Ventnor Towers Hotel

The garden and pool area of Ventnor Towers Hotel, with the main building in the background.

Ventnor Towers Hotel is a large hotel in Ventnor on the Isle of Wight. It was first built in 1872[1] and has been extended multiple times since. It is notably one of the few hotels on the Isle of Wight to have a functioning Helipad.[2] The Hotel is south-facing, and sits little more than a few hundred feet from the steep cliffs that give access to Bonchurch. Documents on display inside the hotel mention of a similar hotel in the neighbouring town of Shanklin having been built around the same time as this hotel, but it has long since been defunct.

Alternate names

For a short time between the mid-1990s and the mid-2000s, the hotel was managed by Best Western, and was known as Best Western Ventnor.[3] After the owners chose to manage the hotel instead, the hotel's name reverted to its current name.

References

  1. ↑ http://ventnortowers.com Ventnor Towers Hotel, Homepage
  2. ↑ http://aff.bstatic.com/images/hotel/max500/846/8468503.jpg (Helicopter can be seen to the right of this image)
  3. ↑ http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotel_Review-g190926-d193884-Reviews-Ventnor_Towers_Hotel-Ventnor_Isle_of_Wight_England.html Tripadvisor, Ventnor Towers Hotel, Additional information

Coordinates: 50°35′48.4″N 1°11′37.3″W / 50.596778°N 1.193694°W

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