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, ruins, beaches, towns, castles, historic buildings, geological features and hiking areas.

Bembridge, Carisbrooke, Fishbourne, Wootton Bridge, St Helens - Isle of Wight, Shanklin Old Village, and Luccombe - Isle of Wight are some of Merstone best villages to visit near Merstone.

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

The area around Merstone features a number of interesting beaches including Whitecliff Bay, Compton Bay and Downs, Compton Bay, and Totland.

There are a several good towns in the Merstone area like Newport - Isle of Wight, Ryde, Cowes, Shanklin, Sandown, and Yarmouth.

There are a number of castles near to Merstone including Carisbrooke Castle.

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

Merstone has some unmissable geological features nearby like Compton Bay and Downs, and The Needles.

Merstone is near some unmissable hiking areas like Culver Down,

Merstone History

There are some historic monuments around Merstone:

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