Ventnor Heritage Centre

"To Collect, Record and preserve the rich heritage and history of Ventnor and surrounding villages, and share it with local and wider communities"

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Contact Ventnor Heritage Centre

Ventnor Heritage Centre is at 11 Spring Hill, Ventnor PO38 1PE.  We are in the centre of Ventnor, opposite the Central Car Park
Information about visiting the Heritage Centre

Please get in touch if you have any questions about our work. Send us an email to info@ventnorheritage.org.uk  or use the contact form below.

The current Ventnor Heritage Centre opening times are shown on the front page of our website.
Our telephone number is 01983 855407 (but please be aware that the phone is only answered when the Heritage Centre is open),

 

    Exhibitions, stories, images . . .

    The Old Vicarage

    The Old Vicarage used to stand overlooking Ventnor Cascade.  It was bought by the Ventnor Urban District Council in 1929 for public use, and renamed the 'Winter Gardens'.  The upper floor served refreshments, and entertainments included open air concerts and dances. In 1936 the Vicarage was demolished and replaced with a new art deco building, which was run by the Council and periodically let to tenants. The new dance hall/concert hall had a magnificent sprung floor which could accommodate a thousand dancers, and many of the biggest bands of the time played at the 'Ventnor Winter Gardens', which at one time was known as 'Cascadia'.  

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