www.ghost-island.co.uk  Interesting site about ghosts on the Island.  Some of the featured books by local writer Gay Baldwin, I own and have read nearly all of these and they are good. My particular favourite are the stories, facts, and pictures concerning Knighton Gorges. These books can be seen for sale at many bookshops and tourist information centres on The Island and are also available from the web site. 

Ghost maps and stories are featured in this site amongst other things.  Book six titled 'Most Haunted Island' is out now and apart from being the largest is an excellent read - her best one yet!

The Island is rich in ghosts as well as history!

Some Ventnor history and pictures can also be found at http://www.ventnor-iw.co.uk/index.html see next catagory.

http://www.ventnorradar.co.uk/   A personal site from Don Adams which is dedicated to all those who served at RAF Ventnor, containing plenty of technical as well as autobiographical accounts of time spent manning the radars many years ago.  Plenty of pictures within the site including an aerial picture on 'down the Hole' page reached off 'what an underground R1 Hole looks like' link from the home page.

http://www.islandpages.co.uk/Pg091.htm  Another very good index site containing a large amount of hand picked sites arranged in categories.  Explore The Island category is recommended and has many interesting links followed by History and pictures contained within.

http://www.backofthewight.co.uk/index.htm  Named after the famous and highly recommended book by Fred Mew this site gives the locations and details of many shipwrecks that occurred on the West coast. This area was particularly notorious for claiming unfortunate ships. Plenty of pictures as well as details of heroic rescues by man -powered lifeboats whom the volunteers sometimes perished themselves.

http://www.gmwarner.com  Martin Warners personal site showing some great Victorian pictures from his family's collection including those of Ventnor Esplanade, Shanklin & Sandown and some of the old piers of The Island. There are also some old postcards, recent pictures and a bit of his family history.

http://www.availablelightphoto.co.uk/  The site of Isle of Wight photos taken by Steve Gascoigne LRPS. There are some fantastic pictures here where the natural light has been captured perfectly and the quality is outstanding. Ariel pictures also feature here as well as a large selection of landscape pictures amongst several galleries.

Free wallpaper pictures are available to download which is a good idea, my particular favourite is the sun setting beyond The Needles.

http://www.ventnor-iw.co.uk/index.html Ventnor - gateway to The Undercliff website has some great pictures old and new here. There is general information, history, accommodation, places of interest and maps here.

http://www.wightimages.co.uk  Wightimages - Limited edition photos and prints by Neil Hunt.

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/douglas.cox/   A personal photo gallery of The Island.  Nice selection of images from all corners of The Island, searchable by town.

http://website.lineone.net/~norman.lusted/IOWtour.htm    Some nice pictures on this one page private picture gallery.

http://www.isleofwightpictures.co.uk/index.html  John Durrants site containing lots of high quality pictures from The Island giving the visitor a taste of what can be seen.  There are coastal, thatches, sunsets, villages, buildings categories to name a few.

http://www.1910.wight.info/index.htm  A small picture site that has photographs of The Island from around 1910, including a lot of piers that have not survived.

http://www.wight.info/  Around a hundred modern pictures of The Island. Related to the previous site.

http://www.wightimages.com/-/wightimages/default.asp   A gallery of photographs by local photographer Allan King.

  Ventnor blog, an interesting community blog site all about Ventnor and other parts of The Island. Excellent pictures as well with nice slideshow options - sit back and enjoy the show! There are some really good images here covering a wide variety of subjects and places.....

http://www.iwcam.co.uk   Isle of Wight Cam is a site which has an extensive photo gallery of nearly all the villages.  There are also various types of walks, trails and maps with plenty of information and many pictures.

http://www.isleofwightwalkingfestival.co.uk/  Every May The Island hosts The UK's largest walking festival.  This site is all about the festival in 2005 and has lots of information with competitions and news.

http://www.lakerlikeswalking.co.uk/index.html   Geoff Laker's site about walking on The Isle of Wight with a couple of walks featured with pictures along the way. There are some accommodation ideas with some good rates for walkers.

http://www.wightsole.org.uk/index.html  Wight Sole Walking is a group of individuals of various ages who clearly enjoy walking. Past activities list the walks that they have completed with information and pictures. Group photo's and a list of forthcoming events and social evenings are also featured. The Arial pictures of the walks supplied by Google Earth is an interesting and useful feature.

http://www.wight-walks.co.uk/index.html  Walking holidays are offered on this site.  Accommodation, maps, advice and transportation of luggage between walk destinations are provided by this 'all in' service.