The Isle of Wight is a small island located off the south coast of England near Swanage and Portsmouth, and is the little diamond-shaped island at the bottom of maps of the United Kingdom.
The best way to get there is from Portsmouth by Hovercraft and Fast-Cat, which takes you to Ryde, or Car Ferry, which takes you to Fishbourne.
There is a train (which used to be decorated with brightly coloured dinosaurs, but they’ve removed them now, which is a shame) to Sandown that runs from the Fast-Cat port at Ryde, and goes near the hover-port.
To get around it is possible to use the buses, but it is probably better to take a car, as the buses are very irregular in the primary fossil-hunting areas, and are apparently the most expensive in the UK, although you can get an Island Rover ticket that lets you go anywhere on the Island