Local walks and trails (R to Z)
The list of leaflets and websites below provides various walks and routes:
Please note: that Public Rights of Way have not checked the content of these leaflets and cannot therefore guarantee their accuracy or suitability.
Scotchells Brook Trail - 4.5 miles - Shanklin to Alverstone (PDF, 2.07Mb, 3 pages)
Shanklin Beer & Bus Historical Walk - 2.4miles (PDF, 2.44Mb, 8 pages)
Shepherds Trail - 7 miles - Carisbrooke to Shepherds Chine (PDF, 1.04MB, 1 page)
Smugglers Trail (Niton) - Sites of interest around Niton (PDF, 5.89Mb, 19 pages)
Stenbury Trail - 10 miles - Shide (Newport) to Ventnor at the Botanical Garden (PDF, 575KB, 1 page)
Sunshine Trail - 12 miles circular cycle route, passing Wroxall, Godshill, Lanbridge, Sandown, Lake & Shanklin (PDF, 297KB, 2 pages)
Tennyson Trail - 14 miles - Carisbrooke to Alum Bay (PDF, 1.05MB, 1 page)
Towering Tennyson - Rambles by Bus (PDF, 936KB, 2 pages)
Ventnor Beer & Bus Historical Walk - (PDF, 864Kb, 8 pages)
Venerable Oaks Histree Trail - 5.5 mile circular walk around Ryde, Fishbourne & Quarr (PDF, 274KB, 4 pages)
Warrior War Horse Trail - circular trail around Brook, Mottistone & Brighstone (PDF, 492Kb, 1 page)
Waterside Whippingham - 4.4 mile linear walk between Whippingham and Newport (PDF, 1.12MB. 2 pages)
West Wight Beer & Bus Historical Walk - 8.3 miles (PDF, 1.65Mb, 8 pages)
Wroxall Stream Trail - 8 miles Ventnor to Merstone
Western Yar Estuary - 3.8 mile circular walk from Yarmouth to Freshwater (PDF, 678KB, 2 pages)
Wootton Countryside & Landscape - 3.5 mile walk in the Wootton environment (PDF, 1.54MB, 2 pages)
Wootton Creek & Coastline - 4 mile circular walk to Woodside beach (PDF, 1.42MB, 2 pages)
Wootton (Hidden) - 6 mile walk to Woodhouse & Littletown (PDF, 1.45MB, 2 pages)
Wootton (Historical) - 2.5 miles - notable building & features (PDF, 1.49MB, 2 pages)
Wootton Musical Heritage - 2 miles - people & places around Wootton (PDF, 1.48MB, 2 pages)
Worsley Trail - 13 miles - Brighstone Forest to Shanklin Old Village (PDF, 121MB, 1 page)
Yar River Trail - 13.5 miles - Niton to St Helens (PDF, 2.06Mb, 3 pages)
Yarmouth Harbour - Sensory Trail located around the harbour area (PDF, 8.42KN, 2 pages)
Other sources of information:
The network of Public Rights of Way (as at 2000) can be viewed in the Isle of Wight Definitive Map
The network of Public Rights of Way plus some cycle routes and permissive paths can be viewed on the Isle of Wight Leisure Map, this is not a definitive map but gives a illustration of where the routes run.
View the Visit Isle of Wight the Isle of Wight tourism website, it has lots of information about walking and cycling.
Open Access Land can be found on the website of Natural England.
Visit the Ordnance Survey Explorer Map OL29 website.
Visit the Go Wild on Wight website.
If you wish to add a guide or leaflet to the above list then please contact Public Rights of Way by email: rightsofway@iow.gov.uk