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

Westridge postcode: PO33 1BB

Retail in Westridge

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

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

Culver Battery, and Carisbrooke Castle are great places to visit near Westridge if you like ruins.

Westridge has some unmissable beaches nearby like Whitecliff Bay, Compton Bay and Downs, Compton Bay, and Totland.

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

The area around Westridge's best castles can be found at Carisbrooke Castle.

Carisbrooke Castle, St Helens Duver, The Needles Lighthouse, The Needles Battery, and Fort Victoria are some of Westridge best historic buildings to visit near Westridge.

There are a several good geological features in the Westridge area like Compton Bay and Downs, and The Needles.

Westridge is near some unmissable hiking areas like Culver Down,

Westridge History

There are some historic monuments around Westridge:

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