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

Newtown postcode: PO30 4PA

Retail in Newtown

There are great places to visit near Newtown 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 Newtown best villages to visit near Newtown.

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

Newtown has some unmissable beaches nearby like Whitecliff Bay, Compton Bay and Downs, Compton Bay, and Totland.

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

Don't miss Carisbrooke Castle's castles if visiting the area around Newtown.

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

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

Culver Down is one of Newtown's best, nearby hiking areas to visit in Newtown.

Newtown History

There are some historic monuments around Newtown:

• Bowl barrow in Brighstone Forest: 1.3km north east of Coombe Farm
• Bowl barrow 570m south west of Swainstondown Gate
• Bowl barrow on Peaked Hill, 550m west of East Boldre Vicarage
• Bowl barrow 350m north east of Compton Farm
• Two bowl barrows on Newbarn Down within the area of Brighstone Forest
• Bowl barrow 450m north of Vittlefields Farm
• Clatterford Roman Villa
• Bowl barrow in Brighstone Forest: 850m NNE of Coombe Farm
• Enclosure and field system on the north side of Cheverton Down, immediately east of Rowborough Bottom
• Bowl barrow in Coombe Plantation on Chessell Down: 830m north west of Longstone Cottage
• Two bowl barrows on Brighstone Down within the area of Brighstone Forest: 1.1km NNE of Coombe Farm
• Bowl barrow on Mottistone Common: 300m west of Longstone Cottage
• Two bowl barrows 100m south east of Slocum Copse
• Round barrow cemetery within Brighstone Forest on Brighstone Down: 700m east of Calbourne Bottom
• Bowl barrow 340m south east of Freshwater Bay Golf Clubhouse: part of a round barrow cemetery on Afton Down
• Barn, remains of, at St Leonards Grange
• A twin barrow and bowl barrow 1.6km WSW of Cheverton Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Cheverton Down
• Round barrow 600m south east of Sudmoor Cottage
• Bowl barrow 200m south east of Freshwater Bay Golf Clubhouse: part of a round barrow cemetery on Afton Down
• Bowl barrow 730m north east of Presford Farm known as `Sheards Barrow'
• Three bowl barrows 700m SE of Shalcombe Manor: part of a round barrow cemetery on Pay Down
• Carisbrooke Castle: a shell keep castle on the site of a Saxon burh
• Bowl barrow 1.3km WSW of Cheverton Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Cheverton Down
• Bowl barrow 650m SE of Shalcombe Manor: part of a round barrow cemetery on Pay Down
• Enclosure in Brighstone Forest
• Bowl barrow 1000m west of Hatchet Pond
• Round barrow cemetery on East Afton Down
• Bell barrow on Shalcombe Down: 500m south west of Shalcombe Manor
• Bowl barrow in Brighstone Forest west of Gallibury Fields: 1.57km ESE of Gottenleaze Cottages
• Bowl barrow 525m east of Stone Place Farm
• Medieval enclosure in Newbarn Combe, 900m south east of Newbarn Farm
• Bowl barrow in Brighstone Forest west of Gallibury Fields: 1.65km ESE of Gottenleaze Cottages
• A bowl barrow and a bell barrow 600m SSE of Shalcombe Manor: part of a round barrow cemetery on Pay Down
• Field system and bowl barrow on Pitts Down, 500m south east of Pitts Cottages
• Bowl barrow 830m SE of Shalcombe Manor: part of a round barrow cemetery on Pay Down
• Bowl barrow 1.35km WSW of Cheverton Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Cheverton Down
• Rampart and ditch of an unfinished promontory fort on Chillerton Down, known as `Five Barrows'
• Castle Hill earthwork
• Bowl barrow and length of field boundary on Peaked Hill, 440m south-west of East Boldre Vicarage
• Bouldnor Battery
• Bowl barrow in Brighstone Forest west of Gallibury Fields: 1.6km ESE of Gottenleaze Cottages
• Round barrow 550m SSE of Gottenleaze Cottages
• Bowl barrow 1.2km WSW of Cheverton Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Cheverton Down
• Bowl barrow known as 'Black Barrow': 670m NNE of Longstone Farmhouse
• Two bowl barrows 440m north of Longstone Cottage: part of a round barrow cemetery on Mottistone Down
• Bowl barrow 1km south-east of New Barn Farm
• Bowl barrow on Peaked Hill, 620m west of East Boldre Vicarage
• Carisbrooke Romano-British villa
• Round barrow cemetery on Brook Down known as 'Five Barrows'
• Bowl barrow on Tapnell Down
• Two bowl barrows 250m south-west of Calbourne Bottom
• Bowl barrow on Newbarn Down: 1km south west of Rowridge
• Bowl barrow in Coombe Plantation on Chessell Down: 710m north west of Longstone Cottage
• Bowl barrow 540m NNW of Longstone Cottage: part of a round barrow cemetery on Mottistone Down
• Bowl barrow 30m south of Round Copse
• Rock Roman villa
• Medieval settlement and cultivation remains at Newtown
• Four round barrows 840m WSW of Swainstondown Gate
• Moated site 100m north east of Wolverton Manor
• Two bowl barrows 460m NNW of Longstone Cottage: part of a round barrow cemetery on Mottistone Down
• The Longstone: a long barrow 60m south of Longstone Cottage
• St Leonards Chapel (remains of)
• A Bronze Age barrow and Anglo-Saxon cemetery on Bowcombe Down, 575m south east of Apesdown
• Round barrow 870m north east of Brook Hill House
• Bowl barrow on Newbarn Down: 1.1km south west of Rowridge
• Three confluent bowl barrows 340m ESE of Freshwater Bay Golf Clubhouse: part of a round barrow cemetery on Afton Down
• Three bowl barrows 280m south east of Freshwater Bay Golf Clubhouse: part of a round barrow cemetery on Afton Down
• Bowl barrow in woodland on Shalcombe Down: 200m south west of Shalcombe Manor