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 number of villages near Ryde including Bembridge, Carisbrooke, Fishbourne, Wootton Bridge, St Helens - Isle of Wight, Shanklin Old Village, and Luccombe - Isle of Wight.

There are a several good ruins in the Ryde area like Culver Battery, and Carisbrooke Castle.

Whitecliff Bay, Compton Bay and Downs, Compton Bay, and Totland are some of Ryde best beaches to visit near Ryde.

Newport - Isle of Wight, Ryde, Cowes, Shanklin, Sandown, and Yarmouth are some of Ryde best towns to visit near Ryde.

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

Ryde's best nearby historic buildings can be found at Carisbrooke Castle, St Helens Duver, The Needles Lighthouse, The Needles Battery, and Fort Victoria.

Ryde has some unmissable geological features nearby like Compton Bay and Downs, and The Needles.

There are a number of hiking areas near to Ryde including Culver Down.

Ryde History

There are some historic monuments around Ryde:

• Field system on Brading Down
• Two bowl barrows 180m WNW of Puck House, Fishbourne
• Bowl barrow 390m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Two bowl barrows 130m south west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze age round barrow cemtery on Ashey Down
• Puckpool mortar battery
• Fort Brockhurst
• Portsmouth Garrison church
• Portsmouth Dockyard, the Docks
• Bowl barrow 110m north west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Bowl barrow known as Michael Morey's Hump, and a Highway Commission barrier on Gallows Hill
• Yaverland Battery, 660m south of Yaverland Church
• Bowl barrow 220m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• No 1 Battery, Stokes Bay Lines
• Brading Roman villa
• Medieval settlement 100m south east and 350m north east of East Ashey Manor Farm
• Three pillow mounds 810m NNE of Kern Farm
• Fortifications N of Mumby Road
• Fort Blockhouse
• Point Battery including King Edward's Tower and Square Tower
• Bowl barrow 370m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Downend Romano-British villa
• St Helen's Fort
• Bowl barrow on Nunwell Down known as The Devil's Punchbowl
• Two pillow mounds 400m ENE of sea mark on Ashey Down
• Fort Grange
• No Man's Land Fort
• Bowl barrow 280m WNW of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Southsea Castle
• Bowl barrow on Arreton Down
• Fort Monckton
• Long Curtain, King's Bastion and Spur Redoubt
• Spitbank Fort
• Former Board of Ordnance Gunwharf, HMS Vernon
• 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
• 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
• Gilkicker fort
• Horse Sand Fort
• Quarr Abbey
• Ashey Down Sea Mark
• Two bowl barrows forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery, and part of a field system east of Eaglehead Copse
• Fortifications S of Trinity Church
• Three pillow mounds 540m north east of sea mark on Ashey Down
• Three bowl barrows 220m WSW of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Monastic grange at Haseley Manor
• Portsmouth Dockyard, the Block Mills and Stores 35 and 36
• A group of 11 round barrows forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery, and part of a field system east of Eaglehead Copse
• Motte and bailey castle near Apple Dumpling Bridge, south of Rowner
• Sandown Barrack Battery
• Steyne Wood Battery
• Fort Elson
• Bowl barrow 340m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 275m north west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• No. 5 Battery, Stokes Bay Lines
• Bowl barrow on Culver Down
• Bembridge Fort
• Earthwork defences at Priddy's Hard
• Bowl barrow 290m north east of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Gunboat Traverser System
• Two fishponds associated with Quarr Abbey at Puckers Copse, Newnham