Guidebook for Shanklin
Food Scene
Built in 1690 as two or three fishermans’ cottages, the sugar pink Old Thatched Tea Shop is considered the oldest building in Shanklin and is now an award-winning tea room. With a quaint and traditional aesthetic, vintage china plates decorate the walls and a fairy garden enchants visiting children.
Steeped in history, The Old Thatch has retained its charm and popularity over the years and is renowned for its indulgent clotted cream teas, house blend coffee and delicious homemade cakes and scones. For history lovers, a tunnel runs underneath the cottages which would have been used by the fishermen and smugglers to hide their contraband and as their get-away.
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Shanklin Old Village
A3055Built in 1690 as two or three fishermans’ cottages, the sugar pink Old Thatched Tea Shop is considered the oldest building in Shanklin and is now an award-winning tea room. With a quaint and traditional aesthetic, vintage china plates decorate the walls and a fairy garden enchants visiting children.
Steeped in history, The Old Thatch has retained its charm and popularity over the years and is renowned for its indulgent clotted cream teas, house blend coffee and delicious homemade cakes and scones. For history lovers, a tunnel runs underneath the cottages which would have been used by the fishermen and smugglers to hide their contraband and as their get-away.
Sightseeing
Formation of the Chine has taken place over the last 10,000 years. The stream would originally have flowed into the Eastern Yar river when Sandown Bay was land. This stream is continually cutting its way back to the foot of the Downs from whence it springs. In the latter half of the 19th century, stones were laid at the top of the waterfall to arrest this progress. There is a continuous series of spring lines on the cliff faces in the chine.
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Shanklin Chine
3 Chine AveFormation of the Chine has taken place over the last 10,000 years. The stream would originally have flowed into the Eastern Yar river when Sandown Bay was land. This stream is continually cutting its way back to the foot of the Downs from whence it springs. In the latter half of the 19th century, stones were laid at the top of the waterfall to arrest this progress. There is a continuous series of spring lines on the cliff faces in the chine.