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.

There are a number of villages near Merstone including Bembridge, Carisbrooke, Fishbourne, Wootton Bridge, St Helens - Isle of Wight, Shanklin Old Village, and Luccombe - Isle of Wight.

Merstone's best nearby ruins can be found at Culver Battery, and Carisbrooke Castle.

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

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

Merstone is near some unmissable castles like Carisbrooke Castle,

Carisbrooke Castle, St Helens Duver, The Needles Lighthouse, The Needles Battery, and Fort Victoria are great places to visit near Merstone if you like historic buildings.

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

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

Merstone History

There are some historic monuments around Merstone:

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