Experience a Victorian Christmas Cracker of a weekend, when Osborne House takes on a festive Victorian scene – complete with Christmas trees, Dickensian characters and traditional entertainments…

Queen Victoria will definitely be amused when she presides over three days of traditional Victorian family fun on the sweeping lawns of Osborne House. Accompanied by her husband Prince Albert and attended by her lady in waiting, a youthful queen will re-visit her favourite holiday home each day to re-create royal life during the 1850s…

To launch an exciting month-long events programme at Carisbrooke Castle on the Isle of Wight, time travelling youngsters who dress to impress in their best historic costumes will be given free entry to Carisbrooke on Saturday 1st August…

Families looking for somewhere different to mark Father’s Day on the Isle of Wight, can bring Dad along for free entry to Osborne House this Sunday. The stunning house surrounded by superb gardens, will be looking their very best for this special summer day…

An Edwardian-inspired garden, within the former ‘privy’ garden of Queen Victoria’s daughter Princess Beatrice, opened this week at Carisbrooke Castle. Designed by Gardeners’ World presenter and landscape architect Chris Beardshaw. View video…

Carisbrooke Castle will be opening its doors for free to children aged 16 or under during half term week to help families enjoy a great day out without blowing the budget…

Share A Victorian Christmas At Osborne House on the Isle of Wight. Osborne House offers a glimpse of what Christmas was like in the 19th century, featuring everything from traditional trees to Dickensian characters. View photos…

Take a snap of a sun loving squirrel at Osborne House during Half Term (Saturday 25th October – Sunday 2nd November 2008) and get free entry plus a free squirrel cookie. Red squirrels living at Osborne House & Gardens are sun worshippers, get up late, tend to be loners – but are extroverts who don’t mind posing for the camera…