertainment. This excursion is free to English Heritage members on presentation of a valid membership card. For non-members it is up to £23.60, subject to age.
Thursday – for our final full day there will be the option of an afternoon journey on the Isle of Wight Steam Railway. With a guided tour of the railway before our return steam train ride, the afternoon excursion will cost £19.50 per person.
Friday – leaving the hotel at around 9.30am we will take in the lovely village of Shanklin. With around a couple of hours to enjoy this picturesque village we will then head north to East Cowes to catch our lunchtime ferry back to Southampton. Heading straight home having arrived back on the mainland, we anticipate being back to Dorking at around 5.30pm.
neil@surreytrips.co.uk / 07771 793294