Our good friends around the country have enabled us to offer you some fantastic offers for when you come to support us on our journey. Please take advatntage of their generousity and support us (and them) where you can!
RED FUNNEL - 15% OFF ALL FERRY TRAVEL
Red Funnel are the official transport providers for 150MND.COM. They areproviding us with complimentary transport for not only our walkers, but also our support vehicles. We Thank Them from the bottom of our hearts for this kind act of generousity.
Save 15% on foot and car ferry fares to the Isle of Wight for 150MND.COM, between 13 and 21 May 2024.
- This offer can only be booked online.
- Offer is valid on foot and car products.
- Valid for bookings made beetween 13 May and 21 May 2024.
- You MUST enter Promotionsal Code MND1502024 to qualify for the discount.
- We reserve the right to modify or cancel the offers at any time.
- Discounts apply to new bookings only, no refunds will be given in retrospect.
- The offer is limited to the first 50 bookings made.
WIGHTLINK - 20% OFF ALL FERRY TRAVEL
Save 20% on foot and car ferry fares to the Isle of Wight for 150MND.COM, between 16 and 21 May 2024.
- This offer can only be booked online.
- Offer is valid on foot and car products.
- Valid for bookings made until 21 May 2024.
- You MUST enter 150MND.COM in the Event Name box to complete the booking (at Stage 4).
- Bookings are only valid from the Mainland to the Isle of Wight.
- We reserve the right to modify or cancel the offers at any time.
- Tesco Clubcard Reward Partner Codes will not be accepted as part or full payment of tickets.
- Discounts apply to new bookings only, no refunds will be given in retrospect.
- Wightlink General Conditions for provision of Ferry Services apply and can be found www.wightlink.co.uk/terms.
ISLE OF WIGHT HOTELS FOR 150MND WALK
For anyone looking to stay in the IOW to support the 150 MND team please see the annotated map below which shows the eastern side of the island. If you want to stay near the walkers and the finishing venue, I suggest you stay in the red corridor.
The Island is a lot bigger than first time visitors often appreciate and can take the best part of an hour to travel from one side of the island to the other.The main form of transport is the Vectis buses. These are good and I have used them extensively while out walking. They are currently continuing the nationally expired scheme of £2 per trip, so are cheap as well. On most routes they tend to run approximately every hour.
If you stay in the red corridor the number 8 bus enters at the top of the corridor from Ryde and exits at the small left-hand bulge heading to Newport. It does not stop right outside the brewery, but the Amazon World stop is only a short walk. The timetable is currently showing the last bus back in the direction of Ryde as 23:56 hrs. One final word on the buses, if you are coming down by train as a foot passenger, the train stops right alongside the Wight Link Catamaran terminal at Portsmouth Harbour.
This takes 22 minutes to Ryde Pier Head, and you can then walk down the pier and get the Number 8 bus to come into this red corridor area. Book your ticket through to Ryde Pier Head from your starting point as it is cheaper. There is one train on the island (Steam train aside) that runs from the Pier Head (you can get this from the Catamaran if you don’t want to walk the pier, in which case
book your ticket through to Ryde bus depot) that goes to Sandown & Shanklin if you are staying there.
If you are driving over, the best route when coming from the Kent area is the Wight Link Portsmouth to Fishbourne route (44 mins). It generally takes just under 2 hours from Tonbridge or south London to Portsmouth straight down the A3. Fishbourne is marginally west of Ryde and it is slightly quicker than the Southampton route but also places you on the correct side of the island for the corridor on the map.
The other main route by car is The Red Funnel route from Southampton to Cowes. This takes slightly longer to get to on the mainland (M3) and will require you to do more driving once on the island, but that said Cowes is a buzzing little town. There is also the Red Jet passenger catamaran on this route (20 mins) for pedestrians.
There is one other car route from Lymington to Yarmouth (45 mins). Yarmouth is a great village but is very distant from the red corridor on the map and takes a lot longer to get to on the mainland. That said Lymington is a great stop over point when travelling and is on the very edge of the most picturesque (for my money) part of the New Forest.
Finally, if you want to try something different as a foot passenger, there is the Hoverspeed hovercraft service from Southsea (Complimentary bus link from Portsmouth and Southsea station to the hovercraft terminal). Then see as per Wight Link Catamaran above.
Below is the map then some hotels that you may wish to try. Please note some have offered discount so please mention 150 MND which you call up.
Each hotel links to its own site so that you can view the accomodation – click the hotel name to view.
Luccombe Hall & Luccombe Manor have offered 15% discount when calling and mentioning 150 MND.
Luccombe Hall Hotel, Family Friendly Hotel in Shanklin
Luccombe Manor Country House Hotel
The following may offer discount if you ask:
Isle of Wight Sandown (Seafront) Hotel | Premier Inn