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.

Bembridge, Carisbrooke, Fishbourne, Wootton Bridge, St Helens - Isle of Wight, Shanklin Old Village, and Luccombe - Isle of Wight are some of Nettlestone best villages to visit near Nettlestone.

Ruins to visit near Nettlestone include Culver Battery, and Carisbrooke Castle.

Nettlestone's best nearby beaches can be found at Whitecliff Bay, Compton Bay and Downs, Compton Bay, and Totland.

There are a number of towns near Nettlestone including Newport - Isle of Wight, Ryde, Cowes, Shanklin, Sandown, and Yarmouth.

Nettlestone is near some unmissable castles like Carisbrooke Castle,

The area around Nettlestone boasts some of the best historic buildings including Carisbrooke Castle, St Helens Duver, The Needles Lighthouse, The Needles Battery, and Fort Victoria.

Geological Features to visit near Nettlestone include Compton Bay and Downs, and The Needles.

Hiking Areas to visit near Nettlestone include Culver Down.

Nettlestone History

There are some historic monuments around Nettlestone:

• Two bowl barrows 180m WNW of Puck House, Fishbourne
• Bowl barrow 290m north east of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Fortifications N of Mumby Road
• Two bowl barrows forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery, and part of a field system east of Eaglehead Copse
• Fort Blockhouse
• A group of 11 round barrows forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery, and part of a field system east of Eaglehead Copse
• Gilkicker fort
• Portsmouth Garrison church
• Southsea Castle
• Field system on Brading Down
• No. 5 Battery, Stokes Bay Lines
• Fort Grange
• Motte and bailey castle near Apple Dumpling Bridge, south of Rowner
• Bowl barrow on Nunwell Down known as The Devil's Punchbowl
• No 1 Battery, Stokes Bay Lines
• Bowl barrow 275m north west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Two bowl barrows 130m south west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze age round barrow cemtery on Ashey Down
• Steyne Wood Battery
• 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
• Bembridge Fort
• Gunboat Traverser System
• Brading Roman villa
• Ashey Down Sea Mark
• Portsmouth Dockyard, the Docks
• Sandown Barrack Battery
• Long Curtain, King's Bastion and Spur Redoubt
• Three pillow mounds 810m NNE of Kern Farm
• Yaverland Battery, 660m south of Yaverland Church
• Bowl barrow 370m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Quarr Abbey
• Earthwork defences at Priddy's Hard
• Point Battery including King Edward's Tower and Square Tower
• Bowl barrow 390m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Two pillow mounds 400m ENE of sea mark on Ashey Down
• Bowl barrow on Culver Down
• 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
• Bowl barrow 340m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 220m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Eastney forts and perimeter defences of barracks
• Fort Monckton
• Portsmouth Dockyard, the Block Mills and Stores 35 and 36
• Fort Cumberland
• Former Board of Ordnance Gunwharf, HMS Vernon
• Three pillow mounds 540m north east of sea mark on Ashey Down
• No Man's Land Fort
• Horse Sand Fort
• St Helen's Fort
• Two fishponds associated with Quarr Abbey at Puckers Copse, Newnham
• Fortifications S of Trinity Church
• Medieval settlement 100m south east and 350m north east of East Ashey Manor 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
• Spitbank Fort
• Bowl barrow 280m WNW of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Eastney sewage pumping station
• Puckpool mortar battery