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

Merstone postcode: PO30 3DF

Retail in Merstone

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

Villages to visit near Merstone include Bembridge, Carisbrooke, Fishbourne, Wootton Bridge, St Helens - Isle of Wight, Shanklin Old Village, and Luccombe - Isle of Wight.

Merstone has some unmissable ruins nearby like Culver Battery, and Carisbrooke Castle.

The area around Merstone boasts some of the best beaches including Whitecliff Bay, Compton Bay and Downs, Compton Bay, and Totland.

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

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

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

Compton Bay and Downs, and The Needles are some of Merstone best geological features to visit near Merstone.

There are a number of hiking areas near to Merstone including Culver Down.

Merstone History

There are some historic monuments around Merstone:

• Bowl barrow 600m south east of Week Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Week Down
• Bowl barrow 275m north west 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
• Two bowl barrows 130m south west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze age round barrow cemtery on Ashey Down
• Three pillow mounds 810m NNE of Kern Farm
• Downend Romano-British villa
• Bowl barrow 600m north west of Ladyacre Farm
• Bowl barrow 450m north of Vittlefields Farm
• 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
• Ashey Down Sea Mark
• Bowl barrow 340m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Two pillow mounds 400m ENE of sea mark on Ashey Down
• Three bowl barrows 220m WSW of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Monastic grange at Haseley Manor
• Bowl barrow 280m WNW of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Medieval settlement remains and moated site at Stenbury Manor
• Newport Roman Villa
• Carisbrooke Romano-British villa
• Two fishponds associated with Quarr Abbey at Puckers Copse, Newnham
• A Bronze Age barrow and Anglo-Saxon cemetery on Bowcombe Down, 575m south east of Apesdown
• Bowl barrow 390m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 370m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• 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 on Arreton Down
• 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
• Carisbrooke Castle: a shell keep castle on the site of a Saxon burh
• A group of 11 round barrows forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery, and part of a field system east of Eaglehead Copse
• Appuldurcombe House and Freemantle Lodge Gateway
• Sandown Barrack Battery
• Medieval settlement 100m south east and 350m north east of East Ashey Manor Farm
• 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 290m north east of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Bowl barrow 525m east of Stone Place Farm
• Two bowl barrows 530m north east of the radar station: part of a round barrow cemetery on Luccombe Down
• 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
• Bowl barrow 220m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• 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'
• Five bowl barrows 200m north east of the radar station: part of a round barrow cemetery on Luccombe Down
• Rampart and ditch of an unfinished promontory fort on Chillerton Down, known as `Five Barrows'
• Clatterford Roman Villa
• Bowl barrow 560m ENE of Week Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Week Down
• Three bowl barrows 540m 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
• Quarr Abbey