Puckaster
Puckaster is a hamlet in the civil parish of Niton and Whitwell, on sloping cliffs on the Isle of Wight, England, in the Undercliff region.
Puckaster is a hamlet in the civil parish of Niton and Whitwell, on sloping cliffs on the Isle of Wight, England, in the Undercliff region. Puckaster is on the southern coast of the Isle of Wight, south of Niton, between St Catherine's Point and Binnel. It has historical significance.
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Worth seeing in and around Puckaster
7 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Blackgang Chine
Blackgang Chine is an amusement park in Blackgang, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. It was opened in 1843 and is the oldest amusement park in the United Kingdom.
2.4 km · amusement park · Wikipedia - 02St. Catherine's Lighthouse
St Catherine's Lighthouse is a lighthouse located at St Catherine's Point at the southern tip of the Isle of Wight. It is one of the oldest lighthouse locations in Great Britain.
1.1 km · lighthouse on the southernmost point of the Isle of Wight, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03St Catherine's Oratory
St. Catherine's Oratory is a medieval lighthouse on St.
2 km · medieval lighthouse on the Isle of Wight, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Church of St. John the Baptist, Niton
The Church of St John the Baptist, Niton is a Church of England parish church in Niton, Isle of Wight.
1 km · church in Niton, Isle of Wight, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05St Lawrence's Church, St Lawrence
St Lawrence's Church, St Lawrence is a parish church in the Church of England located in St Lawrence, Isle of Wight. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.
3.1 km · church on the Isle of Wight, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Church of St. Mary and St. Radegund, Whitwell
The Church of St. Mary and St.
2.4 km · church on the Isle of Wight, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07St Andrew's Church, Chale
St. Andrew's Church, Chale is a parish church in the Church of England located in Chale, Isle of Wight.
3 km · church in Chale, Isle of Wight, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Puckaster
- Airports
- London Gatwick (LGW), 100 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 115 km · Bristol (BRS), 134 km
- Stations
- St. Lawrence railway station, 2.8 km · Whitwell Halt railway station, 2.8 km
- London → Puckaster131 km · quickest by road, 4h 7m · £17–23
- Bristol → Puckaster134 km · quickest by road, 4h 16m · £15–20
- Luton, Luton → Puckaster157 km · quickest by road, 4h 11m · £19–26
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Puckaster
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Puckaster. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inMost visitors will need to rely on ferry service to and from the island.
- Get inAccess is across the Solent, a narrow stretch of sea between the mainland and the island, by regular ferry, hovercraft or fast-cat.
- Get inMany of the ferries carry cars, but this can be expensive; the alternative is to leave the car behind and use buses and trains on the island, but this will limit access to more rural locations and beaches.
- Get inCar tickets are for a car plus four passengers and depending on the size of your party bringing a car may actually work out cheaper than the passenger ferry.
- Get inIf taking a car on a vehicle ferry, it's strongly advised to book in advance, and is essential during the summer holidays.
From Wikivoyage: Isle of Wight, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-08.
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If you know how people move in Puckaster – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Puckaster
- Chalevillage on the Isle of Wight, in England, UK2.9 km
- Nitonvillage on the Isle of Wight, in England, UK800 m
- Blackgangvillage on the Isle of Wight, in England, UK2.1 km
- St Lawrencevillage in Ventnor, Isle of Wight, England, UK3.3 km
- Nettlecombehamlet on the Isle of Wight, in England, UK3.1 km