If I remember correctly, the Solent is the most expensive stretch of water to cross in the universe. or something.” Tank Girl, Urban75 Forums Greig, Malcolm and McQuaid, Ronald W (2005) The impact of ferry services on an island economy. In: European Regional Science Association Conference) Solent crossings are in the middle of the chart for cost. Cowes Floating Bridge is fairly high up the list though, but neither come close to either the Hayling Ferry or the Norfolk-based Reedham Chain Ferry, both of which could safely claim to be among the most expensive crossings in the UK per mile. Conclusions Teacher Eileen Eaton came up with the idea as a history and geography project for her class of 8 to 10-year-olds at Oakfield Primary School in Ryde. I’ve got no professional connection or interest in ferry crossings at all, other than as a regular customer. I undertook this exercise purely out of curiosity. Method

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The Frequent Visitor Pass holders have to come into the park with you. They can't just lend you the pass. However, I can't see any reason why they couldn't walk out five minutes later. We saw one of the shows in Robin Hill’s Amphitheatre a couple of years ago and were really impressed at the scale and atmosphere. If you consider it two different family days out for the price then it starts to feel like much better value. Two streets in Ventnor would appear in place of the popular Leicester Square and Coventry Street. The housing market is booming here with 102 properties sold in the last 12 months, house prices have increased only slightly at 0.93 per cent. There is also a little loophole which I haven't tested myself, but which I thinkwill work. Thanks to Dan for pointing this out (please blame him if it doesn't work). There's a golden hour between 10am and 11am when both parks are much quieter because most parents are still arguing with their children about getting out the house/caravan/tent.You can't get the half price offer at May half term or during the six week school summer holiday. If you want to visit during school holidays then it'll need to be Easter or October half term. The board game, which has been officially launched, features many familiar Isle of Wight locations.

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It's quite complicated because the price fluctuates depending on when you visit and whether you book in advance. More than 30 locations feature on the board which were chosen during four months of research on the island by the game's makers following the initial approach by the school children. Per mile, the Solent is not the most expensive piece of water to cross even in the Solent area. So it is definitely not the most expensive in the world. The longest journey in the data is the Southampton to New York cruise (far right point). Choosing this was difficult given the wide range of cruise prices, but I chose a return voyage at a standard rate. I had expected that to be far off the chart for price, but amazingly it is pretty close to the line. Understandably it is higher than the expected level, possibly because the facilities on board are significantly better than a ferry, but nonetheless it is interesting to see that the price for a cruise is not dissimilar to that of a normal ferry anywhere else – albeit over a hugely longer distance. Future work Secondly, the same exercise could be done for vehicle travel. That would have a smaller dataset, but it would be useful to see how it compared.I disregarded any free ferries (there were very few of these) or ferries that do not publish their tariff on the internet. I included all the Solent crossings, and all the ferry crossings I could find in this region, plus an arbitrary selection of other crossings starting in the UK, including those going to foreign countries. I tried to find crossings of varying lengths to test the theory that price was connected to distance travelled; so I sought out short crossings and long ones. I measured the ferry distances using Google Maps and approximate routes. Actual distance travelled may be different, especially over longer distances. I focused on UK crossings but also sampled a few outside the UK to see if they were very different (some were, so for my final dataset I excluded crossings that did not include the UK*). I also tried to include a number of chain ferry crossings because I wanted to compare the pricing of Cowes Floating Bridge too. The Solent is one of the most expensive stretches of water in the world.” Jane Knight, The Independent The children successfully pitched the suggestion to Winning Moves UK who licence local versions of the game. I looked further into this relationship. If the same data is presented differently, an apparent link can be seen. In this graph, both axes are logarithmic, which has the effect of straightening out the line of best fit. It shows that all the services in my dataset fall fairly close to a line. It also allows us to predict what the actual cost of a ferry crossing might be from the distance covered; if that crossing was also on this same line. We can visually compare how certain ferry services charge more per mile than might be expected for the distance they cover; and some charge less. Notably, the Solent crossings are all fairly close to the best fit line. The Cowes Floating Bridge is one of the furthest away; suggesting that even taking into account the fact that it crosses a short distance, it is still a relatively expensive journey. Figure 2: Y Axis: cost per km. X axis: length of journey in km

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If you have different school holiday dates to most people then you may be able to pay the off peak prices.The most expensive ferry in the world: a comparison of the cost of Scottish ferries to cross-Solent ferries was undertaken by Neil Kay, Emeritus Professor in the Economics Department, University of Strathclyde in January 2011 A class of Isle of Wight school children have helped to create the island's own version of Monopoly.