Connect Ryde with Slow Ways
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Isle of Wight
Slow Ways linking Ryde and Bembridge, Brading, East Cowes, Newport (Isle of Wight), Portsmouth
England / Isle of Wight / Ryde
Ryde’s five Slow Ways are 50% checked
Help connect Ryde
Many Slow Ways have several route options. Some will be better than others, or good for different reasons.
Our goal is for each Slow Way to have at least one route that is verified and surveyed. To be verified – and get its snail badge – a route needs at least three positive reviews.
Give a hike and help get a for every one of Ryde’s Slow Ways.
Walk to Ryde from further afield
| Slow Way | Route | To do | ||||||||
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East Cowes—Ryde
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Easryd one |
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U U |
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Verify me | Distance 12km/8mi | Ascent 208m | Descent 206m | ||
Newport (Isle of Wight)—Ryde
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Newryd one |
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U U |
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Review me | Distance 13km/8mi | Ascent 209m | Descent 201m | ||
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Ryde—Bembridge
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Rydbem one |
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U U |
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Review me | Distance 9km/6mi | Ascent 85m | Descent 85m | ||
Ryde—Bembridge
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Rydbem two |
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U U |
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Review me | Distance 10km/6mi | Ascent 80m | Descent 80m | ||
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Ryde—Brading
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Rydbra one |
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U U |
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Review me | Distance 9km/6mi | Ascent 129m | Descent 142m | ||
Ryde—Portsmouth
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Rydpor one |
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1 Y |
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Verify me | Distance 10km/6mi | Ascent 5m | Descent 7m | |
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Ryde—Portsmouth
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Rydpor two |
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U U |
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Pioneer me | Distance 9km/6mi | Ascent - | Descent - |
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Collective progress
50% of Ryde’s five route options are drawn, reviewed, surveyed and/or verified
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8 people have contributed to Ryde’s Slow Ways
4 people have pledged to walk and review a route
1 people have surveyed a route in Ryde
63km out of 72km have been walked and reviewed
93km of reviews have been shared in Ryde
Latest Updates
From Whippingham an alternative route to the main road could be Beatrice Avenue, passing St Mildred’s Church, and Saunders Way, passing East Cowes cemetery....
Sandra Morris
crossing at Winston Churchill roundabout is wrong, you have to walk further along the road to a pedestrian crossing....
Dave M
The rest of the route was very easy to follow until the proposed crossing point at Winston Churchill Avenue (see photograph 8)....
Jen Stoneham
The route begins walking out of the town centre of East Cowes (shops, cafes, Waitrose, public loos and transport links) on the main road passing Osbourne House and out of town. There is a lovely but hilly section on quiet roads to the back of Wootton Bridge where you wind through the backs of a 1970s housing estate to come out at Wootton Creek....
Almighty Custard
For a short urban route, this has a wide range of architectural styles - tower blocks for student accommodation, and residential housing from the Georgian period to the present. This is followed by Southsea common and a view over the Solent, and then a hovercraft ride to - well, Ryde....
Martin McGovern
The route from Wootton to Newport is less special, I would suggest a detour via Binfield, walking along the Medina is nicer than going via the suburbs of Newport....
EdLyons
This is a great walk, but the path between Seaview and St Helens through the woods near Nodes Point Holiday Park is steep in places and one of the muddiest paths we’ve walked, and this is true even in the summer. There are actually warning signs up to wear appropriate shoes - and this advice should be followed! It is a pretty route though and nicer than the inland route....
EdLyons
Very good route, only reason it is not five star is because there is a slight bit where the route travels along major roads around the smallbrook stadium area....
hb
I was happy I did the stretch through Priory Woods, but just be aware that it will be muddy and wet, and the other route option for this Slow Way takes a diversion around Priory Woods for this reason....
mtormey
Slow Ways added Newryd one, a new walk from Newport (Isle of Wight) to Ryde
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Ryde’s Slow Ways starting point
Grid ref
SZ5940692905
Lat / Lon
50.73272° / -1.15959°
Easting / Northing
459,406E / 92,905N
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Facilities
Users have reported that the following facilities can be found within 1km of Ryde's meeting point
Public toilet
Wheelchair accessible toilet
Supermarket or convenience shop
Restaurant, cafe or pub
Accommodation
Accommodation for under £50 a night
Campsite
Bothy
Free wifi
Mobility scooter hire
Off-road wheelchair hire
Disabled Parking
Train station
Bus stop
Ferry
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