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

Rookley Green postcode: PO38 3NX

Retail in Rookley Green

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

Rookley Green 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 Green if you like ruins.

Rookley Green'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 Green.

Don't miss Carisbrooke Castle's castles if visiting the area around Rookley Green.

The area around Rookley Green features a number of interesting historic buildings including 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 Green best geological features to visit near Rookley Green.

The area around Rookley Green's best hiking areas can be found at Culver Down.

Rookley Green History

There are some historic monuments around Rookley Green:

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