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

Retail in Wootton Bridge

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

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

Wootton Bridge's best nearby ruins can be found at Culver Battery, and Carisbrooke Castle.

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

Newport - Isle of Wight, Ryde, Cowes, Shanklin, Sandown, and Yarmouth are great places to visit near Wootton Bridge if you like towns.

Carisbrooke Castle is a great place to visit close to Wootton Bridge if you like castles.

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

Wootton Bridge has some unmissable geological features nearby like Compton Bay and Downs, and The Needles.

The area close to Wootton Bridge boasts some of the best hiking areas including Culver Down.

Wootton Bridge History

There are some historic monuments around Wootton Bridge:

• Bowl barrow known as Michael Morey's Hump, and a Highway Commission barrier on Gallows Hill
• Downend Romano-British villa
• Bowl barrow 290m north east of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Fort Elson
• Bowl barrow on Arreton Down
• 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
• 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
• Field system on Brading Down
• Quarr Abbey
• 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
• Puckpool mortar battery
• Two bowl barrows 130m south west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze age round barrow cemtery on Ashey Down
• Fort Brockhurst
• Yaverland Battery, 660m south of Yaverland Church
• Three bowl barrows 220m WSW of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Motte and bailey castle near Apple Dumpling Bridge, south of Rowner
• Three pillow mounds 810m NNE of Kern Farm
• Bowl barrow 220m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Two bowl barrows forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery, and part of a field system east of Eaglehead Copse
• Fort Monckton
• Monastic grange at Haseley Manor
• Two bowl barrows 180m WNW of Puck House, Fishbourne
• Earthwork defences at Priddy's Hard
• Bowl barrow 110m north west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Newport Roman Villa
• Carisbrooke Romano-British villa
• Carisbrooke Castle: a shell keep castle on the site of a Saxon burh
• Clatterford Roman Villa
• Bowl barrow 370m 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
• Bowl barrow 340m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Two pillow mounds 400m ENE of sea mark on Ashey Down
• No 1 Battery, Stokes Bay Lines
• Gilkicker fort
• Brading 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
• Fort Grange
• No. 5 Battery, Stokes Bay Lines
• Bowl barrow 280m WNW of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Sandown Barrack Battery
• Calshot Castle: a 16th century artillery castle
• Bowl barrow on Nunwell Down known as The Devil's Punchbowl
• Bowl barrow 275m north west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Ashey Down Sea Mark