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    10 best... ECO-BREAKS BY THE SEA

    Feb 11, 2022 4 minutes
    WORDS ALEX REECE

    FOR... GREEN GLAMPING

    1 Tom’s Eco Lodge, Nr Yarmouth, Isle of Wight

    his award-winning site on Tapnell Farm, towards the western edge of the island, has an imaginative range of low-impact accommodation. Take your pick from geodesic domes to timber modulogs – the latter are semi-circular, timber-built pods with a decidedly Middle Earth feel. Started up by Tom Turney in 2012, the Eco Lodge uses power from solar panels, heat from biomass boilers and there is a biodigester for sewage. Visiting families are well catered for with kids’ play areas, hands-on animal activities and – new for spring 2020 – is the island’s first outdoor floating aqua park, with obstacle course. The Cow restaurant at the farm specialises in local and home-grown produce. Sleeping from

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