Binstead is a Village in the county of Isle of Wight.

Binstead postcode: PO33 3QZ

Retail in Binstead

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

There are a several good villages in the Binstead area like Bembridge, Carisbrooke, Fishbourne, Wootton Bridge, St Helens - Isle of Wight, Shanklin Old Village, and Luccombe - Isle of Wight.

Don't miss Culver Battery, and Carisbrooke Castle's ruins if visiting the area around Binstead.

Binstead has some unmissable beaches nearby like Whitecliff Bay, Compton Bay and Downs, Compton Bay, and Totland.

The area around Binstead 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 Binstead including Carisbrooke Castle.

Binstead'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 Binstead boasts some of the best geological features including Compton Bay and Downs, and The Needles.

Places near Binstead feature a number of interesting hiking areas including Culver Down.

Binstead History

There are some historic monuments around Binstead:

• Bowl barrow 110m north west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Two pillow mounds 400m ENE of sea mark on Ashey Down
• Downend Romano-British villa
• 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
• Two bowl barrows forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery, and part of a field system east of Eaglehead Copse
• Bowl barrow 290m north east of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Two fishponds associated with Quarr Abbey at Puckers Copse, Newnham
• Bowl barrow on Nunwell Down known as The Devil's Punchbowl
• Spitbank Fort
• Quarr Abbey
• Fort Elson
• Point Battery including King Edward's Tower and Square Tower
• Former Board of Ordnance Gunwharf, HMS Vernon
• Bowl barrow on Culver Down
• Steyne Wood Battery
• Southsea Castle
• Bowl barrow 275m north west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Bowl barrow 220m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Portsmouth Dockyard, the Block Mills and Stores 35 and 36
• Fort Blockhouse
• Yaverland Battery, 660m south of Yaverland Church
• Earthwork defences at Priddy's Hard
• Fortifications N of Mumby Road
• Bowl barrow 340m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Two bowl barrows 180m WNW of Puck House, Fishbourne
• Ashey Down Sea Mark
• Bowl barrow 390m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Brading Roman villa
• Fort Monckton
• No. 5 Battery, Stokes Bay Lines
• Long Curtain, King's Bastion and Spur Redoubt
• Portsmouth Dockyard, the Docks
• Puckpool mortar battery
• Two bowl barrows 130m south west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze age round barrow cemtery on Ashey Down
• Medieval settlement 100m south east and 350m north east of East Ashey Manor Farm
• A group of 11 round barrows forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery, and part of a field system east of Eaglehead Copse
• Three pillow mounds 810m NNE of Kern Farm
• Bowl barrow 280m WNW of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Fort Brockhurst
• Field system on Brading Down
• Bowl barrow 370m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• St Helen's Fort
• Monastic grange at Haseley Manor
• Portsmouth Garrison church
• No Man's Land Fort
• Bowl barrow known as Michael Morey's Hump, and a Highway Commission barrier on Gallows Hill
• Bembridge Fort
• Gunboat Traverser System
• Fortifications S of Trinity Church
• Three bowl barrows 220m WSW of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Three pillow mounds 540m north east of sea mark on Ashey Down
• No 1 Battery, Stokes Bay Lines
• Motte and bailey castle near Apple Dumpling Bridge, south of Rowner
• Bowl barrow on Arreton Down
• Fort Grange
• Gilkicker fort
• Sandown Barrack Battery
• 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