…in which Wightlink spotlights – and salutes - hotels, guest houses, private self-catering houses and a camping park on the Isle of Wight that are actively embracing green tourism and striving for eco-efficiency.

The properties that we are featuring individually have each been rewarded for a caring commitment to improving their environmental performance with Gold Standard Awards. These are made annually by Green Island Tourism, the groundbreaking organisation dedicated to developing a more environmentally sensitive tourism industry on the Isle of Wight. You can find out more about their work and the green initiatives being made Island-wide at www.greenislandtourism.org.

Our Gold Award winners range from stone manor houses and charming rural B&Bs to one of the UK’s most decorated camping parks and a trio of seaside hotels in the sandy-beach resorts of the Isle of Wight’s south.

 

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We have now added Orchard Lee to our line up - winner of Green Island Tourism’s Accommodation Provider of the Year award at the 2007 awards ceremony. more>

The common denominator running between them is that they are all doing their best to protect the environment for future generations. It’s very much a case of “work in progress” with ongoing investment in energy and water saving devices including the installation of showers and double flush toilets or the use of solar panels and low energy lighting. It’s not a new fad, just a way of life.
Much of the Isle of Wight landscape is ‘green belt’ and classified as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. No wonder then that many visitors prefer to stay in the heart of the countryside. That’s why we are also including the Isle of Wight Farm and Country Holiday Group, who offer fabulous rural accommodation on or close to farmland.

Read on and find the accommodation that best suits your taste – and enjoy a greener break on the Isle of Wight.

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