Situated on High Park Road in Ryde, The Park Centre is a community driven project with the aim to promote and benefit Ryde's Elmfield and Oakfield neighbourhoods.The Centre, which is a registered charity, provides a range of facilities including a fully equipped computer suite with broadband internet access, specialised courses and workshops, and many other community related services in a comfortable and friendly atmosphere. In addition to these facilities, the Centre also offers rooms for private and/or corporate hire, with prices starting from £8 per hour.

An explosion of blue-hot acoustic roots rock poker twisted with a whippin' of bluegrass. Bex Marshall has character and her songs prove it! An artist of jaw dropping talent; a guitarist with a unique melting pot of a voice Joplin Soul, Bonnie Rait slide and the originality of Memphis Minnie. She belts it out, rips it up and delivers a performance undeniably hot!!

Carnival workshops are now being held every Tuesday at The Park Centre - we are looking for all sorts of people to take part, from performers to artists, to sewing machinists, or just those who like to play with paint!...

We have now opened what we think is the Island's first computer charity shop; Park Computers, situated at 65 High Street, Ryde.

This social enterprise business recycles old computers and computer peripherals by cannibalising, rebuilding and supplying computers at great value...

As the first solo folk artist to be signed to a major British record company, Julie Felix’s career has spanned four decades, beginning as Britain's First Lady of Folk (The London Times) and selling out the Royal Albert Hall Julie Felix has campaigned tirelessly against war and for Human Rights throughout her career. She celebrates in her own inimitable style for us at Acoustics at the Altar on 12th September 2008.