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.

The area around Merstone features a number of interesting towns including Newport - Isle of Wight, Ryde, Cowes, Shanklin, Sandown, and Yarmouth.

Carisbrooke Castle is a great place to visit close to Merstone if you like castles.

There are a number of historic buildings near Merstone including Carisbrooke Castle, St Helens Duver, The Needles Lighthouse, The Needles Battery, and Fort Victoria.

There are a several good geological features in the Merstone area like Compton Bay and Downs, and The Needles.

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

Merstone History

There are some historic monuments around Merstone:

• Two bowl barrows 180m WNW of Puck House, Fishbourne
• Four bowl barrows 400m north east of the radar station: part of a round barrow cemetery on Luccombe Down
• Carisbrooke Romano-British villa
• Bowl barrow 110m north west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Quarr Abbey
• Sandown Barrack Battery
• Five bowl barrows 200m north east of the radar station: part of a round barrow cemetery on Luccombe Down
• Ashey Down Sea Mark
• Bowl barrow known as Michael Morey's Hump, and a Highway Commission barrier on Gallows Hill
• Bowl barrow 275m north west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Downend Romano-British 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
• Monastic grange at Haseley Manor
• Three bowl barrows 220m WSW of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Bowl barrow 600m north west of Ladyacre Farm
• Medieval settlement 100m south east and 350m north east of East Ashey Manor Farm
• Two bowl barrows 530m north east of the radar station: part of a round barrow cemetery on Luccombe 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
• Bowl barrow 730m north east of Presford Farm known as `Sheards Barrow'
• Clatterford Roman Villa
• Newport Roman Villa
• Bowl barrow on Nunwell Down known as The Devil's Punchbowl
• Bowl barrow 290m north east of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Bowl barrow 370m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• 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
• Appuldurcombe House and Freemantle Lodge Gateway
• Three pillow mounds 810m NNE of Kern Farm
• Three pillow mounds 540m north east of sea mark on Ashey Down
• Two fishponds associated with Quarr Abbey at Puckers Copse, Newnham
• 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 on Arreton Down
• Bowl barrow on St Catherine's Down, 680m north of lighthouse on St Catherine's Hill
• Carisbrooke Castle: a shell keep castle on the site of a Saxon burh
• Rampart and ditch of an unfinished promontory fort on Chillerton Down, known as `Five Barrows'
• Two bowl barrows forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery, and part of a field system east of Eaglehead Copse
• Bowl barrow 450m north of Vittlefields Farm
• Bowl barrow 525m east of Stone Place Farm
• Two bowl barrows 130m south west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze age round barrow cemtery 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
• Medieval settlement remains and moated site at Stenbury Manor
• Bowl barrow 340m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 600m south east of Week Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Week Down
• Bowl barrow 390m 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
• A group of 11 round barrows forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery, and part of a field system east of Eaglehead Copse