Yarmouth to The Needles via Alum Bay – The Needles Breezer from Southern Vectis
The Needles Breezer from Southern Vectis
This service is operated with open top buses.
- This route serves Attractions
- This route serves Heritage
- This route serves Rolling hills
- This route serves the Seaside
The Needles Breezer is one of the most spectacular bus rides in all of England, an open-top ride with views that will simply take your breath away, with buses running up to every 30 minutes.
Does this service run all year
or seasonal
This route runs in Spring & Summer only
Route
frequency
Buses run up to every 30 mins, 7 days a week
Concession passes
Sorry, we don't know about concessionary bus pass acceptance on this route.
Places to visit & things to do along the way
The Needles Breezer : Yarmouth to The Needles loop
The Needles Breezer offers a spectacular day out, ranked as the third best scenic bus route in all England! An open-top ride with views that will simply take your breath away,
The Needles Breezer runs up to every 30 minutes. Enjoy a cliff-hugging, dizzy climb from Alum Bay right up to the Needles Battery, a unique view point from aboard the open top bus where the vistas out to sea are intoxicating.
The route links Yarmouth to Freshwater Bay, Dimbola Museum and Galleries, Farringford Estate, Tennyson Downs and Fort Victoria Country Park. The children will love the Needles Landmark Attraction at Alum Bay, with its fairground rides and chairlift down to the beach.
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Places to visit & things to do along the way
Freshwater Bay
The towering white cliffs of Tennyson Down shelter this attractive cove. The beach is covered in a mixture of grey flint and chalk pebbles that make a unique sound as the waves rise and fall onto the shore. Explore the rock ledge revealed at low tide, which is great for rock pooling with little ones. A fantastic place to set out on several invigorating walks.
St Agnes Church
Designed by architect Isaac Jones, this thatched church with wooden bell turret was built in 1908 on land in Freshwater Bay donated by Hallam Tennyson, son of the Victorian poet laureate Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Made of stone from an old farmhouse on Hooke Hill, Freshwater – the birthplace of the natural philosopher, architect and polymath Robert Hooke, it is the only thatched church on the Island.
Dimbola Museum & Galleries
Home and workplace of the internationally acclaimed Victorian photographer Julia Margaret Cameron. Dimbola became a focal point for a crowd of bohemian writers and poets, such as Poet Laureate Alfred Lord Tennyson and Lewis Carroll. Today it houses a programme of changing exhibitions and also has an award-winning Tea Room and Gift Shop.
Tennyson Monument
This imposing monument to Alfred, Lord Tennyson, the Victorian poet laureate stands on the highest point of Tennyson Down on the former site of the old Nodes signal beacon that used to give warning of invasion threats. Tennyson often walked the Down and is famed for saying “The air is worth ‘sixpence a pint.’
Fort Victoria Country Park
This park follows the coastline and has spectacular views over to Hurst Castle on the mainland. There are seashore and woodland walks and it’s a great spot to sit and watch Solent boats and shipping go by. There are attractions in the old fort buildings – a planetarium, café, model railway and the Underwater Archaeology Centre.
This listing was last updated on 28th August 2023
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