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.

Adgestone's best nearby villages can be found at 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.

The area around Adgestone features a number of interesting beaches including Whitecliff Bay, Compton Bay and Downs, Compton Bay, and Totland.

Adgestone's best nearby towns can be found at Newport - Isle of Wight, Ryde, Cowes, Shanklin, Sandown, and Yarmouth.

The area around Adgestone's best castles can be found at Carisbrooke Castle.

There are a several good historic buildings in the Adgestone area like Carisbrooke Castle, St Helens Duver, The Needles Lighthouse, The Needles Battery, and Fort Victoria.

Geological Features to visit near Adgestone include Compton Bay and Downs, and The Needles.

There are a number of hiking areas near to Adgestone including Culver Down.

Adgestone History

There are some historic monuments around Adgestone:

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