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

Bonchurch postcode: PO38 1RF

Retail in Bonchurch

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

Bembridge, Totland, Carisbrooke, Fishbourne, Wootton Bridge, St Helens - Isle of Wight, and Shanklin Old Village are great places to visit near Bonchurch if you like villages.

Bonchurch's best nearby towns can be found at Newport - Isle of Wight, Ryde, Cowes, Shanklin, Sandown, and Yarmouth.

Compton Bay and Downs, Totland, Whitecliff Bay, and Compton Bay are great places to visit near Bonchurch if you like beaches.

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

The area around Bonchurch features a number of interesting historic buildings including Fort Victoria, Carisbrooke Castle, St Helens Duver, The Needles Lighthouse, and The Needles Battery.

Bonchurch has some unmissable ruins nearby like Culver Battery, and Carisbrooke Castle.

Hiking Areas to visit near Bonchurch include Culver Down.

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

Bonchurch History

There are some historic monuments around Bonchurch:

• Bembridge Fort
• Three pillow mounds 540m north east of sea mark on Ashey Down
• Bowl barrow 560m ENE of Week Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Week Down
• Bowl barrow 220m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Steyne Wood Battery
• 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
• Downend Romano-British villa
• Medieval settlement remains and moated site at Stenbury Manor
• Bowl barrow 110m north west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Yaverland Battery, 660m south of Yaverland Church
• Four bowl barrows 400m north east of the radar station: part of a round barrow cemetery on Luccombe Down
• Three bowl barrows 220m WSW of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Bowl barrow 280m WNW 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
• Bowl barrow 290m north east of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Field system on Brading Down
• Three bowl barrows 540m east of Week Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Week Down
• Bowl barrow on Nunwell Down known as The Devil's Punchbowl
• Two bowl barrows forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery, and part of a field system east of Eaglehead Copse
• Bowl barrow 370m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow on Culver Down
• Bowl barrow on Arreton Down
• Sandown Barrack Battery
• Ashey Down Sea Mark
• Bowl barrow 340m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Brading Roman villa
• Bowl barrow known as Michael Morey's Hump, and a Highway Commission barrier on Gallows Hill
• Medieval settlement 100m south east and 350m north east of East Ashey Manor Farm
• Monastic grange at Haseley Manor
• Two bowl barrows 130m south west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze age round barrow cemtery on Ashey Down
• Five bowl barrows 200m north east of the radar station: part of a round barrow cemetery on Luccombe Down
• Bowl barrow 275m north west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Bowl barrow 390m 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
• Bowl barrow 600m south east of Week Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Week Down
• Two bowl barrows 530m north east of the radar station: part of a round barrow cemetery on Luccombe Down
• Appuldurcombe House and Freemantle Lodge Gateway
• 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