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.

Bembridge, Carisbrooke, Fishbourne, Wootton Bridge, St Helens - Isle of Wight, Shanklin Old Village, and Luccombe - Isle of Wight are great places to visit near Godshill if you like villages.

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

Beaches to visit near Godshill include Whitecliff Bay, Compton Bay and Downs, Compton Bay, and Totland.

Towns to visit near Godshill include Newport - Isle of Wight, Ryde, Cowes, Shanklin, Sandown, and Yarmouth.

Places near Godshill feature a number of interesting castles including Carisbrooke Castle.

Carisbrooke Castle, St Helens Duver, The Needles Lighthouse, The Needles Battery, and Fort Victoria are some of Godshill best historic buildings to visit near Godshill.

Compton Bay and Downs, and The Needles are great places to visit near Godshill if you like geological features.

The area close to Godshill boasts some of the best hiking areas including Culver Down.

Godshill History

There are some historic monuments around Godshill:

• Newport Roman Villa
• Three bowl barrows 540m east of Week Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Week Down
• Two bowl barrows 530m north east of the radar station: part of a round barrow cemetery on Luccombe Down
• Two bowl barrows 130m south west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze age round barrow cemtery on Ashey Down
• Two fishponds associated with Quarr Abbey at Puckers Copse, Newnham
• Monastic grange at Haseley Manor
• Quarr Abbey
• Medieval settlement remains and moated site at Stenbury Manor
• Bowl barrow 340m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Clatterford Roman Villa
• Bowl barrow 600m south east of Week Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Week Down
• Bowl barrow 220m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Three pillow mounds 810m NNE of Kern Farm
• Bowl barrow 290m north east of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Ashey Down Sea Mark
• Five bowl barrows 200m north east of the radar station: part of a round barrow cemetery on Luccombe Down
• Two bowl barrows forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery, and part of a field system east of Eaglehead Copse
• Two pillow mounds 400m ENE of sea mark on Ashey Down
• A Bronze Age barrow and Anglo-Saxon cemetery on Bowcombe Down, 575m south east of Apesdown
• 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, lime kiln, and a medieval lighthouse forming the west tower of an oratory, all set within a medieval enclosure on St Catherine's Hill
• Bowl barrow 730m north east of Presford Farm known as `Sheards Barrow'
• Appuldurcombe House and Freemantle Lodge Gateway
• 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 600m north west of Ladyacre Farm
• Bowl barrow known as Michael Morey's Hump, and a Highway Commission barrier on Gallows Hill
• Two bowl barrows 180m WNW of Puck House, Fishbourne
• Carisbrooke Castle: a shell keep castle on the site of a Saxon burh
• Carisbrooke Romano-British villa
• Bowl barrow on Nunwell Down known as The Devil's Punchbowl
• Bowl barrow 450m north of Vittlefields Farm
• Three bowl barrows 220m WSW of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Four bowl barrows 400m north east of the radar station: part of a round barrow cemetery on Luccombe Down
• Sandown Barrack Battery
• Bowl barrow 275m north west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Bowl barrow 110m north west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Medieval settlement 100m south east and 350m north east of East Ashey Manor Farm
• Bowl barrow on St Catherine's Down, 680m north of lighthouse on St Catherine's Hill
• Three pillow mounds 540m north east of sea mark on Ashey Down
• Rampart and ditch of an unfinished promontory fort on Chillerton Down, known as `Five Barrows'
• Bowl barrow 370m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Downend Romano-British villa
• Bowl barrow 525m east of Stone Place Farm
• Bowl barrow 280m WNW of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Bowl barrow 560m ENE of Week Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Week Down
• 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 390m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow on Arreton Down