Dinosaur Isle
Dinosaur Isle is a purpose-built dinosaur museum located in Sandown on the Isle of Wight in southern England. The museum was designed by Isle of Wight architect Rainey Petrie Johns in the shape of a giant pterosaur.Photo: Editor5807, Public domain.
- Opening hours: Tuesday—Saturday 10:00 AM—4:00 PM
- Type: Museum
- Description: dinosaur museum on the Isle of Wight
- Address: Culver Parade, Sandown, PO36 8QA
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Wildheart Animal Sanctuary and Sandown railway station.
Wildheart Animal Sanctuary
Zoo
Photo: Fluteflute, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Wildheart Animal Sanctuary, previously known as the Isle of Wight Zoo and Sandown Zoo, is a wildlife sanctuary on the coastline of Sandown, Isle of Wight. Wildheart Animal Sanctuary is situated 1,100 feet northeast of Dinosaur Isle.
Sandown railway station
Railway station
Sandown railway station is a railway station serving Sandown on the Isle of Wight, England. It is located on the Island Line from Ryde to Shanklin. Sandown railway station is situated 1 mile west of Dinosaur Isle.
Yaverland Battery
Photo: Editor5807, Public domain.
Yaverland Battery is a battery on the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. It was constructed between 1861 and 1864. It originally mounted eight 7-inch Armstrong Rifled Breech Loading guns, and enclosed with a Carnot wall. Yaverland Battery is situated 3,300 feet northeast of Dinosaur Isle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yaverland and Sandown.
Yaverland
Village
Photo: Editor5807, Public domain.
Yaverland is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Sandown, on the Isle of Wight, England. It is just north of Sandown on Sandown Bay.
Sandown
Town
Photo: ITookSomePhotos, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sandown is a seaside resort and civil parish on the south-east coast of the Isle of Wight, England. The neighbouring resort of Shanklin and the settlement of Lake are sited just to the south of the town.
Adgestone
Hamlet
Photo: Editor5807, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Adgestone is a small hamlet on the Isle of Wight. It is located close to Brading in the east of the island. There is 10-acre vineyard in Adgestone which also is the site of a bed and breakfast.
Dinosaur Isle
- Categories: local authority museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Sandown, Isle of Wight, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.65918° or 50° 39′ 33″ northLongitude
-1.14281° or 1° 8′ 34″ westOpen location code
9C2WMV54+MVOpenStreetMap ID
way 110864558OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q5278637
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Japanese—“Dinosaur Isle” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “恐龍島博物館”
- Chinese: “恐龙岛博物馆”
- Chinese: “懷特島地質博物館”
- French: “Dinosaur Isle”
- Japanese: “ダイナソー・アイル”
- Japanese: “恐竜島”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sky Nets and Brown’s Golf Course.
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