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"

Becoming a Member |

Becoming a Member

Membership of the Ventnor & District Local History Society:

We welcome new members and encourage anyone who would like to support the Society’s work to become a member. Thank you to everyone who has currently joined or renewed their membership – we really value your support.

Becoming a member or renewing your membership for 2026:

Annual membership runs from January to December and costs £15.  Membership renewal normally starts in the last week of November.

You can now join the Society or renew your Membership for 2026:

Please contact membership@ventnorheritage.org.uk if you have any questions about how to join or renew your membership.

Gift Aid:

We are a registered charity, and you can boost your donation or membership subscription by 25p of Gift Aid for every £1 by completing this form: Charity Gift Aid Declaration.

Why become a member?

Society members have free entry to our popular monthly meetings with speakers on a wide range of local history subjects. We produce newsletters for our members, and a report on our annual activities and work is sent to all members each year after our AGM.

We are a registered Charity, run and managed by volunteers, and to pay our day-to-day expenses we rely on membership subscriptions, donations from visitors to the Museum and for research work, and income from sales of our publications . If you would like to support the work of the Society, please consider becoming a member.
[Registered Charity No 286848]

 


Exhibitions, stories, images . . .

Ventnor Bay in the 1890s

The spectacular sight of Ventnor's ascending terraces in the early 1890s, as viewed from the pierhead. Bathing machines are lined up along the water's edge for this was a time when it was forbidden to enter the sea any other way. Machines were hired along with an attendant and a costume, the ladies segregated at some distance from the gentlemen.  

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