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

Retail in Godshill

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

Villages to visit near Godshill include Bembridge, Carisbrooke, Fishbourne, Wootton Bridge, St Helens - Isle of Wight, Shanklin Old Village, and Luccombe - Isle of Wight.

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

Don't miss Whitecliff Bay, Compton Bay and Downs, Compton Bay, and Totland's beaches if visiting the area around Godshill.

The area around Godshill boasts some of the best towns including Newport - Isle of Wight, Ryde, Cowes, Shanklin, Sandown, and Yarmouth.

Places near Godshill feature a number of interesting castles including Carisbrooke Castle.

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

Don't miss Compton Bay and Downs, and The Needles's geological features if visiting the area around Godshill.

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

Godshill History

There are some historic monuments around Godshill:

• Carisbrooke Castle: a shell keep castle on the site of a Saxon burh
• Bowl barrow 280m WNW of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• 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 forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery, and part of a field system east of Eaglehead Copse
• Bowl barrow 220m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• 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
• Bowl barrow 600m north west of Ladyacre Farm
• Medieval settlement 100m south east and 350m north east of East Ashey Manor Farm
• Monastic grange at Haseley Manor
• Bowl barrow 560m ENE of Week Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Week Down
• A Bronze Age barrow and Anglo-Saxon cemetery on Bowcombe Down, 575m south east of Apesdown
• Bowl barrow known as Michael Morey's Hump, and a Highway Commission barrier on Gallows Hill
• Bowl barrow 730m north east of Presford Farm known as `Sheards Barrow'
• Two pillow mounds 400m ENE of sea mark on Ashey Down
• Rampart and ditch of an unfinished promontory fort on Chillerton Down, known as `Five Barrows'
• Two bowl barrows 530m north east of the radar station: part of a round barrow cemetery on Luccombe Down
• Bowl barrow 340m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Medieval settlement remains and moated site at Stenbury Manor
• Sandown Barrack Battery
• Bowl barrow on St Catherine's Down, 680m north of lighthouse on St Catherine's Hill
• Bowl barrow 290m north east of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• 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 275m north west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Bowl barrow 525m east of Stone Place Farm
• Two bowl barrows 130m south west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze age round barrow cemtery on Ashey Down
• Clatterford Roman Villa
• A group of 11 round barrows forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery, and part of a field system east of Eaglehead Copse
• Ashey Down Sea Mark
• Quarr Abbey
• Five bowl barrows 200m north east of the radar station: part of a round barrow cemetery on Luccombe Down
• Bowl barrow on Arreton Down
• Newport Roman Villa
• Carisbrooke Romano-British villa
• Four bowl barrows 400m north east of the radar station: part of a round barrow cemetery on Luccombe Down
• Appuldurcombe House and Freemantle Lodge Gateway
• Three bowl barrows 540m east of Week Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Week Down
• Two fishponds associated with Quarr Abbey at Puckers Copse, Newnham
• Bowl barrow 370m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 110m north west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Bowl barrow on Nunwell Down known as The Devil's Punchbowl
• Downend Romano-British villa
• Two bowl barrows 180m WNW of Puck House, Fishbourne
• Bowl barrow 390m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 450m north of Vittlefields Farm
• Three pillow mounds 810m NNE of Kern Farm
• Bowl barrow, lime kiln, and a medieval lighthouse forming the west tower of an oratory, all set within a medieval enclosure on St Catherine's Hill