It is best known as the location of the Blackgang Chine amusement park which sits to the south of St Catherine's Down.

Historically, Blackgang was a hamlet that expanded into a small village in the mid-19th century, partly out of a Victorian fashion for speculative building of marine villas,[1][2] and partly in association with the establishment of the amusement park at the chine, the large coastal ravine (historically known for being a haunt of smugglers[3]) after which the park was named.

[5] Southern Vectis operates bus route 6 to Newport and Ventnor through the village.

The small road with a couple of bungalows (still lived in) is a rather sorry sight, as one of Blackgang Chine's areas still lies there derelict.

The remains of Adventureland include a seesaw structure, the brick remains of a wall that surrounded the crooked house originally stood, "Mission Control" (a Nasa-style space control room with levers and buttons) and an old Wicksteed roundabout.