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 great places to visit near Nettlestone if you like villages.

The area around Nettlestone features a number of interesting ruins including Culver Battery, and Carisbrooke Castle.

The area around Nettlestone features a number of interesting beaches including Whitecliff Bay, Compton Bay and Downs, Compton Bay, and Totland.

The area around Nettlestone 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 Nettlestone if you like castles.

The area around Nettlestone features a number of interesting historic buildings including Carisbrooke Castle, St Helens Duver, The Needles Lighthouse, The Needles Battery, and Fort Victoria.

There are a number of geological features near Nettlestone including 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:

• Southsea Castle
• No. 5 Battery, Stokes Bay Lines
• A group of 11 round barrows forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery, and part of a field system east of Eaglehead Copse
• Two bowl barrows 180m WNW of Puck House, Fishbourne
• Three bowl barrows 220m WSW of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Field system on Brading Down
• Sandown Barrack Battery
• Ashey Down Sea Mark
• Fort Monckton
• No Man's Land Fort
• Portsmouth Garrison church
• Bowl barrow 290m north east 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 390m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Fortifications N of Mumby Road
• Eastney forts and perimeter defences of barracks
• Fortifications S of Trinity Church
• Former Board of Ordnance Gunwharf, HMS Vernon
• Fort Blockhouse
• Gilkicker fort
• Spitbank Fort
• Gunboat Traverser System
• Yaverland Battery, 660m south of Yaverland Church
• Motte and bailey castle near Apple Dumpling Bridge, south of Rowner
• Steyne Wood Battery
• Bembridge Fort
• Bowl barrow 280m WNW of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• St Helen's Fort
• Quarr Abbey
• Horse Sand Fort
• 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
• 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
• Point Battery including King Edward's Tower and Square Tower
• Long Curtain, King's Bastion and Spur Redoubt
• Portsmouth Dockyard, the Docks
• Three pillow mounds 810m NNE of Kern Farm
• Bowl barrow on Culver 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
• Fort Cumberland
• Two fishponds associated with Quarr Abbey at Puckers Copse, Newnham
• No 1 Battery, Stokes Bay Lines
• 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 110m north west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Brading Roman villa
• Three pillow mounds 540m north east of sea mark on Ashey Down
• Medieval settlement 100m south east and 350m north east of East Ashey Manor Farm
• Puckpool mortar battery
• Fort Grange
• Bowl barrow on Nunwell Down known as The Devil's Punchbowl
• Portsmouth Dockyard, the Block Mills and Stores 35 and 36
• Bowl barrow 275m north west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Eastney sewage pumping station
• Earthwork defences at Priddy's Hard
• Two pillow mounds 400m ENE of sea mark on Ashey Down