Ventnor Fringe runs for ten days from Friday 16 to Sunday 25 July 2027. The hub is the Fringe Village in Ventnor Park on Park Avenue, at the western end of town, with free daily music and street acts. The big top Arena and the late-night Club Lunar are on the clifftop at Flowersbrook, and other shows use Ventnor Botanic Garden, Ventnor Exchange and halls around the town.
The Fringe has no campsite of its own, and its accommodation page warns that beds are scarce during the festival. Ventnor is hemmed in by the downs, so only a few sites are within walking distance. The rest are a bus or short drive away in Wroxall, Godshill, Niton and Shanklin.
16 to 25 July 2027
Fringe Village, Ventnor Park, Park Avenue, Ventnor PO38 1JZ, plus venues across the town
The event's own camping: None. The Fringe does not run a campsite, and its accommodation page advises booking well in advance because beds in Ventnor are scarce during the festival.
We priced every campsite below for those 7 nights. 13 have a price; the cheapest is Ninham Country Holidays, at £70 for two adults.
Glamping site · St Lawrence · 1 miles
£800 for 7 nights, two adults · Two furnished yurts on the same St Lawrence farm, within walking distance of Ventnor Park and the Botanic Garden. Good if you would rather not pitch a tent after a late show.
Yurts
from £71.43/night
ViewSmall certificated site · St Lawrence · 1 miles
£105 for 7 nights, two adults · The nearest pitches, about 1.5km west of Ventnor Park on Undercliff Drive and past the Botanic Garden venue. Open all year with no toilets or showers, so best for self-contained vans.
Members only · join the Camping and Caravanning Club to stay
Tents, caravans, motorhomes
from £15/night
ViewHoliday park · Wroxall · 1.4 miles
about £165.55 for 7 nights, two adults · On Appuldurcombe Road at Wroxall, a walk from the village's route 3 stops. Buses run about every 30 minutes to Ventnor in the day, and there are tent pitches as well as statics.
Tents, caravans, motorhomes, static caravans, lodges
from £23.65/night
ViewGlamping site · St Lawrence · 2.2 miles
Adults-only retro caravans and shepherd's huts on Undercliff Drive above Binnel Bay, west of St Lawrence. About 3.5km from Ventnor Park, so a taxi or a long walk after a late show.
Shepherd's huts, vintage caravans
Prices on request
ViewSmall certificated site · Niton · 2.8 miles
£196 for 7 nights, two adults
Members only · join the Caravan and Motorhome Club to stay
Caravans, motorhomes
from £28/night
ViewGlamping site · Whitwell · 2.8 miles
about £525 for 7 nights, two adults
Shepherd's huts
from £75/night
ViewHoliday park · Shanklin · 3.1 miles
about £112 for 7 nights, two adults · A big park on the edge of Shanklin with touring and tent pitches, useful when the small Ventnor sites are full. Shanklin to Ventnor is about 15 minutes on route 3.
Tents, caravans, motorhomes, static caravans, lodges
from £16/night
ViewGlamping site · Niton · 3.1 miles
£1600 for 7 nights, two adults
Yurts, cabins
from £180/night
ViewNo campsites match all of those.
New Bank End Farm at St Lawrence is the closest place to pitch, about 1.5km west of Ventnor Park along Undercliff Drive. Its own path leads towards Steephill Cove, and the Botanic Garden venue is on the way. It has no toilets or showers, so it suits self-contained vans. The two yurts on the same farm are let separately.
Ventnor Botanic Garden, on the way in from St Lawrence, hosts open-air theatre and the after-hours Circus Trail. From the Wroxall, Godshill and Niton sites it is a drive or a bus ride, as the roads into Ventnor climb steeply over the downs.
Southern Vectis route 3 runs about every 30 minutes through the day from Newport via Godshill and Wroxall to Ventnor, then on to Shanklin, Sandown and Ryde. The Fringe's travel page says Ventnor's buses run until around midnight on weekdays and around 3am at weekends, and single fares are capped at £3. There is a Ventnor Park bus stop on Park Avenue, right by the Fringe Village.
Shanklin is about 10 minutes away by car or 15 minutes on the route 3 bus, and it has the Island Line train to Ryde. The holiday parks around Shanklin are the fallback if the small Ventnor sites are full.
Wightlink offers Fringe-goers 20% off foot, car and motorcycle crossings from Portsmouth and Lymington. Red Funnel offers 15% off its Southampton car ferry, and when checked in October 2026 the Fringe's travel page listed Red Jet day returns at £14. In 2026 the Fringe sold early £1 tickets with a discount code, so sign up for news in spring. The 2025 festival sold nearly 13,000 tickets, a record, and the 2026 programme had more than 130 shows.
Ventnor Fringe 2027 runs from Friday 16 to Sunday 25 July 2027. It is ten days of comedy, theatre, circus and music, based at the Fringe Village in Ventnor Park.
No. Ventnor Fringe does not run a campsite. The nearest pitches are at New Bank End Farm in St Lawrence, about 1.5km west of Ventnor Park, and there are larger sites in Wroxall and Shanklin.
Yes. Wightlink gives Fringe visitors 20% off crossings from Portsmouth and Lymington, and Red Funnel offers 15% off its Southampton car ferry. Book through each operator's Ventnor Fringe offer page.
The Fringe's travel page says buses from Ventnor run until around midnight on weekdays and around 3am at weekends. Route 3 links Ventnor with Wroxall, Godshill, Newport, Shanklin, Sandown and Ryde, about every 30 minutes in the day.
Bank End Farm Yurts, about 1 miles away as the crow flies.
Ninham Country Holidays, from £10 a night for two adults, is the lowest price we can find over the next year. Prices change with the season and the day of the week, so put your dates into the calculator on this page.
9 of the 14: New Bank End Farm CS, Appuldurcombe Gardens Holiday Park, Downsview CL, Kingates Farm Shepherd's Hut, Rusty Meadow, Meadowview Holidays, Lower Hyde Holiday Park and Sibbecks Farm Glamping.
Yes: New Bank End Farm CS and Puckaster Cove Hideaway (Stargazers' Retreat).
Yes, at Far Out Retreat, Kingates Farm Shepherd's Hut, Puckaster Cove Hideaway (Stargazers' Retreat) and Sibbecks Farm Glamping. Most want fires in a raised pit, not on the ground.
