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.

Don't miss Bembridge, Carisbrooke, Fishbourne, Wootton Bridge, St Helens - Isle of Wight, Shanklin Old Village, and Luccombe - Isle of Wight's villages if visiting the area around Pondwell.

Ruins to visit near Pondwell include Culver Battery, and Carisbrooke Castle.

Pondwell has some unmissable beaches nearby like 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.

Pondwell is near some unmissable castles like Carisbrooke Castle,

Pondwell has some unmissable historic buildings nearby like Carisbrooke Castle, St Helens Duver, The Needles Lighthouse, The Needles Battery, and Fort Victoria.

The area around Pondwell boasts some of the best geological features including Compton Bay and Downs, and The Needles.

Don't miss Culver Down's hiking areas if visiting the area around Pondwell.

Pondwell History

There are some historic monuments around Pondwell:

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