Museum · Yaverland · Isle of Wight

Dinosaur Isle

Dinosaur Isle is a dinosaur museum on the Isle of Wight. Yaverland has it inside its built-up area. Add Osborne House, 14 km away, to a visit; it leads 90 places within 15 km.

Photo: Dinosaur Isle, Editor5807 (Public domain)

Where

In Yaverland

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 23%

#1,932 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 20–22°C

In brief

Museum in Yaverland

Inside Yaverland

Dinosaur Isle is inside Yaverland’s built-up area, with 20 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Weather, month by month

Warm weather in Yaverland runs June to September, with highs of 20–22°C.

Jan9° / 4°93 mm

Feb9° / 4°66 mm

Mar11° / 5°54 mm

Apr14° / 6°50 mm

May17° / 9°44 mm

Jun20° / 12°48 mm

Jul22° / 14°46 mm

Aug22° / 14°56 mm

Sep20° / 12°64 mm

Oct16° / 10°101 mm

Nov12° / 7°106 mm

Dec10° / 5°105 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Yaverland, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Yaverland. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Yaverland’s full climate →

About

Dinosaur Isle

Wikipedia covers it in 4 languages.

Type: Museum
Wikipedias: Covered in 4 languages
Town: in Yaverland
Official site: dinosaurisle.com

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

Plan your visit

Useful details

Entrance fees

EntryA fee is charged

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

Map of Dinosaur Isle and nearby

The orange dot is Dinosaur Isle; the numbers are the places near it, as listed below.

Towns near it

The towns around Dinosaur Isle

By population, Sandown leads the 8 with 11,652. Start with its own town; the others follow by distance.

1 · It’s in town

Yaverland

451 people · 23 places to visit

2 · 200 m southwest of it

Sandown

11,652 people · 32 places to visit

3 · 1.1 km north of it

Brading

1,909 people · 28 places to visit

4 · 2.7 km southwest of it

Shanklin

9,112 people · 28 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Dinosaur Isle is	People	Places to visit
Yaverland	It’s in town	451	23
Sandown	200 m southwest of it	11,652	32
Brading	1.1 km north of it	1,909	28
Shanklin	2.7 km southwest of it	9,112	28
Alverstone Garden Village	3.2 km west of it	497	27
Winford	3.6 km west of it	1,082	28
St Helens	4.2 km northeast of it	941	23
Bembridge	4.3 km northeast of it	3,564	18

Make a day of it

Also near Dinosaur Isle

Also close at hand are 2 historic houses, 2 wildlife parks and 2 museums, among 90 within 15 km.

Historic house · English HeritageOsborne House14 km away 2

Castle · English HeritageCarisbrooke Castle12 km away 3

Wildlife parkThe Wildheart Animal Sanctuary300 m away 4

Wildlife parkAmazon World5.5 km away 5

MuseumIsle of Wight Steam Railway7.2 km away 6

MuseumBrading Roman Villa1.7 km away 7

Fort · National TrustCulver Battery3.3 km away 8

Historic house · English HeritageAppuldurcombe House7.9 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

A visit to Dinosaur Isle: questions

Where is Dinosaur Isle?

Dinosaur Isle is in Yaverland, Isle of Wight, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Dinosaur Isle?

Dinosaur museum on the Isle of Wight.

When is the best time to visit Dinosaur Isle?

June to September are the warmest months in Yaverland, with afternoon highs of 20–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Dinosaur Isle?

Within 15 km: Osborne House (14 km), Carisbrooke Castle (12 km), The Wildheart Animal Sanctuary (300 m) and Amazon World (5.5 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

Dinosaur Isle: Editor5807, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Osborne House: Humac45, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Carisbrooke Castle: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
The Wildheart Animal Sanctuary: Fluteflute, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Amazon World: Lewis Clarke, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Isle of Wight Steam Railway: Stephen Dawson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Brading Roman Villa: Martyn Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Culver Battery: War Office official photographer : Malindine E G (Lt), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Appuldurcombe House: Cpsterling, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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