Map key Route summary tables Stage facilities planner Overview profile/staging options Introduction Geography and landscape A potted history Modern society Principal locations Wildlife When to go Getting to the island Getting around Accommodation What to take Safety The countryside Walking in groups Walking with children Using this guide COASTAL PATH Stage 1 Cowes to Shalfleet Stage 2 Shalfleet to Yarmouth Stage 3 Yarmouth to Alum Bay Stage 4 Alum Bay to Brook Stage 5 Brook to Ventnor Stage 6 Ventnor to Sandown Stage 7 Sandown to Ryde Stage 8 Ryde to East Cowes WEST WIGHT Walk 1 Newport and Shorwell figure of eight Walk 2 Shorwell to Whitwell Walk 3 Brighstone circular Walk 4 Brighstone to Yarmouth Walk 5 Yarmouth circular Walk 6 Freshwater circular Walk 7 Shalfleet and Newtown circular Walk 8 Shalfleet to Newport Walk 9 Tennyson Trail EAST WIGHT Walk 10 Shanklin circular via Nettlecombe Walk 11 Shanklin circular via America Wood Walk 12 Niton circular (the two lighthouses walk) Walk 13 Ashey and Newchurch circular Walk 14 Ryde to Ventnor Walk 15 Brading and St Helens circular Walk 16 Wootton Bridge circular Walk 17 Wootton Station to Newport Walk 18 Bembridge Trail Walk 19 Worsley Trail Walk 20 Arreton to Brading Walk 21 Godshill to Ventnor Appendix A Accommodation listings Appendix B Useful contacts