Location: Shanklin
Top Things to do in Shanklin
What to do and see in Shanklin, England: The Best Things to do Good for a Rainy Day
Shanklin Beach is a beautiful, carefully tended stretch of sand on the Isle of Wight. Families appreciate the lifeguards, as well as the kids’ play area. And while there’s quite a hill separating the town from the beach, don’t worry—a lift makes it easy to tote all your beach paraphernalia down to the sand.
Restaurants in Shanklin
1. Indy's
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 36 reviews
Cocktail, Wine, Coffee, lots of Bottled beers, ciders and ales No children after 7pm please. CASH or CARD izettle payments .email receipts only Cocktails freshly made price for Cocktail from £5 Mocktails from £2 Tea/coffee from £2 bottle beer from £2 small glass wine from £3 ( please pay when you order at the bar) thank you
2. Isle Of Sweets Craft Centre
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 15 reviews
3. JURASSIC JIM
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 588 reviews
We are much more then a fossil and mineral shop . Our opening days are Monday to Saturday 10am to 4pm PLEASE NOTE WE WILL BE CLOSED FROM SUNDAY 4/10/15 until WEDNESDAY 14/10/15
Reviewed By ellalesley123 - East Sussex, United Kingdom
Fantastic shop so much to see and very well priced. Our children said it was the best place on earth .We went back again in same week .We will be back again next year .Some lovely unusual gifts here and Jim is just so lovely and great with children of all ages .Well done Jim ????????????
4. Arty Shakes
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 68 reviews
Crafts and ceramic painting along with delicious milkshakes, beverages, homemade Belgium waffles, ice cream and sweets. Come and paint ceramic plates, cups and ornaments in a chilled out environment. Create your own bespoke milkshake using some of our many ingredients with hundreds of different combinations. We also hold party's for all ages and allow the whole shop to be hired.
Reviewed By nealm960
Brilliant visit for a birthday. Great customer service, friendly, fun and highly recommended. Good choice of things to paint and felt completely safe and at ease sitting in. Milkshakes are amazing too!
5. Shanklin Theatre
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 671 reviews
Shanklin Theatre is an all year round 615 seat venue providing top entertainment for all tastes. There are regular shows with household names from Comedy and Music, and for 2019 we are hosting professional touring plays featuring familiar TV faces. Over the Christmas period we present our annual traditional Pantomime. During the summer season, we are always proud to host our ever popular summer stage show “Beyond the West End”, this professional production is performed by Spotlight (IOW) Ltd, an Island-based company who have been providing top quality professional entertainment for the last sixteen years, the Best of the West End show runs from 2nd May through to the 3rd October 2019. Here is just a small selection of the varied shows and artists coming to Shanklin Theatre in the very near future. June 2019: Stewart Francis- Into the Punset. Cregan & Co. Marti Pellow. July: Al Murray - Landlord of Hope and Glory. Paul Carrack. Carpenters Gold. 80s Mania. August: Showaddywaddy.
Reviewed By 490dawng - Norwich, United Kingdom
On holiday on the Isle of Wight and saw the posters. Booked online, very easy, and collected tickets. Such excellent ‘staff’ (all volunteers) who were happy to tell us about their Theatre. Watched the show and was amazed how brilliant it was, the flying car, the excellent performers, the brilliant children and chorus dancers, the orchestra, the volunteers running it. Fantastic. So so pleased we decided to go. They have some great names perform here too. When we are back next time, I’ll definitely be checking to see what is on.
6. The Rock Shop
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 115 reviews
Reviewed By tedw884 - Portsmouth, United Kingdom
A rock shop with a huge variety of items. Great selection of rock, mustards and biscuits. An enjoyable experience with reasonable prices.
7. Jingle Bells The Christmas Shop
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 50 reviews
The only dedicated Christmas shop on the Island. Packed full of decorations for the home & tree. Many pieces exclusive. Open March to Christmas Eve 7 days a week 10-5 and summer evenings
Reviewed By kaleg
Jingle Bells is a lovely little shop situated at the old village end of Shanklin. On our holidays which in normal circumstances are taken on cruise ships I always like to buy a Christmas decoration as a small momento of the many places we have visited so it was a delight to find this little gem of a place on relatively home turf. We have grandchildren with names that are unusual and out of the ordinary meaning we can never find them on tree decorations so it was great to discover that many of the items on sale could be personalised by the very helpful lady who served us. Not having been to Shanklin for many years it was quite sad to see the decline of the shops on offer there but Jingle Bells was a valuable exception to this and well worth a visit!
8. Summer Arcade
Overall Ratings
3.5 based on 48 reviews
Reviewed By Powerj1221
There are a lot of things to do in and out of the summer arcade there are lots of things to do lots of 2p 10p and competition machines the facility is good staff is outstanding and they be happy to help you out they have recently added a bouncy castle for the kids to enjoy plus there is machines for adults to like bingo and casino the reason why I like it is because there are a lot of things to do even a soft play area toys and products to be won and it’s fun for the family
9. Seafront Amusement Arcade, Shanklin
Overall Ratings
3.0 based on 13 reviews
Amusement arcade containing many retro amusement arcade games from the 1970s' including original one arm bandits from Las Vegas on 2p play. Closed during the winter period.
