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'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.

Ruins to visit near Whippingham include Culver Battery, and Carisbrooke Castle.

There are a number of beaches near Whippingham including Whitecliff Bay, Compton Bay and Downs, Compton Bay, and Totland.

Newport - Isle of Wight, Ryde, Cowes, Shanklin, Sandown, and Yarmouth are some of Whippingham best towns to visit near Whippingham.

The area close to Whippingham boasts some of the best castles including Carisbrooke Castle.

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

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

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

Whippingham History

There are some historic monuments around Whippingham:

• Bowl barrow 220m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Ashey Down Sea Mark
• Quarr Abbey
• 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 30m south of Round Copse
• Bowl barrow 275m north west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Bowl barrow 525m east of Stone Place Farm
• Bowl barrow 110m north west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Two fishponds associated with Quarr Abbey at Puckers Copse, Newnham
• Bowl barrow 390m 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
• Bowl barrow 1.2km WSW of Cheverton Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Cheverton 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
• Bowl barrow 340m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Clatterford Roman Villa
• Bowl barrow known as Michael Morey's Hump, and a Highway Commission barrier on Gallows Hill
• Enclosure and field system on the north side of Cheverton Down, immediately east of Rowborough Bottom
• Bowl barrow on Arreton Down
• Carisbrooke Castle: a shell keep castle on the site of a Saxon burh
• Newport Roman Villa
• Medieval settlement 100m south east and 350m north east of East Ashey Manor Farm
• Two bowl barrows 130m south west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze age round barrow cemtery on Ashey Down
• Three bowl barrows 220m WSW of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Bowl barrow 450m north of Vittlefields Farm
• Two bowl barrows 180m WNW of Puck House, Fishbourne
• Bowl barrow 280m WNW of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Fort Fareham
• Bowl barrow 370m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Downend Romano-British villa
• Bowl barrow 730m north east of Presford Farm known as `Sheards Barrow'
• Carisbrooke Romano-British villa
• Two pillow mounds 400m ENE of sea mark on Ashey Down
• Rampart and ditch of an unfinished promontory fort on Chillerton Down, known as `Five Barrows'
• Motte and bailey castle near Apple Dumpling Bridge, south of Rowner
• Two bowl barrows forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery, and part of a field system east of Eaglehead Copse
• Three pillow mounds 540m north east of sea mark on Ashey Down
• Three pillow mounds 810m NNE of Kern Farm
• Calshot Castle: a 16th century artillery castle
• A Bronze Age barrow and Anglo-Saxon cemetery on Bowcombe Down, 575m south east of Apesdown
• Two bowl barrows 100m south east of Slocum Copse
• Monastic grange at Haseley Manor