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

Retail in Rookley

There are great places to visit near Rookley including some great villages, ruins, beaches, towns, castles, historic buildings, geological features and hiking areas.

Rookley has some unmissable villages nearby 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 Rookley if you like ruins.

Rookley's best nearby beaches can be found at 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 Rookley.

Places near Rookley feature a number of interesting castles including Carisbrooke Castle.

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

Rookley has some unmissable geological features nearby like Compton Bay and Downs, and The Needles.

Rookley is near some unmissable hiking areas like Culver Down,

Rookley History

There are some historic monuments around Rookley:

• Bowl barrow 450m north of Vittlefields Farm
• Bowl barrow 275m north west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Carisbrooke Castle: a shell keep castle on the site of a Saxon burh
• 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
• Monastic grange at Haseley Manor
• Bowl barrow on Newbarn Down: 1.1km south west of Rowridge
• Bowl barrow in Brighstone Forest west of Gallibury Fields: 1.65km ESE of Gottenleaze Cottages
• Bowl barrow 1.3km WSW of Cheverton Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Cheverton Down
• Two pillow mounds 400m ENE of sea mark on Ashey Down
• Bowl barrow 525m east of Stone Place Farm
• Five bowl barrows 200m north east of the radar station: part of a round barrow cemetery on Luccombe Down
• Bowl barrow 730m north east of Presford Farm known as `Sheards Barrow'
• Ashey Down Sea Mark
• A twin barrow and bowl barrow 1.6km WSW of Cheverton Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Cheverton Down
• Bowl barrow 600m north west of Ladyacre Farm
• Bowl barrow, lime kiln, and a medieval lighthouse forming the west tower of an oratory, all set within a medieval enclosure on St Catherine's Hill
• Bowl barrow 600m south east of Week Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Week Down
• Bowl barrow 570m south west of Swainstondown Gate
• Three bowl barrows 540m east of Week Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Week Down
• Medieval settlement remains and moated site at Stenbury Manor
• Bowl barrow 1.35km WSW of Cheverton Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Cheverton Down
• Clatterford Roman Villa
• 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
• Rampart and ditch of an unfinished promontory fort on Chillerton Down, known as `Five Barrows'
• Two bowl barrows 530m north east of the radar station: part of a round barrow cemetery on Luccombe Down
• Bowl barrow 110m north west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Newport Roman Villa
• Quarr Abbey
• Bowl barrow 1.2km WSW of Cheverton Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Cheverton Down
• Bowl barrow 280m WNW of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Three bowl barrows 220m WSW of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Four bowl barrows 400m north east of the radar station: part of a round barrow cemetery on Luccombe Down
• Bowl barrow known as Michael Morey's Hump, and a Highway Commission barrier on Gallows Hill
• Enclosure and field system on the north side of Cheverton Down, immediately east of Rowborough Bottom
• Enclosure in Brighstone Forest
• Bowl barrow on Newbarn Down: 1km south west of Rowridge
• Two bowl barrows 130m south west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze age round barrow cemtery on Ashey Down
• Bowl barrow on Arreton Down
• Downend Romano-British villa
• Two fishponds associated with Quarr Abbey at Puckers Copse, Newnham
• Bowl barrow on St Catherine's Down, 680m north of lighthouse on St Catherine's Hill
• Bowl barrow 290m north east of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Two bowl barrows 100m south east of Slocum Copse
• Appuldurcombe House and Freemantle Lodge Gateway
• A Bronze Age barrow and Anglo-Saxon cemetery on Bowcombe Down, 575m south east of Apesdown
• Carisbrooke Romano-British villa
• Moated site 100m north east of Wolverton Manor
• Bowl barrow 560m ENE of Week Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Week Down
• Bowl barrow 1km south-east of New Barn Farm
• Two bowl barrows 180m WNW of Puck House, Fishbourne
• Bowl barrow 30m south of Round Copse