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.

There are a several good villages in the Nettlestone area like 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 features a number of interesting beaches including Whitecliff Bay, Compton Bay and Downs, Compton Bay, and Totland.

Newport - Isle of Wight, Ryde, Cowes, Shanklin, Sandown, and Yarmouth are great places to visit near Nettlestone if you like towns.

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

Don't miss Carisbrooke Castle, St Helens Duver, The Needles Lighthouse, The Needles Battery, and Fort Victoria's historic buildings if visiting the area around Nettlestone.

There are a number of geological features near Nettlestone including Compton Bay and Downs, and The Needles.

The area close to Nettlestone boasts some of the best hiking areas including Culver Down.

Nettlestone History

There are some historic monuments around Nettlestone:

• Portsmouth Dockyard, the Block Mills and Stores 35 and 36
• Eastney sewage pumping station
• Three bowl barrows 220m WSW of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Motte and bailey castle near Apple Dumpling Bridge, south of Rowner
• Three pillow mounds 810m NNE of Kern Farm
• Portsmouth Garrison church
• Earthwork defences at Priddy's Hard
• Southsea Castle
• Two bowl barrows 130m south west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze age round barrow cemtery on Ashey Down
• Quarr Abbey
• Fort Cumberland
• Bowl barrow on Nunwell Down known as The Devil's Punchbowl
• Bembridge 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
• Field system on Brading Down
• Fort Monckton
• Puckpool mortar battery
• Eastney forts and perimeter defences of barracks
• Gunboat Traverser System
• No. 5 Battery, Stokes Bay Lines
• Two bowl barrows forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery, and part of a field system east of Eaglehead Copse
• Long Curtain, King's Bastion and Spur Redoubt
• Ashey Down Sea Mark
• Steyne Wood Battery
• No 1 Battery, Stokes Bay Lines
• Fortifications S of Trinity Church
• Bowl barrow 280m WNW of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Three pillow mounds 540m north east of sea mark on Ashey Down
• Portsmouth Dockyard, the Docks
• Bowl barrow 220m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow on Culver Down
• Point Battery including King Edward's Tower and Square Tower
• Two pillow mounds 400m ENE of sea mark on Ashey Down
• Medieval settlement 100m south east and 350m north east of East Ashey Manor Farm
• Bowl barrow 290m north east of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Spitbank Fort
• Brading Roman villa
• Bowl barrow 390m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• St Helen's Fort
• Bowl barrow 275m north west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Two bowl barrows 180m WNW of Puck House, Fishbourne
• Bowl barrow 340m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Fortifications N of Mumby Road
• Former Board of Ordnance Gunwharf, HMS Vernon
• A group of 11 round barrows forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery, and part of a field system east of Eaglehead Copse
• Bowl barrow 110m north west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Yaverland Battery, 660m south of Yaverland Church
• Fort Blockhouse
• Two fishponds associated with Quarr Abbey at Puckers Copse, Newnham
• Fort Grange
• Gilkicker fort
• Horse Sand Fort
• 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 370m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Sandown Barrack Battery