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

Alverstone postcode: PO36 0EZ

Retail in Alverstone

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

Villages to visit near Alverstone include Bembridge, Carisbrooke, Fishbourne, Wootton Bridge, St Helens - Isle of Wight, Shanklin Old Village, and Luccombe - Isle of Wight.

Culver Battery, and Carisbrooke Castle are some of Alverstone best ruins to visit near Alverstone.

Whitecliff Bay, Compton Bay and Downs, Compton Bay, and Totland are great places to visit near Alverstone if you like beaches.

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

The area close to Alverstone boasts some of the best castles including Carisbrooke Castle.

Alverstone has some unmissable historic buildings nearby like Carisbrooke Castle, St Helens Duver, The Needles Lighthouse, The Needles Battery, and Fort Victoria.

Compton Bay and Downs, and The Needles are some of Alverstone best geological features to visit near Alverstone.

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

Alverstone History

There are some historic monuments around Alverstone:

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