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.

The area around Westridge boasts some of the best villages including Bembridge, Carisbrooke, Fishbourne, Wootton Bridge, St Helens - Isle of Wight, Shanklin Old Village, and Luccombe - Isle of Wight.

There are a number of ruins near Westridge including 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.

Newport - Isle of Wight, Ryde, Cowes, Shanklin, Sandown, and Yarmouth are great places to visit near Westridge if you like towns.

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

Historic Buildings to visit near Westridge include Carisbrooke Castle, St Helens Duver, The Needles Lighthouse, The Needles Battery, and Fort Victoria.

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

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

Westridge History

There are some historic monuments around Westridge:

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