Arriving on the isle of wight to explore the follies

Real history • Mythical adventure • Local discovery

The Isle of Wight is Stranger than it looks

Follow this whole-of-island story-led experience from home or on location on the Isle of Wight. Discover sights, sounds and maybe even something mythical, historical and monumental!

CHOOSE A WALK

HOW IT WORKS

Walk through the story - take a full guided walk. Find more here...

One walking pass unlocks every available guided walk, with stage-by-stage content, stories, creature pages and places to visit while you explore.

Walk on the Island, revisit online, and keep discovering as new Follies routes are added.

GET A WALKING PASS

THE ISLE OF WIGHT PASSPORT

The Isle of Wight Passport is your physical companion to the mythological layer of the Follies adventure.

Add your photo, write your name, record your discoveries, colour creature sightings, scan live creature pages and submit your own reports to Island News.

It is part activity book, part quest log and part keepsake from your Isle of Wight adventure.

ISLAND NEWS

Professor Follies works tirelessly to document the Island’s most unusual mythical observations, questionable sightings and suspiciously well-timed creature reports.

Read all recent Island News reports...