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

Whitwell postcode: PO38 2PY

Retail in Whitwell

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

There are a several good villages in the Whitwell area like Bembridge, Carisbrooke, Fishbourne, Wootton Bridge, St Helens - Isle of Wight, Shanklin Old Village, and Luccombe - Isle of Wight.

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

The area around Whitwell features a number of interesting beaches including Whitecliff Bay, Compton Bay and Downs, Compton Bay, and Totland.

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

Don't miss Carisbrooke Castle's castles if visiting the area around Whitwell.

Whitwell has some unmissable historic buildings nearby like Carisbrooke Castle, St Helens Duver, The Needles Lighthouse, The Needles Battery, and Fort Victoria.

The area around Whitwell features a number of interesting geological features including Compton Bay and Downs, and The Needles.

Hiking Areas to visit near Whitwell include Culver Down.

Whitwell History

There are some historic monuments around Whitwell:

• Bowl barrow 340m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 370m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Two bowl barrows 130m south west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze age round barrow cemtery on Ashey Down
• Rampart and ditch of an unfinished promontory fort on Chillerton Down, known as `Five Barrows'
• Bowl barrow 600m north west of Ladyacre Farm
• Moated site 100m north east of Wolverton Manor
• A Bronze Age barrow and Anglo-Saxon cemetery on Bowcombe Down, 575m south east of Apesdown
• Bowl barrow, lime kiln, and a medieval lighthouse forming the west tower of an oratory, all set within a medieval enclosure on St Catherine's Hill
• Newport Roman Villa
• Bowl barrow on St Catherine's Down, 680m north of lighthouse on St Catherine's Hill
• Two bowl barrows forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery, and part of a field system east of Eaglehead Copse
• Bowl barrow on Arreton Down
• Downend Romano-British villa
• Three pillow mounds 540m north east of sea mark on Ashey Down
• Clatterford Roman Villa
• Four bowl barrows 400m north east of the radar station: part of a round barrow cemetery on Luccombe Down
• Carisbrooke Castle: a shell keep castle on the site of a Saxon burh
• Enclosure and field system on the north side of Cheverton Down, immediately east of Rowborough Bottom
• Bowl barrow known as Michael Morey's Hump, and a Highway Commission barrier on Gallows Hill
• Bowl barrow 560m ENE of Week Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Week Down
• Two pillow mounds 400m ENE of sea mark on Ashey Down
• Ashey Down Sea Mark
• 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
• Bowl barrow 275m north west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Bowl barrow 600m south east of Week Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Week Down
• Carisbrooke Romano-British villa
• Bowl barrow 220m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Medieval settlement remains and moated site at Stenbury Manor
• Two bowl barrows 530m north east of the radar station: part of a round barrow cemetery on Luccombe Down
• Monastic grange at Haseley Manor
• Bowl barrow 525m east of Stone Place Farm
• Two bowl barrows 100m south east of Slocum Copse
• Medieval settlement 100m south east and 350m north east of East Ashey Manor Farm
• Appuldurcombe House and Freemantle Lodge Gateway
• 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 bowl barrows 540m east of Week Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Week Down
• Bowl barrow 290m north east 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
• Bowl barrow 730m north east of Presford Farm known as `Sheards Barrow'
• Bowl barrow 280m WNW of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Five bowl barrows 200m north east of the radar station: part of a round barrow cemetery on Luccombe Down
• Three bowl barrows 220m WSW of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Bowl barrow 390m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• 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