Ventnor Heritage Centre

"To Collect, Record and preserve the rich heritage and history of Ventnor and surrounding villages, and share it with local and wider communities"

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Becoming a Member

Membership of the Ventnor & District Local History Society:

We welcome new members and encourage anyone who would like to support the Society’s work to become a member. Thank you to everyone who has currently joined or renewed their membership – we really value your support.

Becoming a member or renewing your membership:

Annual membership runs from January to December and costs £12. You can join or renew in person in the Heritage Centre (current opening times are shown on the front page of our website) or you can join or renew your membership online here.
Please contact secretary@ventnorheritage.org.uk if you have any questions about how to join or renew your membership.

Gift Aid:

We are a registered charity, and you can boost your donation by 25p of Gift Aid for every £1 you donate by completing this form: Charity Gift Aid Declaration.

Why become a member?

Society members have free entry to our popular monthly meetings with speakers on a wide range of local history subjects. We produce newsletters for our members, and a report on our annual activities and work is sent to all members each year after our AGM.

We are a registered Charity, run and managed by volunteers, and rely on membership subscriptions along with admission charges to the Museum, donations and sales of our publications to pay our day-to-day expenses. If you would like to support the work of the Society, please consider becoming a member.
[The Society is a Registered Charity No 286848]

Exhibitions, stories, images . . .

Oh Day of Days! New Book and Exhibition

To commemorate the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings in June 1944, we are launching a booklet and exhibition highlighting Ventnor’s (and the Isle of Wight’s) role in the invasion and the experiences of local people. The Isle of Wight was closer to the Normandy beaches than any other part of Britain, and the Ventnor district hosted vital facilities such as the RAF radar station, a Royal Navy wireless interception station and the main radio station used for communication between the high command and the invasion forces.  The exhibition will be available from 5 June 2024, and features the logbook (supervisors’ diary) from RAF Ventnor covering 17 May to 12 June 1944, currently on loan to the Ventnor Heritage Centre. The new booklet, “Oh Day of Days!”  is available in the Heritage Centre, price £4.50, and our online shop, price £6.50 (including postage and packing).

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