Adgestone is a Village in the county of Isle of Wight.

Retail in Adgestone

There are great places to visit near Adgestone including some great villages, ruins, beaches, towns, castles, historic buildings, geological features and hiking areas.

The area around Adgestone boasts some of the best villages including Bembridge, Carisbrooke, Fishbourne, Wootton Bridge, St Helens - Isle of Wight, Shanklin Old Village, and Luccombe - Isle of Wight.

Adgestone has some unmissable ruins nearby like Culver Battery, and Carisbrooke Castle.

Don't miss Whitecliff Bay, Compton Bay and Downs, Compton Bay, and Totland's beaches if visiting the area around Adgestone.

There are a several good towns in the Adgestone area like Newport - Isle of Wight, Ryde, Cowes, Shanklin, Sandown, and Yarmouth.

Don't miss Carisbrooke Castle's castles if visiting the area around Adgestone.

The area around Adgestone features a number of interesting historic buildings including Carisbrooke Castle, St Helens Duver, The Needles Lighthouse, The Needles Battery, and Fort Victoria.

Adgestone has some unmissable geological features nearby like Compton Bay and Downs, and The Needles.

The area close to Adgestone boasts some of the best hiking areas including Culver Down.

Adgestone History

There are some historic monuments around Adgestone:

• Three bowl barrows 540m east of Week Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Week Down
• Bowl barrow 340m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Two bowl barrows 530m north east of the radar station: part of a round barrow cemetery on Luccombe Down
• Three bowl barrows 220m WSW of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Bowl barrow 290m north east of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• No Man's Land Fort
• Bowl barrow and part of a later enclosure 490m north east of sea mark, the barrow forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Bembridge Fort
• Puckpool mortar battery
• St Helen's Fort
• Nine barrows and part of a later enclosure 350m north east of sea mark: the barrows forming part of a round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Bowl barrow 220m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Field system on Brading Down
• Bowl barrow on Culver Down
• Bowl barrow on Arreton Down
• Bowl barrow 560m ENE of Week Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Week Down
• Three pillow mounds 810m NNE of Kern Farm
• Three pillow mounds 540m north east of sea mark on Ashey Down
• Ashey Down Sea Mark
• Horse Sand Fort
• Five bowl barrows 200m north east of the radar station: part of a round barrow cemetery on Luccombe Down
• Bowl barrow 370m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow on Nunwell Down known as The Devil's Punchbowl
• Steyne Wood Battery
• Yaverland Battery, 660m south of Yaverland Church
• Appuldurcombe House and Freemantle Lodge Gateway
• Bowl barrow 600m south east of Week Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Week Down
• Bowl barrow 280m WNW of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Bowl barrow known as Michael Morey's Hump, and a Highway Commission barrier on Gallows Hill
• Downend Romano-British villa
• A group of 11 round barrows forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery, and part of a field system east of Eaglehead Copse
• Bowl barrow 110m north west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Two bowl barrows 180m WNW of Puck House, Fishbourne
• Sandown Barrack Battery
• Bowl barrow 390m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Four bowl barrows 400m north east of the radar station: part of a round barrow cemetery on Luccombe Down
• Quarr Abbey
• Two pillow mounds 400m ENE of sea mark on Ashey Down
• Two fishponds associated with Quarr Abbey at Puckers Copse, Newnham
• Bowl barrow 275m north west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Medieval settlement remains and moated site at Stenbury Manor
• Medieval settlement 100m south east and 350m north east of East Ashey Manor Farm
• Brading Roman villa
• Monastic grange at Haseley Manor
• Two bowl barrows forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery, and part of a field system east of Eaglehead Copse
• Two bowl barrows 130m south west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze age round barrow cemtery on Ashey Down
• Spitbank Fort