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.

The area around Whippingham boasts some of the best ruins including Culver Battery, and Carisbrooke Castle.

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

Whippingham has some unmissable towns nearby like Newport - Isle of Wight, Ryde, Cowes, Shanklin, Sandown, and Yarmouth.

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

Whippingham has some unmissable historic buildings nearby like 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.

The area close to Whippingham boasts some of the best hiking areas including Culver Down.

Whippingham History

There are some historic monuments around Whippingham:

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