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.

Bembridge, Carisbrooke, Fishbourne, Wootton Bridge, St Helens - Isle of Wight, Shanklin Old Village, and Luccombe - Isle of Wight are some of Whippingham best villages to visit near Whippingham.

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

Don't miss Whitecliff Bay, Compton Bay and Downs, Compton Bay, and Totland's beaches if visiting the area around Whippingham.

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

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

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 Whippingham.

Geological Features to visit near Whippingham include Compton Bay and Downs, and The Needles.

Hiking Areas to visit near Whippingham include Culver Down.

Whippingham History

There are some historic monuments around Whippingham:

• Ashey Down Sea Mark
• Carisbrooke Castle: a shell keep castle on the site of a Saxon burh
• Two pillow mounds 400m ENE of sea mark 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 290m north east 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
• A group of 11 round barrows forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery, and part of a field system east of Eaglehead Copse
• Fort Fareham
• Rampart and ditch of an unfinished promontory fort on Chillerton Down, known as `Five Barrows'
• Bowl barrow 525m east of Stone Place Farm
• Three pillow mounds 810m NNE of Kern Farm
• Bowl barrow 110m north west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Calshot Castle: a 16th century artillery castle
• Two fishponds associated with Quarr Abbey at Puckers Copse, Newnham
• Enclosure and field system on the north side of Cheverton Down, immediately east of Rowborough Bottom
• Two bowl barrows 180m WNW of Puck House, Fishbourne
• Bowl barrow 450m north of Vittlefields Farm
• Bowl barrow 1.2km WSW of Cheverton Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Cheverton Down
• Newport Roman Villa
• Downend Romano-British villa
• Clatterford Roman Villa
• Two bowl barrows 130m south west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze age round barrow cemtery on Ashey Down
• Quarr Abbey
• Monastic grange at Haseley Manor
• 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
• Bowl barrow 280m WNW of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Bowl barrow 730m north east of Presford Farm known as `Sheards Barrow'
• Two bowl barrows forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery, and part of a field system east of Eaglehead Copse
• Bowl barrow 340m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Two bowl barrows 100m south east of Slocum Copse
• Bowl barrow 30m south of Round Copse
• Bowl barrow on Arreton Down
• Medieval settlement 100m south east and 350m north east of East Ashey Manor Farm
• Three pillow mounds 540m north east of sea mark on Ashey Down
• Bowl barrow 370m 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
• Motte and bailey castle near Apple Dumpling Bridge, south of Rowner
• Bowl barrow 390m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• 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
• A Bronze Age barrow and Anglo-Saxon cemetery on Bowcombe Down, 575m south east of Apesdown
• Carisbrooke Romano-British villa