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.

There are a several good villages in the Pondwell 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 Pondwell if you like ruins.

Beaches to visit near Pondwell include Whitecliff Bay, Compton Bay and Downs, Compton Bay, and Totland.

Don't miss Newport - Isle of Wight, Ryde, Cowes, Shanklin, Sandown, and Yarmouth's towns if visiting the area around Pondwell.

Pondwell is near some unmissable castles like Carisbrooke Castle,

Historic Buildings to visit near Pondwell include 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:

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