Whitwell Garage

About

Whitwell Garage, on Isle of Wight, is a car repair workshop on High St in the village of Whitwell, near Ventnor. First-time visitors should expect a village garage serving the island's south-east, where the pace is unhurried and the work is handled by people who know the area's roads and the vehicles that use them. The setting is rural rather than roadside-industrial, with the village and its surrounding lanes defining the approach.

Drivers have given Whitwell Garage a 4.7 out of 5 average across 82 reviews, a strong record for a small island workshop. The garage is based in Whitwell, a village on the island's south coast, and its position puts it within easy reach of Ventnor, Shanklin and Sandown. Newport, Ryde, Cowes, Freshwater and Yarmouth are the other main towns on the island, and all of them sit within a reasonable drive of the workshop. The website, https://www.whitwellgarage.com/, carries the garage's details for anyone planning a visit.

Travellers heading to the workshop will find no published opening hours to plan around, so a call before setting off is the sensible approach. The village of Whitwell sits just inland from the coast, with the seaside town of Ventnor a short distance to the south.

Visitors to the island should note that summer brings long daylight hours and crowded ferries, while winter sailings are often cancelled by weather. British islands have mild, wet and changeable weather, warmed by the Gulf Stream and often windy. Smoked fish, island cheeses, fudge and bakery bread are sold in island shops and harbourside cafés, and grey seals breed around British island coasts, with basking sharks appearing in summer surface waters.