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.

The area around Wootton boasts some of the best villages 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.

There are a number of beaches near Wootton 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.

There are a number of castles near to Wootton including Carisbrooke Castle.

There are a several good historic buildings in the Wootton area like Carisbrooke Castle, St Helens Duver, The Needles Lighthouse, The Needles Battery, and Fort Victoria.

Compton Bay and Downs, and The Needles are some of Wootton best geological features to visit near Wootton.

There are a several good hiking areas in the area around Wootton like Culver Down.

Wootton History

There are some historic monuments around Wootton:

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