The Needles: Landmark Attraction

We have another beautiful wall to wall sunshine day to look forward to here at The Needles. Our entertainment for the weekend will be music presented by the Nuberryz! We hope you all have a fantastic weekend!

MUSIC & MAGIC IN THE SKIES AUGUST 2ND New for 2018 to the IW and The Needles we are presenting a Pyro Flame & Fire Extravaganza Show
Taste of The Wight - Local produce tastings throughout the day and evening 11:00 - 9:00pm... Resident face painter and glitter tattoos 11:00 - until late David Randini The Magician 11:15 - 12:00 Derek Sandy - 12:00 - 12:45 Free Stage Games with DJ & Compare 12:45 - 1:10 Derek Sandy -1:10 - 1:50 Free Stage Games with DJ & Compare 1:50 - 2:15 David Randini The Magician 2:15 - 3:00 Free Stage Games with DJ & Compare 3:00 - 3:30 Chris The Magician Illusion Show 3:30 - 4:15 Free Stage Games with DJ & Compare 3:15 - 4:30 Edward Nash Pirate Show 4:30 - 5:15 Free Stage Games with Compare 6:15 - 7:00 Festival Street Entertainers Hoops and Magic 7:00 - 9:00 Festival Street Entertainer - Edward Nash the Pirate 7:00 - 8:00 Chuck the Chimp 7:00 - 7:30 Groove Union Big Band 5 Piece 7:00 - 7:45 Chris the Magician Optical Illusion Show 7:45 - 8:15 Chuck the Chimp 8:15 - 8:45 Groove Union Big Band 5 Piece 8:15 - 9:00 Starlight Boutique presents Nocturne, Fire, Light and Acrobatic Show 9:00 - 9:30 9:30 - New for 2018 to The Needles and the IW Pyro Flame & Fire Extravaganza Show Today's selected Island charity will be the NCI - fancy dress theme is Nautical Visit Isle of Wight Isle of Wight Radio Island Echo #isleofwight #event #fmaily #new #show #thursday #music #magic #in #the #skies
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What a wonderful day here.... in less than 24hrs time we will be hosting our brand new Music & Magic in the Skies Show! New to the IW and the Needles....Pyro Flame & Fire Extravaganza! We are really excited to present this 'free' event to all of our visitors. Here are some shared images from the past few days....many thanks again for sharing :-)

Sunshine...views...world famous chairlift....sand, ABG, Handmade Sweets, 4D Cinema and much much more to look forward to here today at The Needles! We are pleased to announce todays 'free' family entertainment....12:00 - 12:45 the JJ Family Entertainment Show followed by a visit from our popular Chuck the Chimp! JJ Entertainment will provide a further show at 2:30 - 3:15 with another visit from Chuck the Chimp, we look forward to seeing you all!

#iowpride Check out this video from IW UK Pride 2018 - you can see our wonderful Needles staff flying to flag for handmade Bespoke Alum Bay Glass and Sand items made with love and honor Pride. Fantastic event #love #family #iowmmydestiny #support #isleofwight

VIEWS!!! Simply stunning :-)

All we can say is.......VIEWS! Stunning, we are super lucky to be able to share these stunning views and experiences with our Visitors!

Sharing some footage from the Water! This is what our visitors have to look forward to when they take our world famous Chairlift!

What a beautiful day to look forward to hear at The Needles! Today our free entertainment schedule is as follows; David Randini the Magician 11:30 - 12:15 & 2:15 - 3:00 followed by a visit from our friendly Chimp 12:30 -1:00. We are presenting our magical illusion show at 1:00 - 1:45 performed by the fantastic Chris....if that wasn't enough we have our back my demand popular singer Lewis Berry who will be performing 3:15 - 4:00pm. Have a wonderful day one and all :-)

We are excited to announce our free family entertainment for today.......11:30 - 12:15 the fantastic JJ Family Entertainment Show followed by a visit of our new famous Chuck the Chimp at 12:45 - 1:15. We have the fantastic Lewis Berry singing duo performing at 1:00 followed by another family magic show at 2:30 - 3:15 and finally the famous 'Chuck the Chimp' we hope you all have a wonderful day here at The Needles! Chuck The Chimp #isleofwight #family #holidays #summer #free #entertainment

