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.

Bembridge, Carisbrooke, Fishbourne, Wootton Bridge, St Helens - Isle of Wight, Shanklin Old Village, and Luccombe - Isle of Wight are great places to visit near Wootton if you like villages.

There are a several good ruins in the Wootton area like Culver Battery, and Carisbrooke Castle.

The area around Wootton features a number of interesting beaches including 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.

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

Wootton's best nearby historic buildings can be found at Carisbrooke Castle, St Helens Duver, The Needles Lighthouse, The Needles Battery, and Fort Victoria.

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

The area around Wootton's best hiking areas can be found at Culver Down.

Wootton History

There are some historic monuments around Wootton:

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