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 great places to visit near Pondwell if you like villages.

Pondwell has some unmissable ruins nearby like Culver Battery, and Carisbrooke Castle.

Don't miss Whitecliff Bay, Compton Bay and Downs, Compton Bay, and Totland's beaches if visiting the area around Pondwell.

Pondwell has some unmissable towns nearby like Newport - Isle of Wight, Ryde, Cowes, Shanklin, Sandown, and Yarmouth.

Carisbrooke Castle is one of Pondwell's best, nearby castles to visit in Pondwell.

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

Pondwell's best nearby geological features can be found at Compton Bay and Downs, and The Needles.

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

Pondwell History

There are some historic monuments around Pondwell:

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