Brading is a Town in the county of Isle of Wight.

Retail in Brading

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

There are a number of villages near Brading including Bembridge, Carisbrooke, Fishbourne, Wootton Bridge, St Helens - Isle of Wight, Shanklin Old Village, and Luccombe - Isle of Wight.

Culver Battery, and Carisbrooke Castle are great places to visit near Brading if you like ruins.

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

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

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

Historic Buildings to visit near Brading include Carisbrooke Castle, St Helens Duver, The Needles Lighthouse, The Needles Battery, and Fort Victoria.

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

There are a several good hiking areas in the area around Brading like Culver Down.

Brading History

There are some historic monuments around Brading:

• Five bowl barrows 200m 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
• Spitbank Fort
• Two fishponds associated with Quarr Abbey at Puckers Copse, Newnham
• Southsea Castle
• Bowl barrow 600m south east of Week Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Week Down
• 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
• Fort Monckton
• Bowl barrow 280m WNW 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
• Field system on Brading Down
• Horse Sand Fort
• Two bowl barrows 530m north east of the radar station: part of a round barrow cemetery on Luccombe Down
• Monastic grange at Haseley Manor
• Medieval settlement 100m south east and 350m north east of East Ashey Manor Farm
• Bowl barrow 220m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 560m ENE of Week Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Week Down
• Ashey Down Sea Mark
• Yaverland Battery, 660m south of Yaverland Church
• Bowl barrow on Culver Down
• Brading Roman villa
• Gilkicker fort
• Bowl barrow 275m 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
• Bowl barrow 340m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Two bowl barrows 130m south west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze age round barrow cemtery on Ashey Down
• Quarr Abbey
• Sandown Barrack Battery
• Three pillow mounds 810m NNE of Kern Farm
• Bowl barrow on Arreton 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
• 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
• Three bowl barrows 540m east of Week Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Week Down
• No. 5 Battery, Stokes Bay Lines
• Bembridge Fort
• Bowl barrow 370m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 110m north west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Steyne Wood Battery
• Puckpool mortar battery
• Bowl barrow 290m north east of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Two pillow mounds 400m ENE of sea mark on Ashey Down
• 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
• Appuldurcombe House and Freemantle Lodge Gateway
• Two bowl barrows forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery, and part of a field system east of Eaglehead Copse
• Three pillow mounds 540m north east of sea mark on Ashey Down