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

Retail in Wootton

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

There are a number of villages near Wootton including Bembridge, Carisbrooke, Fishbourne, Wootton Bridge, St Helens - Isle of Wight, Shanklin Old Village, and Luccombe - Isle of Wight.

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

Beaches to visit near Wootton include Whitecliff Bay, Compton Bay and Downs, Compton Bay, and Totland.

Towns to visit near Wootton include Newport - Isle of Wight, Ryde, Cowes, Shanklin, Sandown, and Yarmouth.

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

The area around Wootton boasts some of the best historic buildings including Carisbrooke Castle, St Helens Duver, The Needles Lighthouse, The Needles Battery, and Fort Victoria.

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

Culver Down is one of Wootton's best, nearby hiking areas to visit in Wootton.

Wootton History

There are some historic monuments around Wootton:

• Brading Roman villa
• Bowl barrow on Nunwell Down known as The Devil's Punchbowl
• Fort Brockhurst
• Quarr Abbey
• Medieval settlement 100m south east and 350m north east of East Ashey Manor Farm
• Fort Monckton
• Two bowl barrows 130m south west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze age round barrow cemtery on Ashey Down
• Bowl barrow 730m north east of Presford Farm known as `Sheards Barrow'
• Newport Roman Villa
• Gilkicker fort
• Field system on Brading Down
• Fort Grange
• No. 5 Battery, Stokes Bay Lines
• Bowl barrow 275m north west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Downend Romano-British villa
• Rampart and ditch of an unfinished promontory fort on Chillerton Down, known as `Five Barrows'
• Three pillow mounds 540m north east of sea mark on Ashey Down
• Motte and bailey castle near Apple Dumpling Bridge, south of Rowner
• Bowl barrow 280m WNW of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Sandown Barrack Battery
• 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
• Three bowl barrows 220m WSW 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 110m north west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Bowl barrow on Arreton Down
• Monastic grange at Haseley Manor
• 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 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 290m north east of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Two bowl barrows forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery, and part of a field system east of Eaglehead Copse
• Carisbrooke Castle: a shell keep castle on the site of a Saxon burh
• No 1 Battery, Stokes Bay Lines
• Carisbrooke Romano-British villa
• Ashey Down Sea Mark
• Calshot Castle: a 16th century artillery castle
• Two pillow mounds 400m ENE of sea mark on Ashey Down
• Bowl barrow 370m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 340m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• A group of 11 round barrows forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery, and part of a field system east of Eaglehead Copse
• Three pillow mounds 810m NNE of Kern Farm
• Fort Elson
• Clatterford Roman Villa
• Two bowl barrows 180m WNW of Puck House, Fishbourne
• Bowl barrow 390m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery