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.

There are a several good villages in the Ryde area like Bembridge, Carisbrooke, Fishbourne, Wootton Bridge, St Helens - Isle of Wight, Shanklin Old Village, and Luccombe - Isle of Wight.

The area around Ryde features a number of interesting ruins including Culver Battery, and Carisbrooke Castle.

Ryde's best nearby beaches can be found at Whitecliff Bay, Compton Bay and Downs, Compton Bay, and Totland.

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

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

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

The area around Ryde boasts some of the best geological features including 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:

• Bowl barrow 280m WNW of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Three pillow mounds 810m NNE of Kern Farm
• Ashey Down Sea Mark
• Two bowl barrows 180m WNW of Puck House, Fishbourne
• Portsmouth Dockyard, the Docks
• Field system on Brading Down
• 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
• Medieval settlement 100m south east and 350m north east of East Ashey Manor Farm
• Bowl barrow 220m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Bembridge Fort
• Bowl barrow known as Michael Morey's Hump, and a Highway Commission barrier on Gallows Hill
• Point Battery including King Edward's Tower and Square Tower
• Motte and bailey castle near Apple Dumpling Bridge, south of Rowner
• Bowl barrow on Nunwell Down known as The Devil's Punchbowl
• Bowl barrow 290m north east of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Former Board of Ordnance Gunwharf, HMS Vernon
• Southsea Castle
• Bowl barrow 340m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Fort Monckton
• 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
• Sandown Barrack Battery
• Fort Elson
• Steyne Wood Battery
• Fort Brockhurst
• Bowl barrow on Arreton Down
• Two bowl barrows forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery, and part of a field system east of Eaglehead Copse
• Earthwork defences at Priddy's Hard
• Two fishponds associated with Quarr Abbey at Puckers Copse, Newnham
• Spitbank Fort
• Fortifications S of Trinity Church
• Horse Sand Fort
• St Helen's Fort
• No. 5 Battery, Stokes Bay Lines
• Fort Blockhouse
• Bowl barrow 370m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Brading Roman villa
• No Man's Land Fort
• No 1 Battery, Stokes Bay Lines
• Bowl barrow 275m north west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Monastic grange at Haseley Manor
• Puckpool mortar battery
• Yaverland Battery, 660m south of Yaverland Church
• Downend Romano-British villa
• Two pillow mounds 400m ENE of sea mark on Ashey Down
• Fort Grange
• Fortifications N of Mumby Road
• Quarr Abbey
• Bowl barrow on Culver Down
• Portsmouth Dockyard, the Block Mills and Stores 35 and 36
• 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
• A group of 11 round barrows forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery, and part of a field system east of Eaglehead Copse
• Long Curtain, King's Bastion and Spur Redoubt
• Three bowl barrows 220m WSW of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Gilkicker fort
• Two bowl barrows 130m south west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze age round barrow cemtery on Ashey Down
• Portsmouth Garrison church
• Gunboat Traverser System
• Bowl barrow 110m north west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down