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Dimbola Lodge
Dimbola Lodge Review
This was the home of Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-79), the eminent Victorian portrait photographer and friend of Lord Tennyson. A gallery includes more than 60 examples of her work, including striking images of Carlyle, Tennyson, and Browning. There's also a room devoted to the various Isle of Wight rock festivals, most famously the five-day event in 1970 that featured the Who, the Doors, Joni Mitchell, and Jimi Hendrix. On the ground floor you'll find a bookshop and a good café for snacks and full meals.
- Address: Terrace La., Freshwater Bay, PO40 9QE
- Phone: 01983/756814
- Cost: £4
- Hours: Apr.--Oct., daily 10--5; Nov.--Mar., Tues.--Sun. and national holiday Mon. 10--4
- Website: www.dimbola.co.uk
- Location: Alum Bay and the Needles
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