Godshill Model Village

Godshill Model Village

Model Village Godshill Ltd, High Street, Godshill, Isle of Wight, PO38 3HH

Set in the grounds of the Old Vicarage the Model Village in Godshill is a timeless place to escape the busy world outside. As Kevin McCloud of Channel 4’s Grand Designs said “If you really do want to indulge in a uniquely Fifties Isle of Wight experience replete with bathing huts, vintage buses and a slower pace of life, then there is only one destination for you: Godshill Model Village”.

The Model Village first opened to the public in 1952 after Mr Dams created models of Shanklin to populate the top section of the Old Vicarage gardens. The lower half of the garden (the first section you will see when you arrive) contains models of Godshill (the village we are situated in) that Robin Thwaites made with help of model makers at Pinewood – this was the sixties remember with Thunderbirds and Lady Penelope at the top of their game!

All Saints Church sits proudly overlooking the other cottages and houses just like the real church up on the hill. If you stand in the right spot you can see the real church, the model church, the model of the model church and then the model of the model of the model and even a titchy model of the model of the model of the model…

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High Street, Godshill, Isle of Wight, PO38 3HH 0.04 mi
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High Street, Godshill, Isle of Wight, PO38 3HZ 0.04 mi
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Chocolate Island, High Street, Godshill, PO38 3HH 0.05 mi
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Church Hollow, Godshill, Ventnor, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom 0.06 mi
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High Street, Godshill, Isle of Wight, PO38 3JD 0.06 mi
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Godshill Orchards, Hollow Lane, Godshill, Isle Of Wight, PO38 3JA 0.12 mi
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The Old Smithy and Gardens, High Street, Godshill, Isle of Wight, PO38 3HZ 0.12 mi
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Newport Road, Godshill, Isle of Wight, PO38 3LY 0.43 mi
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Brownrigg's Farm Shop, Godshill, Isle of Wight, PO38 3LY 0.93 mi
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The Isle of Wight Biscuit Company, Macketts Farm, Macketts Lane, Hale Common, Isle of Wight, PO30 3AS 1.16 mi
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Lower Winstone Farm, St Johns Road, Wroxall, Isle of Wight, PO38 3AA 1.33 mi
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Isle of Wight Donkey Sanctuary, Lower Winston Farm, St Johns Road, Ventnor, Isle of Wight, PO38 3AA 1.33 mi
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Niton Road, Rookley, Isle of Wight, PO38 3NZ 1.43 mi
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Appuldurcombe Gardens Holiday Park, Wroxall, Isle of Wight, PO38 3EP 1.55 mi
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Ford Farm House, Ford Farm Lane, Whitwell, Isle of Wight, PO38 2NZ 1.73 mi
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Little Span Farm, Rew Lane, Wroxall, Isle of Wight, PO38 3AU 1.99 mi
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The Fighting Cocks, Hale Common, Arreton, Isle of Wight, PO30 3AR 2.06 mi
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Island Originals, Unit 8, Holliers Farm, Branstone, Isle of Wight, PO36 0LT 2.07 mi
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Island Originals, Holliers Park, Branstone, Isle of Wight, PO36 0LT 2.07 mi
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