Upper Bonchurch is a Village in the county of Isle of Wight.

Upper Bonchurch postcode: PO38 1PU

Retail in Upper Bonchurch

There are great places to visit near Upper Bonchurch including some great villages, ruins, beaches, towns, castles, historic buildings, geological features and hiking areas.

The area around Upper Bonchurch features a number of interesting villages including Bembridge, Carisbrooke, Fishbourne, Wootton Bridge, St Helens - Isle of Wight, Shanklin Old Village, and Luccombe - Isle of Wight.

Upper Bonchurch has some unmissable ruins nearby like Culver Battery, and Carisbrooke Castle.

Beaches to visit near Upper Bonchurch include Whitecliff Bay, Compton Bay and Downs, Compton Bay, and Totland.

Don't miss Newport - Isle of Wight, Ryde, Cowes, Shanklin, Sandown, and Yarmouth's towns if visiting the area around Upper Bonchurch.

Castles to visit near Upper Bonchurch include Carisbrooke Castle.

The area around Upper Bonchurch features a number of interesting historic buildings including Carisbrooke Castle, St Helens Duver, The Needles Lighthouse, The Needles Battery, and Fort Victoria.

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

Places near Upper Bonchurch feature a number of interesting hiking areas including Culver Down.

Upper Bonchurch History

There are some historic monuments around Upper Bonchurch:

• Monastic grange at Haseley Manor
• Bowl barrow 275m north west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Bowl barrow 390m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow on Arreton Down
• Two pillow mounds 400m ENE of sea mark on Ashey Down
• Bowl barrow 340m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow known as Michael Morey's Hump, and a Highway Commission barrier on Gallows Hill
• Bowl barrow on Nunwell Down known as The Devil's Punchbowl
• Bowl barrow 110m north west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Bowl barrow 370m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Three pillow mounds 540m north east of sea mark on Ashey Down
• Bembridge Fort
• Two bowl barrows forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery, and part of a field system east of Eaglehead Copse
• Steyne Wood Battery
• Bowl barrow 220m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 290m north east 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
• 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
• Five bowl barrows 200m north east of the radar station: part of a round barrow cemetery on Luccombe Down
• Sandown Barrack Battery
• Downend Romano-British villa
• Three bowl barrows 540m east of Week Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Week 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
• Ashey Down Sea Mark
• Four bowl barrows 400m north east of the radar station: part of a round barrow cemetery on Luccombe Down
• Bowl barrow 560m ENE of Week Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Week Down
• Field system on Brading Down
• Bowl barrow 600m south east of Week Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Week Down
• Three bowl barrows 220m WSW of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Bowl barrow 280m WNW of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Brading Roman villa
• Appuldurcombe House and Freemantle Lodge Gateway
• Three pillow mounds 810m NNE of Kern Farm
• Two bowl barrows 530m 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
• Bowl barrow on Culver Down
• Two bowl barrows 130m south west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze age round barrow cemtery on Ashey Down
• Medieval settlement remains and moated site at Stenbury Manor
• Yaverland Battery, 660m south of Yaverland Church