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.

The area around Rookley boasts some of the best villages including Bembridge, Carisbrooke, Fishbourne, Wootton Bridge, St Helens - Isle of Wight, Shanklin Old Village, and Luccombe - Isle of Wight.

Don't miss Culver Battery, and Carisbrooke Castle's ruins if visiting the area around Rookley.

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

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

The area around Rookley's best castles can be found at Carisbrooke Castle.

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

Compton Bay and Downs, and The Needles are some of Rookley best geological features to visit near Rookley.

There are a several good hiking areas in the area around Rookley like Culver Down.

Rookley History

There are some historic monuments around Rookley:

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