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.

The area around Binstead 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.

Ruins to visit near Binstead include Culver Battery, and Carisbrooke Castle.

Whitecliff Bay, Compton Bay and Downs, Compton Bay, and Totland are some of Binstead best beaches to visit near Binstead.

Newport - Isle of Wight, Ryde, Cowes, Shanklin, Sandown, and Yarmouth are great places to visit near Binstead if you like towns.

Carisbrooke Castle is a great place to visit close to Binstead if you like castles.

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

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

Don't miss Culver Down's hiking areas if visiting the area around Binstead.

Binstead History

There are some historic monuments around Binstead:

• Fortifications N of Mumby Road
• Sandown Barrack Battery
• Bowl barrow 110m north west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Three pillow mounds 540m north east of sea mark on Ashey Down
• Portsmouth Garrison church
• Two bowl barrows forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery, and part of a field system east of Eaglehead Copse
• Bowl barrow 340m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Three bowl barrows 220m WSW of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Fort Elson
• Fort Grange
• Puckpool mortar battery
• No Man's Land Fort
• Bowl barrow on Culver Down
• Three pillow mounds 810m NNE of Kern Farm
• Bembridge Fort
• Bowl barrow 275m north west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Brading Roman villa
• Two bowl barrows 180m WNW of Puck House, Fishbourne
• Portsmouth Dockyard, the Docks
• Fort Monckton
• Bowl barrow 390m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 280m WNW of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Point Battery including King Edward's Tower and Square Tower
• Spitbank Fort
• Yaverland Battery, 660m south of Yaverland Church
• Two pillow mounds 400m ENE of sea mark on Ashey Down
• 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
• Field system on Brading Down
• Bowl barrow known as Michael Morey's Hump, and a Highway Commission barrier on Gallows Hill
• Ashey Down Sea Mark
• Fort Blockhouse
• Bowl barrow on Nunwell Down known as The Devil's Punchbowl
• Bowl barrow 220m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• St Helen's Fort
• Portsmouth Dockyard, the Block Mills and Stores 35 and 36
• Gilkicker fort
• No. 5 Battery, Stokes Bay Lines
• Motte and bailey castle near Apple Dumpling Bridge, south of Rowner
• Earthwork defences at Priddy's Hard
• Bowl barrow 290m north east of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Monastic grange at Haseley Manor
• Quarr Abbey
• Former Board of Ordnance Gunwharf, HMS Vernon
• Fortifications S of Trinity Church
• Medieval settlement 100m south east and 350m north east of East Ashey Manor Farm
• A group of 11 round barrows forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery, and part of a field system east of Eaglehead Copse
• Southsea Castle
• Fort Brockhurst
• Two bowl barrows 130m south west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze age round barrow cemtery on Ashey Down
• Long Curtain, King's Bastion and Spur Redoubt
• Steyne Wood Battery
• Bowl barrow on Arreton Down
• Downend Romano-British villa
• Two fishponds associated with Quarr Abbey at Puckers Copse, Newnham
• 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 370m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• No 1 Battery, Stokes Bay Lines
• Gunboat Traverser System