Isle of Wight

Template:Isle of Wight is an island in the south of United Kingdom.

Hitchhiking out

North towards Portsmouth, Southampton, the New Forest

Isle of Wight is linked to the mainland with ferries running to Portsmouth, Southampton, and Lymington. All of the car ferries are possible to hitch a lift on, as drivers pay for their vehicles and not per person.

The terminals on the island are each quite small, and if staff give any hassle when hitching inside the terminal it should be fine getting a lift from just outside the terminal too.

Fishbourne, which is closest to Ryde/anywhere on the east or south of the island, is halfway between Ryde and Newport, and easy to hitch to. The ferries go to Portsmouth.

East Cowes is very close to Newport, with ferries going to Southampton.

Yarmouth is the port of West Wight, and ferries go to Lymington, in the New Forest.

Hitchhiking in

It should be possible getting rides into the island from any of the car ferry ports at Southampton, Portsmouth or Lymington. Drivers pay for their vehicles and not per passenger on both WightLink and Red Funnel ferries.

Accommodation and Sleep

The Isle of Wight is extremely rambler-friendly, and so wild camping could be deemed quite acceptable across most of the island.

Other useful info

Simon set up a blog about his daily hitch home from work, from Ryde to Brading, which can be read here: myhitchhome.wordpress.com