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Ventnor Botanic Garden

Ventnor Botanic Garden is a botanical garden. Within the built-up area of Ventnor, it is one of the places to visit. It is protected as a Grade II listed park and garden.

Photo: Ventnor Botanic Garden, Shaun Ferguson (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Ventnor

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 23%

#1,932 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–21°C

In brief

Garden in Ventnor

Inside Ventnor

Ventnor Botanic Garden is inside Ventnor’s built-up area, with 7 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade II listed park and garden

On the official list of protected heritage; Ventnor has 117 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

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

When to go

Month by month in Ventnor

If warmth matters, go June to September: Ventnor reaches 19–21°C.

Jan8° / 3°94 mm

Feb8° / 3°67 mm

Mar10° / 4°57 mm

Apr13° / 5°53 mm

May16° / 8°51 mm

Jun19° / 11°52 mm

Jul21° / 13°51 mm

Aug21° / 13°65 mm

Sep19° / 12°65 mm

Oct16° / 9°99 mm

Nov12° / 6°105 mm

Dec9° / 4°107 mm

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

About

Ventnor Botanic Garden

4 Wikipedia editions have an article on it. Top of the 57 other places within 15 km is Carisbrooke Castle, 12 km off.

Ventnor’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Garden
Listed: Grade II listed park and garden
Wikipedias: Covered in 4 languages
Town: in Ventnor
Official site: botanic.co.uk

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

The map

Where it sits

Ventnor Botanic Garden is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.

Towns near it

Towns within reach of Ventnor Botanic Garden

The largest of the 6 towns is Shanklin, with 9,112 people. The towns whose pages list it: the one it is in, those within 5 km of it, then larger towns further out.

1 · It’s in town

Ventnor

5,566 people · 18 places to visit

2 · 2.4 km north of it

Wroxall

1,708 people · 15 places to visit

3 · 2.5 km northwest of it

Whitwell

660 people · 12 places to visit

4 · 3.5 km west of it

Niton

1,199 people · 8 places to visit

Compare the 6 towns

Town	Where Ventnor Botanic Garden is	People	Places to visit
Ventnor	It’s in town	5,566	18
Wroxall	2.4 km north of it	1,708	15
Whitwell	2.5 km northwest of it	660	12
Niton	3.5 km west of it	1,199	8
Shanklin	4.5 km northeast of it	9,112	28
Godshill	4.9 km north of it	1,038	15

Each has its own grades, prices and things to do.

Make a day of it

Make a day of it near Ventnor Botanic Garden

Of the 57 within 15 km, look for 2 historic houses, 2 museums and a castle.

Castle · English HeritageCarisbrooke Castle12 km away 2

Historic house · English HeritageAppuldurcombe House3.1 km away 3

Theme parkBlackgang Chine Theme Park5.9 km away 4

Wildlife parkAmazon World7.4 km away 5

MuseumIsle of Wight Steam Railway13 km away 6

MuseumDinosaur Isle9.8 km away 7

Historic houseRylstone Manor5.5 km away 8Park or estatePark or estate · National TrustVentnor Downs2.6 km away

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

Questions people have about Ventnor Botanic Garden

Where is Ventnor Botanic Garden?

Ventnor Botanic Garden is in Ventnor, Isle of Wight, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Ventnor Botanic Garden?

Botanical garden.

When is the best time to visit Ventnor Botanic Garden?

June to September are the warmest months in Ventnor, with afternoon highs of 19–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Ventnor Botanic Garden a listed building?

Yes: Grade II listed park and garden.

What else is there to see near Ventnor Botanic Garden?

Within 15 km: Carisbrooke Castle (12 km), Appuldurcombe House (3.1 km), Blackgang Chine Theme Park (5.9 km) and Amazon World (7.4 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 (8)

Ventnor Botanic Garden: Shaun Ferguson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Carisbrooke Castle: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Appuldurcombe House: Cpsterling, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Blackgang Chine Theme Park: Mypix, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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
Dinosaur Isle: Editor5807, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Rylstone Manor: DAVID M GOODWIN, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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