Pictures taken by  
Howard Oakley
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  • Hobie catamarans parked on Ryde Sands at low tide
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  • Dawn over Ryde Pier, viewed from a car ferry at Fishbourne
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  • Low tide at Fishbourne Creek
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  • Steps in the gardens of Osborne House, Queen Victoria's royal residence
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  • St Mildred's Church at Whippingham, Queen Victoria's Church for the Osborne Estate
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  • Looking vertically up into the tower of St Mildred's Church, Whippingham, Queen Victoria's Church for the Osborne Estate (handheld)
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  • The entrance to Carisbrooke Priory, Carisbrooke, to the west of Newport
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  • Newtown Town Hall
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  • Causeway at Newtown
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  • Yacht sailing past Fort Albert, between Yarmouth and Totland
The Solent Coast
The northern coastline is less spectacular than the south. Ryde has a long pier to bridge over its sands to the ferries for Portsmouth. A series of winding estuaries provides rich feeding for birds and others. Queen Victoria's Osborne House and St Mildred's Church are popular with visitors. The old capital of the Island, Newtown, is now a tranquil shadow of its former self, its once bustling harbour silted up to all but small craft.