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

Binstead postcode: PO33 3QZ

Retail in Binstead

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

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

Don't miss Culver Battery, and Carisbrooke Castle's ruins if visiting the area around Binstead.

The area around Binstead boasts some of the best beaches including Whitecliff Bay, Compton Bay and Downs, Compton Bay, and Totland.

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

Places near Binstead feature a number of interesting castles including Carisbrooke Castle.

Carisbrooke Castle, St Helens Duver, The Needles Lighthouse, The Needles Battery, and Fort Victoria are some of Binstead best historic buildings to visit near Binstead.

There are a several good geological features in the Binstead area like Compton Bay and Downs, and The Needles.

The area around Binstead's best hiking areas can be found at Culver Down.

Binstead History

There are some historic monuments around Binstead:

• Bowl barrow on Culver Down
• Point Battery including King Edward's Tower and Square Tower
• No 1 Battery, Stokes Bay Lines
• Steyne Wood Battery
• Bowl barrow 390m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Fort Brockhurst
• Monastic grange at Haseley Manor
• Portsmouth Dockyard, the Docks
• Ashey Down Sea Mark
• Bowl barrow 340m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Downend Romano-British villa
• Gunboat Traverser System
• Southsea Castle
• Gilkicker fort
• Yaverland Battery, 660m south of Yaverland Church
• Puckpool mortar battery
• Sandown Barrack Battery
• Bowl barrow 275m north west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Bowl barrow on Arreton Down
• Three pillow mounds 540m north east of sea mark on Ashey Down
• Quarr Abbey
• No. 5 Battery, Stokes Bay Lines
• Bowl barrow on Nunwell Down known as The Devil's Punchbowl
• 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
• Bembridge Fort
• Field system on Brading 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
• Earthwork defences at Priddy's Hard
• Three pillow mounds 810m NNE of Kern Farm
• Brading Roman villa
• Medieval settlement 100m south east and 350m north east of East Ashey Manor Farm
• Two bowl barrows 180m WNW of Puck House, Fishbourne
• Two bowl barrows 130m south west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze age round barrow cemtery on Ashey Down
• Two fishponds associated with Quarr Abbey at Puckers Copse, Newnham
• Bowl barrow 290m north east of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Fort Grange
• Fort Blockhouse
• Spitbank Fort
• Portsmouth Dockyard, the Block Mills and Stores 35 and 36
• St Helen's Fort
• Bowl barrow 220m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Fortifications N of Mumby Road
• Fort Elson
• Long Curtain, King's Bastion and Spur Redoubt
• 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
• Fortifications S of Trinity Church
• Motte and bailey castle near Apple Dumpling Bridge, south of Rowner
• 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
• Three bowl barrows 220m WSW 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
• Portsmouth Garrison church
• Bowl barrow 370m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Two pillow mounds 400m ENE of sea mark on Ashey Down
• Fort Monckton
• Former Board of Ordnance Gunwharf, HMS Vernon