Freshwater Bay is a Village in the county of Isle of Wight.

Freshwater Bay postcode: PO40 9RA

Retail in Freshwater Bay

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

Bembridge, Carisbrooke, Fishbourne, Wootton Bridge, St Helens - Isle of Wight, Shanklin Old Village, and Luccombe - Isle of Wight are some of Freshwater Bay best villages to visit near Freshwater Bay.

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

There are a several good beaches in the Freshwater Bay area like Whitecliff Bay, Compton Bay and Downs, Compton Bay, and Totland.

Newport - Isle of Wight, Ryde, Cowes, Shanklin, Sandown, and Yarmouth are some of Freshwater Bay best towns to visit near Freshwater Bay.

Castles to visit near Freshwater Bay include Carisbrooke Castle.

Freshwater Bay 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 Freshwater Bay best geological features to visit near Freshwater Bay.

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

Freshwater Bay History

There are some historic monuments around Freshwater Bay:

• Bowl barrow 650m SE of Shalcombe Manor: part of a round barrow cemetery on Pay Down
• Two bowl barrows 440m north of Longstone Cottage: part of a round barrow cemetery on Mottistone Down
• Yarmouth Castle
• Long barrow and part of a round barrow cemetery 130m SSE of Freshwater Bay Golf Clubhouse, on Afton Down
• Two bowl barrows 110m north-east of Heatherdown
• Long mortuary enclosure on Tennyson Down, 800m west of Freshwater Bay House
• Two bowl barrows on High Down, 370m west of Tennyson's Beacon
• Lower Needles Point battery
• A bowl barrow and a bell barrow 600m SSE of Shalcombe Manor: part of a round barrow cemetery on Pay Down
• Bowl barrow 340m south east of Freshwater Bay Golf Clubhouse: part of a round barrow cemetery on Afton Down
• Bell barrow on Shalcombe Down: 500m south west of Shalcombe Manor
• Round barrow 870m north east of Brook Hill House
• Bowl barrow in woodland on Shalcombe Down: 200m south west of Shalcombe Manor
• Golden Hill Fort: buried remains and outer defences
• The Longstone: a long barrow 60m south of Longstone Cottage
• Castle Hill earthwork
• Hillfort at Buckland Rings
• Bowl barrow on Mottistone Common: 300m west of Longstone Cottage
• Three confluent bowl barrows 340m ESE of Freshwater Bay Golf Clubhouse: part of a round barrow cemetery on Afton Down
• Three bowl barrows 280m south east of Freshwater Bay Golf Clubhouse: part of a round barrow cemetery on Afton Down
• Three bowl barrows 700m SE of Shalcombe Manor: part of a round barrow cemetery on Pay Down
• Bowl barrow 540m NNW of Longstone Cottage: part of a round barrow cemetery on Mottistone Down
• Bowl barrow 200m south east of Freshwater Bay Golf Clubhouse: part of a round barrow cemetery on Afton Down
• Bowl barrow 830m SE of Shalcombe Manor: part of a round barrow cemetery on Pay Down
• Round barrow 600m south east of Sudmoor Cottage
• Round barrow 100m west of Old Coastguards
• Bouldnor Battery
• Round barrow cemetery on Brook Down known as 'Five Barrows'
• Bowl barrow in Coombe Plantation on Chessell Down: 830m north west of Longstone Cottage
• Two bowl barrows 460m NNW of Longstone Cottage: part of a round barrow cemetery on Mottistone Down
• Bowl barrow known as 'Black Barrow': 670m NNE of Longstone Farmhouse
• Round barrow cemetery on East Afton Down
• New Battery and High Down Test Site, The Needles
• Bowl barrow 350m north east of Compton Farm
• Hurst Castle and lighthouse
• Bowl barrow on Tapnell Down
• Bowl barrow on West High Down, 150m north of Roe's Hall
• Bowl barrow in Coombe Plantation on Chessell Down: 710m north west of Longstone Cottage
• Bowl barrow on Headon Hill