Another day of free family entertainment to look forward too! Family magic show and an illusion show, heaps of memories to make at The Needles

Wall to wall sunshine....blue skies, Needles, fabulous views and lots of 'free family entertainment' presented today for our guests. We are pleased to welcome back our resident Magician Mr David Randini who will be performing two shows at 11:30 - 12:15 & 2:15 - 3:00. The amazing Chris Phillpot will be performing his magical illusion show at 1:00 - 1:45 - we cant wait to see you all! #isleofwight #family #needles #sun #alumbay #sands #holidays

Another wonderful day to look forward to here at The Needles...beautiful blue sunny skies and 'free entertainment'! Today we are presenting the wonderful JJ entertainment who will be performing two magical shows 11:30 - 12:15 & 3:30 - 4:15 at our Gazebo in Festival Street and we are excited to welcome the one and only Chuck the Chimp who cant wait to drive his little truck and chat with you all Chuck The Chimp #needles #alumbay #sands #family Visit Isle of Wight

Today's line up for our 'free' family entertainment is looking rather fabulous...we are pleased to welcome back the fabulous Magician Mr David Randini who will be performing two shows 11:30 - 12:15 & 2:15 - 3:00. Feeling peckish....we have the wonderful Garlic Farm situated outside our Taste of the Wight Outlet offering Tastings! If that wasn't enough we also have our brand new magical illusion show courtesy of the wonderful Magician Chris Philpott taking place at 1:00 - 1:45 we look forward to seeing you all soon #needles #alumbay #islofwight #school #holidays #family #experience Visit Isle of Wight Isle of Wight News from On The Wight IsleofWight Children

We are so very proud to have supported and been a part of UK Pride 2018 - our amazing little Island did us Proud, hats off to the fabulous organizers #iownmyowndestiny #ukpride #isleofwight 💞💞💞🤩

We are super excited to present today's 'free' entertainment....we have the wonderful JJ Entertainer Magic & Ventriloquism performing two shows starting at 11:30 followed by a special appearance from our new edition to the Needles entertainment family Chuck The Chimp! We are also presenting music from the fabulous Nuberryz! Looking forward to seeing you all soon :-) #needles #free #entertainment #family #sunshine #islefowight #summer #holidays #pureislandhappiness Isle of Wight News from On The Wight IsleofWight Children Visit Isle of Wight

Love this....BBC published taken by a very talented Martin Perry

We had very good day there . If you are going not busy holiday timevis seems be more relaxing and kids be enjoying more. I think , prices are reasonable and in the souvenir shop prices are much cheaper than on the mainland . Kids loved sweets manufactory and chairlift was fab !

We had a fabulous afternoon at The Needles, plenty to do with and without using money. We went on the chairlift and the staff were very helpful and assisted me with getting of each time. We had ice cream and weren't fleeced and generally were able to enjoy ourselves in an unhurried way with no big sell. All the staff we came across were polite and friendly. My only moan would be the slightly tired toilets by the roundabout, clean but need some updating but they did not spoil the day.

We came in November, most of the attractions were closed but loved the glass making shop & the staff in all the shops were very nice. Overall we enjoyed our visit

Today we came to a park so I could do my friends an engagment shoot, after being down the beach we retreated back up to the park. After doing some enquiries I was directed to Chris whom was working on the golf kiosk, as I had an idea using props from the park. Chris couldn't have been more helpful and polite and nothing seemed to much trouble for him, he also sounded enthusiastic about my ideas and also suggested other things incase we couldnt do what i wanted due to maintenance working on the carousel. I musnt forget the rest of the staff were all happy to direct me to the right person and where happy to listen, especially the lady in the sand shop (its a long walk up from the beach with alot of kit so was trying to catch my breathe back haha)



I went for a refreshment drink and your facilities were clean and tidy and the lady who served me was polite and kind, even though my question was probably a pretty obvious one to work out but i wanted to double check.



Thankyou to you all at the needles today for your help and great customer service. 5 stars :D Please may you give my thanks to Chris again.

Stunning views loved the boat trip to the lighthouse and the cable car ride, it’s definitely a lovey place to visit.

