A cycle along Undercliff Drive (Niton to Ventnor) - Isle Of Wight - 2017 

I ride this same route to Niton and back once a week if I can, I know lots of people complain about no through access for cars anymore, but it really makes it a nice road to cycle on now without worrying about too many cars.

This is still one of my favourites to watch and I live on the island and go there quite often. But I still love to just sit back and watch and listen :D

This used to be a smashing ride on the bus, especially for those to old to walk it, and or, not having a car. A very beautiful area of the Island, and one I used to do reasonably often when Isle Of Wight Studio Glass was still there. Happy days.

Greetings from Southern Ontario, I enjoyed this very much as I once lived in Greenlydd close, Niton then St Edmunds Walk, Wotton. The IOW holds many happy memories.

Lovely! Miss that drive so much when I come over to the Island.....this brought it all back, hitching a ride with you on the bike!

Like so many others i miss driving that road. Used to love it on a warm summers day with the windows down. Or a nice evening drive along to the Buddle for a meal. Nice to see you stopped at the Spyglass, my favourite pub in Ventnor. Thanks for the bike ride, was great to follow along. Can only hope that if the land ever settles that the road may one day be reopened.

I miss the drive through dearly. I was going to do this, but you beat me to it. I never tire of undercliff drive, only tire of those who are adamant it will never reopen fully

Bit late here, but nice video. I watch a lot as to the IoW, and this gives a nice aura, of which is why i find this island (especially Ventnor and surrounding areas) almost magical. Hard to explain, but i do. I thought the tune was gonna be Boards of Canada to start with, lol. But nice tune anyway, quite fitting : )

Very glad you posted this. really enjoyed it. Cheers !

Enjoyed that thanks, good to see you rewarded yourself with a pint :) Cheers........Les

This video means some much to me, because my parents used to live in Hunts Road St Lawrence and it always felt like I was coming home driving along the undercliff, sadly my father passed away last year. I am hoping to return and live here very soon.

I'm surprised that pint didn't go down in one! I really enjoyed that, thanks.

Looks like you needed that pint after cycling that far, , ,ever thought about an electro bike saves your energy. Great filming matey, , a story of the old old ghostly road of the isleofwight.

last time we drove the whole of Underclive Drive was in August 2009, when we over on holiday just after my Grandad had passed away. We went to Niton to see the plaque to my Grandparents in the graveyard then we drove to Ventnor. My daughter used to love how you totally lost radio signal in the middle. So sad to see how it looks now!

I used to love driving along this road....so sad that erosion is irreversible.

Lovely, and a well earned pint.

Awesome bike cam vid matey, so nice to go for a bike ride without leaving my chair...atb..jeff.

Great stuff. I love walking on this road - it's a lot quicker on a bike though. Just pleased it's all finished and looks decent. It was an horrific mess form a few years after the landslide. Cars will never (be able to) go through - it would just speed up another landslide. I can see where you start at Institute Hill. I've always wondered what the garage at 0:17 looked like in the old days with the petrol pumps and all. I must try and find a picture. Good to see you slowing down as it started a little too fast for my liking. That Buddle Inn sign at 0:37 is now mostly hidden by overhanging bushes - odd the owners don't bother to cut them back. Road on right at 1:33 - dead end - no access to Puckaster Cove. Ditto - 2:00. Footpath on the left is the steep incline to the coastal path and Niton (Cripple Path). Those double decker school buses used to run along here - that wouldn't have helped. 4:50 - Massive buddlea bush on the right side now. 4:57 - That building was still there this year - still with signage suggesting it is still taking guests. I think it's a sheer drop the other side of it. 5:55 - Huge wood on the right - been though it many times. If you know the name of it please let me know. 8:54 - Road on right leads down to Woody Bay / Binnel Bay. 9:00 - That's the old St.Lawrence Inn on the right where Yates started brewing in 2000. They'd moved before I visited in 2005/6. 10:09 - I don't recall seeing that gateway but presumably it is still there - I would have been looking the other way (Seven Sisters Road). I've only ever done with Ventnor end a couple of times - seemed endless and not so inviting. I recall some old lady stopped in her car to offer me a lift last time (a few years back). Of course, I was only a mile outside Ventnor then. Both times it was evening time just before dusk. Botanic Gardens on right at 12:50 - Only ever been once. I'm normally going into Ventnor by bus or walking along Whitwell Road which is nice as there's a footpath alongside it Ventnor end. Ventnor beach is deserted and it's July!!!!!! It was busy as hell this year when I was there July / August - maybe September too. I fancied a pint at The Spyglass this September but there was a large 'q' for food and I only wanted a bloody pint so I left. AN EXCELLENT FILM! Such a nice day - must have been a great ride. Hope you enjoyed your beer. I do hope it was a local one.

05.23 ,, an example of paradolia!! The tree in the middle of the screen at the top looks like ShrekS head!! Paradolia is when you can pick out things from shapes and patterns that they say aren't there, some psychiatrists say this is a disorder or an illness,, I think it's just observation, this Shrek head isn't the best example, if you youtube or google it you'll see some great examples that the most skilled artist would have trouble re-creating on paper!! Nice island video!! Up the caulk heads!!!

I live in Niton and I usual go for a stroll along that road, only all the way up to the point at 4:19. And out of curiosity how long do you think it would take to WALK from Niton to Ventnor along the Undercliff Drive?

Very nice interesting video, thank you! After several visits to the area, am just beginning to get familiar with parts of it. It's a very complicated network of roads, tracks and paths down there!. Just away towards the coast from your ride is Woody Bay, which looks worth a visit. How easy is access to the beach there?

Nice journey! Were you really on a bicycle? You seemed to miss all the pot holes

There is an engineering solution to fixing this road!

so riding the wrong way down Belgrave road was ok was it

21.45 ... Shrek!!!!!

Well done cycling all that way. U truly deserved that pint of ale

Pathetic, this road should be opened, Dave Stewart and his Council can't organise a prayer in a chapel, even a mason's chapel!