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

Merstone postcode: PO30 3DF

Retail in Merstone

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

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

Newport - Isle of Wight, Ryde, Cowes, Shanklin, Sandown, and Yarmouth are some of Merstone best towns to visit near Merstone.

Beaches to visit near Merstone include Compton Bay and Downs, Totland, Whitecliff Bay, and Compton Bay.

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

Merstone has some unmissable historic buildings nearby like Fort Victoria, Carisbrooke Castle, St Helens Duver, The Needles Lighthouse, and The Needles Battery.

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

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

Merstone is near some unmissable castles like Carisbrooke Castle,

Merstone History

There are some historic monuments around Merstone:

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