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

Nettlestone postcode: PO34 5JQ

Retail in Nettlestone

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

The area around Nettlestone 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.

Culver Battery, and Carisbrooke Castle are great places to visit near Nettlestone if you like ruins.

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

The area around Nettlestone boasts some of the best towns including Newport - Isle of Wight, Ryde, Cowes, Shanklin, Sandown, and Yarmouth.

There are a several good castles in the area around Nettlestone like Carisbrooke Castle.

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

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

Don't miss Culver Down's hiking areas if visiting the area around Nettlestone.

Nettlestone History

There are some historic monuments around Nettlestone:

• No 1 Battery, Stokes Bay Lines
• Yaverland Battery, 660m south of Yaverland Church
• Puckpool mortar battery
• Three pillow mounds 540m north east of sea mark on Ashey Down
• Long Curtain, King's Bastion and Spur Redoubt
• Earthwork defences at Priddy's Hard
• Southsea Castle
• Fortifications S of Trinity Church
• Medieval settlement 100m south east and 350m north east of East Ashey Manor Farm
• Quarr Abbey
• Bowl barrow 220m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Gilkicker fort
• Horse Sand Fort
• Eastney sewage pumping station
• Two bowl barrows 180m WNW of Puck House, Fishbourne
• A group of 11 round barrows forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery, and part of a field system east of Eaglehead Copse
• Motte and bailey castle near Apple Dumpling Bridge, south of Rowner
• Fortifications N of Mumby Road
• Bowl barrow 290m north east of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Fort Blockhouse
• Portsmouth Dockyard, the Docks
• Bembridge Fort
• Bowl barrow 340m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• 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
• No. 5 Battery, Stokes Bay Lines
• Eastney forts and perimeter defences of barracks
• Fort Grange
• Bowl barrow 370m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow on Culver Down
• Bowl barrow 390m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 275m north west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• St Helen's Fort
• Three bowl barrows 220m WSW 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
• Two fishponds associated with Quarr Abbey at Puckers Copse, Newnham
• Point Battery including King Edward's Tower and Square Tower
• Ashey Down Sea Mark
• No Man's Land Fort
• Sandown Barrack Battery
• Portsmouth Garrison church
• Former Board of Ordnance Gunwharf, HMS Vernon
• Portsmouth Dockyard, the Block Mills and Stores 35 and 36
• Fort Monckton
• Two bowl barrows forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery, and part of a field system east of Eaglehead Copse
• Gunboat Traverser System
• Fort Cumberland
• Brading Roman villa
• Three pillow mounds 810m NNE of Kern Farm
• Field system on Brading Down
• Bowl barrow on Nunwell Down known as The Devil's Punchbowl
• Bowl barrow 280m WNW of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Steyne Wood Battery
• Spitbank Fort
• Two pillow mounds 400m ENE 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
• 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