Queen Victoria's Bathing Hut at Osborne

Queen Victoria's Bathing Hut, on the beach at Osborne on the Isle of Wight. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert bought the Osborne estate on the Isle of Wight in 1845, and there they created a private home away from court life. Victoria used Osborne for over 50 years, entertaining foreign royalty and visiting ministers, and finding solace there after Albert’s death in 1861. Today, many of the rooms are still filled with original furniture and works of art, while the planting in the grounds is to Albert’s designs.
Victoria used the bathining hut to preserve her modesty – the whole contraption was run into the sea so that she could enter the waters without being seen in her swimming costume. Inside is a changing room and a plumbed-in toilet.