Foredown Tower Learning and Visitor Centre

Foredown Tower is a former water tower, built in 1909 as a water tower for the nearby isolation hospital. It is now a museum, running a wide range of Adult Learning classes, including Art and Craft, History, Science and the Environment and Computing. 

A highlight of a visit to Foredown is to climb the converted Edwardian water tower, to the viewing gallery which offers 360° views from the Isle of Wight to the South Downs and houses the largest camera obscura in south east England - a unique optical device that is used to observe the surrounding landscape, sun and sky.

There is now a small café offering light refreshments. 

We maintain a mailing list to keep people informed of when the camera obscura will be in operation, please email us at the address below to join.