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.

Wootton's best nearby villages can be found at Bembridge, Carisbrooke, Fishbourne, Wootton Bridge, St Helens - Isle of Wight, Shanklin Old Village, and Luccombe - Isle of Wight.

There are a number of ruins near Wootton including Culver Battery, and Carisbrooke Castle.

The area around Wootton boasts some of the best beaches including Whitecliff Bay, Compton Bay and Downs, Compton Bay, and Totland.

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

Places near Wootton feature a number of interesting castles including Carisbrooke Castle.

Carisbrooke Castle, St Helens Duver, The Needles Lighthouse, The Needles Battery, and Fort Victoria are great places to visit near Wootton if you like historic buildings.

There are a number of geological features near Wootton including Compton Bay and Downs, and The Needles.

Hiking Areas to visit near Wootton include Culver Down.

Wootton History

There are some historic monuments around Wootton:

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