Fairlee is a Town in the county of Isle of Wight.

Fairlee postcode: PO30 2LR

Retail in Fairlee

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

Don't miss Bembridge, Carisbrooke, Fishbourne, Wootton Bridge, St Helens - Isle of Wight, Shanklin Old Village, and Luccombe - Isle of Wight's villages if visiting the area around Fairlee.

Culver Battery, and Carisbrooke Castle are great places to visit near Fairlee if you like ruins.

There are a number of beaches near Fairlee 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 Fairlee if you like towns.

Castles to visit near Fairlee include Carisbrooke Castle.

The area around Fairlee boasts some of the best historic buildings including Carisbrooke Castle, St Helens Duver, The Needles Lighthouse, The Needles Battery, and Fort Victoria.

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

The area around Fairlee's best hiking areas can be found at Culver Down.

Fairlee History

There are some historic monuments around Fairlee:

• Clatterford Roman Villa
• Two bowl barrows 130m south west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze age round barrow cemtery on Ashey Down
• Bowl barrow 450m north of Vittlefields Farm
• 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 fishponds associated with Quarr Abbey at Puckers Copse, Newnham
• Bowl barrow 1.3km WSW of Cheverton Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Cheverton Down
• Enclosure in Brighstone Forest
• Bowl barrow 730m north east of Presford Farm known as `Sheards Barrow'
• Bowl barrow 290m north east of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Bowl barrow in Brighstone Forest west of Gallibury Fields: 1.65km ESE of Gottenleaze Cottages
• Bowl barrow 570m south west of Swainstondown Gate
• Moated site 100m north east of Wolverton Manor
• Two bowl barrows 180m WNW of Puck House, Fishbourne
• Bowl barrow 275m north west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• A Bronze Age barrow and Anglo-Saxon cemetery on Bowcombe Down, 575m south east of Apesdown
• Bowl barrow on Arreton Down
• Three bowl barrows 220m WSW of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Newport Roman Villa
• Enclosure and field system on the north side of Cheverton Down, immediately east of Rowborough Bottom
• Bowl barrow on Newbarn Down: 1km south west of Rowridge
• Quarr Abbey
• Bowl barrow 280m WNW of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Bowl barrow 1.2km WSW of Cheverton Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Cheverton Down
• Bowl barrow 1km south-east of New Barn Farm
• Bowl barrow known as Michael Morey's Hump, and a Highway Commission barrier on Gallows Hill
• Monastic grange at Haseley Manor
• Medieval settlement remains and moated site at Stenbury Manor
• Ashey Down Sea Mark
• Carisbrooke Romano-British villa
• Bowl barrow in Brighstone Forest west of Gallibury Fields: 1.6km ESE of Gottenleaze Cottages
• Bowl barrow in Brighstone Forest west of Gallibury Fields: 1.57km ESE of Gottenleaze Cottages
• Bowl barrow 1.35km WSW of Cheverton Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Cheverton Down
• Bowl barrow on Newbarn Down: 1.1km south west of Rowridge
• Rampart and ditch of an unfinished promontory fort on Chillerton Down, known as `Five Barrows'
• Appuldurcombe House and Freemantle Lodge Gateway
• Downend Romano-British villa
• A twin barrow and bowl barrow 1.6km WSW of Cheverton Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Cheverton Down
• Carisbrooke Castle: a shell keep castle on the site of a Saxon burh
• Bowl barrow 525m east of Stone Place Farm
• Bowl barrow 110m north west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Two bowl barrows 530m north east of the radar station: part of a round barrow cemetery on Luccombe Down
• Two bowl barrows 100m south east of Slocum Copse
• Bowl barrow 30m south of Round Copse