Ryde is a Town in the county of Isle of Wight.

Retail in Ryde

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

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

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

The area around Ryde boasts some of the best towns including Newport - Isle of Wight, Ryde, Cowes, Shanklin, Sandown, and Yarmouth.

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

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

Ryde's best nearby geological features can be found at Compton Bay and Downs, and The Needles.

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

Ryde History

There are some historic monuments around Ryde:

• Fortifications S of Trinity Church
• Bowl barrow 275m north west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Two bowl barrows forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery, and part of a field system east of Eaglehead Copse
• Bowl barrow on Arreton Down
• Yaverland Battery, 660m south of Yaverland Church
• Southsea Castle
• Brading Roman villa
• Point Battery including King Edward's Tower and Square Tower
• Gilkicker fort
• No Man's Land Fort
• 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
• Horse Sand Fort
• Puckpool mortar battery
• Portsmouth Garrison church
• Fort Monckton
• Bembridge Fort
• Former Board of Ordnance Gunwharf, HMS Vernon
• Earthwork defences at Priddy's Hard
• Two bowl barrows 130m south west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze age round barrow cemtery on Ashey Down
• Three pillow mounds 810m NNE of Kern Farm
• Two fishponds associated with Quarr Abbey at Puckers Copse, Newnham
• Bowl barrow 110m north west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Fort Elson
• Bowl barrow on Culver Down
• Bowl barrow 370m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Two bowl barrows 180m WNW of Puck House, Fishbourne
• 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 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
• Long Curtain, King's Bastion and Spur Redoubt
• St Helen's Fort
• Portsmouth Dockyard, the Block Mills and Stores 35 and 36
• Three bowl barrows 220m WSW of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Medieval settlement 100m south east and 350m north east of East Ashey Manor Farm
• No. 5 Battery, Stokes Bay Lines
• 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
• Gunboat Traverser System
• Three pillow mounds 540m north east of sea mark on Ashey Down
• Bowl barrow 390m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Field system on Brading Down
• Bowl barrow on Nunwell Down known as The Devil's Punchbowl
• Quarr Abbey
• Spitbank Fort
• Bowl barrow 220m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Fort Grange
• Portsmouth Dockyard, the Docks
• Fort Blockhouse
• Sandown Barrack Battery
• Downend Romano-British villa
• Bowl barrow 340m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Ashey Down Sea Mark
• Fort Brockhurst
• Monastic grange at Haseley Manor
• Steyne Wood Battery
• Fortifications N of Mumby Road
• Bowl barrow known as Michael Morey's Hump, and a Highway Commission barrier on Gallows Hill
• Motte and bailey castle near Apple Dumpling Bridge, south of Rowner
• No 1 Battery, Stokes Bay Lines