
Welcome to the
Isle of Wight Festival
of Rugby 2025
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Your Accommodation
The Shanklin Beach Hotel enjoys a seafront location on the Esplanade, with direct access to Shanklin Beach for all fun water activities and one of the biggest and best beaches on the island.
All rooms are ensuite with tea/coffee facilities, Wi-Fi, and digital TVs, some rooms have sea views. No pets allowed. The hotel hosts a breakfast room, games room, restaurant, and family themed function room where there will be live entertainment on each night of your stay. After a fun-filled day of rugby enjoy a drink or two in the lively family beach bar with great evening entertainment and a good sing song!
Shanklin town centre, Shanklin old village and Shanklin seafront are all within easy walking distance of the hotel with great bars, restaurants, attractions, fast food takeaways, diners, ice cream parlour, supermarkets, chemist and of course the fabulous sandy beach is just in front of your hotel, plus there’s plenty of family fun to have at one of the crazy golf courses and amusement arcades, go-karting and indoor 10 pin bowling alley.
During the month of March, we will contact your team organiser to ask if you would like to add an evening meal at a very special rate and have dinner as part of your package, the cost to add dinner each evening will be just £10 per person per evening, if you choose this option, once the rugby festival has finished for the day you can head back to the hotel knowing your evening meal is waiting for you.
Arrival check-in from 3pm, departure check-out by 11am.
Food & Drink

Breakfast is included during your stay with an option to add dinner to your package
Shanklin Beach hotel offers freshly cooked food using locally produced ingredients. Breakfast includes either Continental, full English or a healthier option, catering for all dietary requirements. The hotel also offers a dinner menu which can be added to your stay package.
Breakfast will be served from 7.30am to 10.00am, dinner will be served from 6.00pm to 8.30pm.
Things to do in Shanklin

There's plenty of family fun things to do in Shanklin....
Shanklin town centre and the Shanklin old village are within easy walking distance of the hotel with great bars, restaurants, diners and of course the fabulous sandy beaches.
An awesome way to spend time away from the festival on the golden beaches gliding through the water on a kayak or paddleboard, or riding the waves on a bodyboard. Finish the day off with a competitive round of adventure golf or indoor ten pin bowling against your team mates!
You will never go hungry with Shanklin seafront and town offering a selection of family pubs, takeaways, fish and chip diners and ice cream parlours, there will be plenty of options to choose from.