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

Retail in Godshill

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

The area around Godshill features a number of interesting villages including Bembridge, Carisbrooke, Fishbourne, Wootton Bridge, St Helens - Isle of Wight, Shanklin Old Village, and Luccombe - Isle of Wight.

The area around Godshill boasts some of the best ruins including Culver Battery, and Carisbrooke Castle.

Godshill's best nearby beaches can be found at Whitecliff Bay, Compton Bay and Downs, Compton Bay, and Totland.

Godshill has some unmissable towns nearby like Newport - Isle of Wight, Ryde, Cowes, Shanklin, Sandown, and Yarmouth.

Don't miss Carisbrooke Castle's castles if visiting the area around Godshill.

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

The area around Godshill features a number of interesting geological features including Compton Bay and Downs, and The Needles.

Culver Down is a great place to visit close to Godshill if you like hiking areas.

Godshill History

There are some historic monuments around Godshill:

• Bowl barrow 110m north west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Bowl barrow 220m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• A Bronze Age barrow and Anglo-Saxon cemetery on Bowcombe Down, 575m south east of Apesdown
• Two bowl barrows 530m north east of the radar station: part of a round barrow cemetery on Luccombe Down
• Bowl barrow 525m east of Stone Place Farm
• Bowl barrow 290m north east 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
• Appuldurcombe House and Freemantle Lodge Gateway
• 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 370m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Three bowl barrows 540m east of Week Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Week Down
• Carisbrooke Castle: a shell keep castle on the site of a Saxon burh
• Bowl barrow, lime kiln, and a medieval lighthouse forming the west tower of an oratory, all set within a medieval enclosure on St Catherine's Hill
• Carisbrooke Romano-British villa
• Two bowl barrows 180m WNW of Puck House, Fishbourne
• Monastic grange at Haseley Manor
• Bowl barrow 730m north east of Presford Farm known as `Sheards Barrow'
• Bowl barrow 450m north of Vittlefields Farm
• 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
• Bowl barrow 280m WNW of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Bowl barrow 340m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Quarr Abbey
• Five bowl barrows 200m north east of the radar station: part of a round barrow cemetery on Luccombe Down
• Bowl barrow 390m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Clatterford Roman Villa
• Ashey Down Sea Mark
• Bowl barrow on Nunwell Down known as The Devil's Punchbowl
• Medieval settlement 100m south east and 350m north east of East Ashey Manor Farm
• Two bowl barrows forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery, and part of a field system east of Eaglehead Copse
• Bowl barrow on St Catherine's Down, 680m north of lighthouse on St Catherine's Hill
• Bowl barrow 275m north west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Two fishponds associated with Quarr Abbey at Puckers Copse, Newnham
• Two bowl barrows 130m south west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze age round barrow cemtery on Ashey Down
• Bowl barrow 600m north west of Ladyacre Farm
• Two pillow mounds 400m ENE of sea mark on Ashey Down
• Sandown Barrack Battery
• Rampart and ditch of an unfinished promontory fort on Chillerton Down, known as `Five Barrows'
• Downend Romano-British villa
• Bowl barrow 560m ENE of Week Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Week 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
• Newport Roman Villa
• Medieval settlement remains and moated site at Stenbury Manor
• Bowl barrow known as Michael Morey's Hump, and a Highway Commission barrier on Gallows Hill
• Bowl barrow 600m south east of Week Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Week Down
• Four bowl barrows 400m 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