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

Roud postcode: PO38 3LH

Retail in Roud

There are great places to visit near Roud 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 Roud if you like villages.

The area around Roud boasts some of the best ruins including Culver Battery, and Carisbrooke Castle.

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

Towns to visit near Roud include Newport - Isle of Wight, Ryde, Cowes, Shanklin, Sandown, and Yarmouth.

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

There are a several good historic buildings in the Roud area like Carisbrooke Castle, St Helens Duver, The Needles Lighthouse, The Needles Battery, and Fort Victoria.

Don't miss Compton Bay and Downs, and The Needles's geological features if visiting the area around Roud.

The area close to Roud boasts some of the best hiking areas including Culver Down.

Roud History

There are some historic monuments around Roud:

• 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
• Monastic grange at Haseley Manor
• Bowl barrow 280m WNW 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
• Appuldurcombe House and Freemantle Lodge Gateway
• Bowl barrow 30m south of Round Copse
• 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
• Two bowl barrows 130m south west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze age round barrow cemtery on Ashey Down
• Two bowl barrows 530m north east of the radar station: part of a round barrow cemetery on Luccombe Down
• Bowl barrow 600m south east of Week Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Week Down
• Bowl barrow 525m east of Stone Place Farm
• Bowl barrow 730m north east of Presford Farm known as `Sheards Barrow'
• Enclosure and field system on the north side of Cheverton Down, immediately east of Rowborough Bottom
• Three bowl barrows 540m east of Week Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Week Down
• Bowl barrow on Arreton Down
• A Bronze Age barrow and Anglo-Saxon cemetery on Bowcombe Down, 575m south east of Apesdown
• Carisbrooke Romano-British villa
• Bowl barrow known as Michael Morey's Hump, and a Highway Commission barrier on Gallows Hill
• Bowl barrow 600m north west of Ladyacre Farm
• Four bowl barrows 400m north east of the radar station: part of a round barrow cemetery on Luccombe Down
• A group of 11 round barrows forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery, and part of a field system east of Eaglehead Copse
• Two pillow mounds 400m ENE of sea mark on Ashey Down
• Bowl barrow 110m north west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Medieval settlement remains and moated site at Stenbury Manor
• Clatterford Roman Villa
• Bowl barrow 1.35km 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
• Three pillow mounds 540m north east of sea mark 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 275m north west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey 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
• Moated site 100m north east of Wolverton Manor
• Newport Roman Villa
• Bowl barrow 1.3km WSW of Cheverton Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Cheverton Down
• Bowl barrow 450m north of Vittlefields Farm
• Rampart and ditch of an unfinished promontory fort on Chillerton Down, known as `Five Barrows'
• Two bowl barrows 100m south east of Slocum Copse
• Ashey Down Sea Mark
• Three bowl barrows 220m WSW of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Bowl barrow 1.2km WSW of Cheverton Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Cheverton Down
• Five bowl barrows 200m north east of the radar station: part of a round barrow cemetery on Luccombe Down
• Bowl barrow on St Catherine's Down, 680m north of lighthouse on St Catherine's Hill
• 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