One of the best place to go in life time if you and your kids miss it you will be regret forever. It's a great fun for adult and child much more to do there and great cenerio and great view.

Just love it.🖒

Loved the experience and both the kids and my child like fiancé thought it was fantastic. I was surprised having read a lot of reviews of the safety on the cable cars, but if you actually hold on to your child you’ll be fine.

Great experience!

Stunning views

Loved the chair lift views of the beach and the Needles....... 3rd time !.....always like to visit the sand shop and was very pleased they offered a free replacement when the glass skull got broken. Thank you, that meant a lot......���

Just taken my two young children to see Santa at the Needles and We are so impressed. The Grotto was lovely, all the staff were so friendly and looked great. Santa was one of the best I’ve ever seen and both children absolutely loved the gift they received, fully recommend.

It's our 2nd time visiting The Needles, we 1st visited while me and my newly wed husband had our Honeymoon on the Isle of Wight, it was October 2015, weather wasn't too bad, other than the little fun fair rides were closed everything else was open, we really enjoyed the chairlift, the crazy golf, visiting the sand shop, watching the sweets being made and glass being blown, everything was a highlight, food was reasonably priced at the restaurant on site, staff were friendly and helpful.

This time we brought our 2 children we got there by bus from Ryde, we live in Gosport so a bit of a travel to get to the Needles it's so worth it views are spectacular. We all went on the chairlift again our children loved it bought a magnet photo of us all on it, our kids loved filling there glass with the brightly coloured sand, loved watching the sweets being made and glass being blown, our youngest loved the vintage car ride, we all enjoyed the crazy golf, again all the staff were friendly and helpful, would recommend The Needles at Alum Bay to anyone who visits the lovely Isle of Wight

Had a lovely day at the needles yesterday with the whole family! Just wanted to say a big thanks to a supervisor called Nat in the sand shop who was really nice to our child and really good with our nephew who has autism. Thanks for a great day!

Excellent service from the staff in the restaurant, a lovely lady called Jenny went the extra mile and made fresh sandwiches for two of my children who can't have milk!

Excellent customer service from a gentleman that works in the sand shop. My granddaughter bought something whilst we were there and it was faulty but we did realise until we got home but for £4 I said I would give her the money. My granddaughter asked me to ring them so they could check the others as she didn't want it to happen to another little girl or boy and he straight away said he would send her another. She was thrilled when it came through the post. A huge thank you to him

Went as a family with our 2year old, Had a great morning at the needles spending a couple hours on Alum bay as well as sand sculpting and watching sweetie and glass making. Had lunch while there and prices were very reasonable on food compared to some attractions we've been too.



Little one loved the cable chairs down to the beach and made me face my fear taking him on them!



Staff are fantastic especially the supervisor lady with the purple hair in the sand section, our son really took to her! Full of enthusiasm and energy just what places like this need.

Not a lot to do if you don't have children but still a place to visit all the same.

Views are stunning and chair lift is great.

Coloured sand is fading over the years so make sure you see it before it's gone.

Something u have to see when visiting the island. Its very busy though. If your car has a worn clutch don't bother coming, you'll burn it out. Staff have such poor management of the que to the car park up the very steep access road. You can smell worn out clutches all around the car park. Once on site be prepared to que for simply everything.

Biggest problem is being charged £5 for all day parking when you're unlikely to stay more than 2. Considering it's a natural place, they're certainly taking visitors for every penny they can get. One of our more expensive days out especially when we didn't stay longer than 2 hours

Would probably have enjoyed this experience a lot more if the parking wasn’t run by ten year olds with no clue on how to organise a car park. They were heard audibly on their walkie-talkies trying to organise the cars and the routing. It sounded a bit like the chuckle brothers trying to move a ladder.



The payment for the car park is cash only and likely the reason why the queue to get in was half a mile back up the road.



Why don’t you make people buy a ticket when they are parked and in the amusement park, then get them to give the ticket to one of the attendants on the way out?

Didn't get near the attraction as the car park is £5 a day - no option for staying an hour or two for less money! Total rip off and no way to see Alum bay or the needles without paying £5!!!!! It's a natural sight not man made!!!