The railway changed this small agricultural settlement even though permission for it to be built over land belonging to Lord Yarborough of Appuldurcombe, thus the tunnel was constructed, many of teh workers lived in cottages in the main street of Wroxall as these cottages were built especialy to house them.

Sadly the railway is no long here and there is hardly a sign to show that it was here. This is also a good spot for walkers and you can easily walk to Ventnor, Shanklin, Godshill and Whitwell from here. It is not a pretty village as such but it has a fine church dedicated to St John built from the same stone that was taken from the tunnel and has a conical tower and a clock  that has a blue face.

The main building here is Appuldurcombe House and its ruins and surrounding parkland is steeped in history most of it centred around the Worsley family from Lancashire.

James Worsley was a page to Henry VII   and he was also a companion to Henry VIII, then knighted and given the office Captain of the Isle of Wight. He married Ann Leigh who was the heiress of Appuldurcombe and they began a dynasty that would be closely aligned to life in an island and in politics that would last for the next three hundred years.

The house was later demolished by the family and a classic styled mansion was built in its place. In 1855 the estate was sold and converted to a hotel which became  a school and then it was temporary accommodation for the Benedictine Monks during the building of Quarr Abbey. Until 1909 it remained empty then a land mine damaged it and now a ruin it is surrounded by parkland and is under the care of English Heritage.

Left The church of St John the Evangelist