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.

Culver Battery, and Carisbrooke Castle are some of Wootton best ruins to visit near Wootton.

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

The area around Wootton features a number of interesting towns including 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 has some unmissable historic buildings nearby like Carisbrooke Castle, St Helens Duver, The Needles Lighthouse, The Needles Battery, and Fort Victoria.

There are a several good geological features in the Wootton area like Compton Bay and Downs, and The Needles.

Wootton is near some unmissable hiking areas like Culver Down,

Wootton History

There are some historic monuments around Wootton:

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