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.

Villages to visit near Rookley Green include Bembridge, Carisbrooke, Fishbourne, Wootton Bridge, St Helens - Isle of Wight, Shanklin Old Village, and Luccombe - Isle of Wight.

Ruins to visit near Rookley Green include Culver Battery, and Carisbrooke Castle.

The area around Rookley Green features a number of interesting beaches including Whitecliff Bay, Compton Bay and Downs, Compton Bay, and Totland.

There are a number of towns near Rookley Green including Newport - Isle of Wight, Ryde, Cowes, Shanklin, Sandown, and Yarmouth.

The area close to Rookley Green boasts some of the best castles including Carisbrooke Castle.

Historic Buildings to visit near Rookley Green include Carisbrooke Castle, St Helens Duver, The Needles Lighthouse, The Needles Battery, and Fort Victoria.

The area around Rookley Green features a number of interesting geological features including Compton Bay and Downs, and The Needles.

Places near Rookley Green feature a number of interesting hiking areas including Culver Down.

Rookley Green History

There are some historic monuments around Rookley Green:

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