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You can treat the little ones to an Easter hunt at various locations around the Isle of Wight this spring.

Isle of Wight Radio 7:00am - 10:00am Live and Local Podcast - Supporting Live Local Music On The Isle Of Wight Much Loved And Improved Bembridge Windmill Reopens On Isle Of Wight By Iona Stewart-Richardson Bembridge Windmill - with the former sweeps Visitors will soon be able to visit the new and improved Bembridge Windmill, which reopens to the public next week (Tuesday). Scroll for pictures... As exclusively reported by Isle of Wight Radio, the National Trust upgraded the Island’s last su...

Bembridge Windmill after restoration. Picture by Chuck Eccleston. THE last surviving windmill on the Isle of Wight has been restored by the National Trust to its appearance when it was famously captured in watercolour by the artist JMW Turner. New sweeps and stocks — the timber frame and beams that make up each sail — have replaced a set removed more than two years ago because the wood was beginning to decay. The same millwright who repaired it 40 years ago, returned to do the work. B...

Isle of Wight Radio 10:00am - 3:00pm Live and Local Podcast - Supporting Live Local Music On The Isle Of Wight EXCLUSIVE: Last Surviving Isle Of Wight Windmill Has Makeover By Iona Stewart-Richardson Bembridge Windmill The last surviving windmill on the Isle of Wight is getting a makeover - which will mean it doesnt need any maintenance for the next 30 years. EXCLUSIVE Owners, National Trust say new sails (known as sweeps) and their timber beam supports, are being put back on the mill this we...