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

Retail in Pondwell

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

Culver Battery, and Carisbrooke Castle are some of Pondwell best ruins to visit near Pondwell.

There are a number of beaches near Pondwell including Whitecliff Bay, Compton Bay and Downs, Compton Bay, and Totland.

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

The area close to Pondwell boasts some of the best castles including Carisbrooke Castle.

Carisbrooke Castle, St Helens Duver, The Needles Lighthouse, The Needles Battery, and Fort Victoria are some of Pondwell best historic buildings to visit near Pondwell.

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

There are a number of hiking areas near to Pondwell including Culver Down.

Pondwell History

There are some historic monuments around Pondwell:

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