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.

Whitecliff Bay, Compton Bay and Downs, Compton Bay, and Totland are great places to visit near Nettlestone if you like beaches.

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

The area around Nettlestone's best castles can be found at Carisbrooke Castle.

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

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

Hiking Areas to visit near Nettlestone include Culver Down.

Nettlestone History

There are some historic monuments around Nettlestone:

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