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

Retail in Fishbourne

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

The area around Fishbourne 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.

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

Fishbourne has some unmissable beaches nearby like Whitecliff Bay, Compton Bay and Downs, Compton Bay, and Totland.

The area around Fishbourne boasts some of the best towns including Newport - Isle of Wight, Ryde, Cowes, Shanklin, Sandown, and Yarmouth.

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

Fishbourne's best nearby historic buildings can be found at Carisbrooke Castle, St Helens Duver, The Needles Lighthouse, The Needles Battery, and Fort Victoria.

Don't miss Compton Bay and Downs, and The Needles's geological features if visiting the area around Fishbourne.

Culver Down is one of Fishbourne's best, nearby hiking areas to visit in Fishbourne.

Fishbourne History

There are some historic monuments around Fishbourne:

• 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
• Gilkicker fort
• Fort Brockhurst
• Fortifications S of Trinity Church
• Field system on Brading Down
• Bowl barrow on Arreton Down
• Three pillow mounds 540m north east of sea mark on Ashey Down
• Bowl barrow 390m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Fortifications N of Mumby Road
• Three pillow mounds 810m NNE of Kern Farm
• Two fishponds associated with Quarr Abbey at Puckers Copse, Newnham
• Bowl barrow 275m north west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Sandown Barrack Battery
• Fort Elson
• Bembridge Fort
• Bowl barrow 340m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Earthwork defences at Priddy's Hard
• Quarr Abbey
• 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 220m WSW of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Fort Grange
• Bowl barrow 280m WNW of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Carisbrooke Castle: a shell keep castle on the site of a Saxon burh
• No. 5 Battery, Stokes Bay Lines
• Bowl barrow known as Michael Morey's Hump, and a Highway Commission barrier on Gallows Hill
• Bowl barrow 370m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Medieval settlement 100m south east and 350m north east of East Ashey Manor Farm
• Newport Roman Villa
• Two bowl barrows 130m south west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze age round barrow cemtery on Ashey Down
• Fort Monckton
• Motte and bailey castle near Apple Dumpling Bridge, south of Rowner
• Monastic grange at Haseley Manor
• Bowl barrow 290m north east of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Gunboat Traverser System
• Bowl barrow 110m north west 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
• Ashey Down Sea Mark
• Two bowl barrows forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery, and part of a field system east of Eaglehead Copse
• Two bowl barrows 180m WNW of Puck House, Fishbourne
• Calshot Castle: a 16th century artillery castle
• Puckpool mortar battery
• Brading Roman villa
• Yaverland Battery, 660m south of Yaverland Church
• Bowl barrow 220m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Downend Romano-British villa
• No 1 Battery, Stokes Bay Lines
• 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 pillow mounds 400m ENE of sea mark on Ashey Down