Whippingham is a Village in the county of Isle of Wight.

Retail in Whippingham

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

Whippingham has some unmissable villages nearby like 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 Whippingham area like Culver Battery, and Carisbrooke Castle.

The area around Whippingham boasts some of the best beaches including Whitecliff Bay, Compton Bay and Downs, Compton Bay, and Totland.

There are a number of towns near Whippingham including Newport - Isle of Wight, Ryde, Cowes, Shanklin, Sandown, and Yarmouth.

Carisbrooke Castle is a great place to visit close to Whippingham if you like castles.

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

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

Culver Down is a great place to visit close to Whippingham if you like hiking areas.

Whippingham History

There are some historic monuments around Whippingham:

• Carisbrooke Romano-British villa
• Two bowl barrows 130m south west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze age round barrow cemtery on Ashey Down
• A Bronze Age barrow and Anglo-Saxon cemetery on Bowcombe Down, 575m south east of Apesdown
• Clatterford Roman Villa
• Enclosure and field system on the north side of Cheverton Down, immediately east of Rowborough Bottom
• Ashey Down Sea Mark
• 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
• Two bowl barrows 180m WNW of Puck House, Fishbourne
• Rampart and ditch of an unfinished promontory fort on Chillerton Down, known as `Five Barrows'
• Newport Roman Villa
• Bowl barrow 280m WNW of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Three bowl barrows 220m WSW of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Carisbrooke Castle: a shell keep castle on the site of a Saxon burh
• Bowl barrow 390m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 220m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Fort Fareham
• Two bowl barrows 100m south east of Slocum Copse
• Two pillow mounds 400m ENE of sea mark on Ashey Down
• 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
• Bowl barrow on Arreton Down
• Motte and bailey castle near Apple Dumpling Bridge, south of Rowner
• Quarr Abbey
• Downend Romano-British villa
• Bowl barrow 290m north east of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Bowl barrow 525m east of Stone Place Farm
• Calshot Castle: a 16th century artillery castle
• Two bowl barrows forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery, and part of a field system east of Eaglehead Copse
• Bowl barrow 450m north of Vittlefields Farm
• 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
• Monastic grange at Haseley Manor
• Bowl barrow 30m south of Round Copse
• Bowl barrow 730m north east of Presford Farm known as `Sheards Barrow'
• Two fishponds associated with Quarr Abbey at Puckers Copse, Newnham
• Medieval settlement 100m south east and 350m north east of East Ashey Manor Farm
• Bowl barrow 275m north west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• A group of 11 round barrows forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery, and part of a field system east of Eaglehead Copse
• 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
• Three pillow mounds 810m NNE of Kern Farm
• Bowl barrow 340m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 1.2km WSW of Cheverton Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Cheverton Down