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.

Westridge's best nearby villages can be found at 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 Westridge area like Culver Battery, and Carisbrooke Castle.

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

There are a several good towns in the Westridge area like Newport - Isle of Wight, Ryde, Cowes, Shanklin, Sandown, and Yarmouth.

Carisbrooke Castle is one of Westridge's best, nearby castles to visit in Westridge.

Don't miss Carisbrooke Castle, St Helens Duver, The Needles Lighthouse, The Needles Battery, and Fort Victoria's historic buildings if visiting the area around Westridge.

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

The area around Westridge's best hiking areas can be found at Culver Down.

Westridge History

There are some historic monuments around Westridge:

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