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

Nettlestone postcode: PO34 5JQ

Retail in Nettlestone

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

There are a number of villages near Nettlestone including Bembridge, Carisbrooke, Fishbourne, Wootton Bridge, St Helens - Isle of Wight, Shanklin Old Village, and Luccombe - Isle of Wight.

There are a several good ruins in the Nettlestone area like Culver Battery, and Carisbrooke Castle.

Nettlestone's best nearby beaches can be found at Whitecliff Bay, Compton Bay and Downs, Compton Bay, and Totland.

The area around Nettlestone features a number of interesting towns including Newport - Isle of Wight, Ryde, Cowes, Shanklin, Sandown, and Yarmouth.

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

There are a number of historic buildings near Nettlestone including Carisbrooke Castle, St Helens Duver, The Needles Lighthouse, The Needles Battery, and Fort Victoria.

There are a several good geological features in the Nettlestone area like Compton Bay and Downs, and The Needles.

Culver Down is one of Nettlestone's best, nearby hiking areas to visit in Nettlestone.

Nettlestone History

There are some historic monuments around Nettlestone:

• Three bowl barrows 220m WSW of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age 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
• Portsmouth Dockyard, the Docks
• Sandown Barrack Battery
• 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 on Culver Down
• Bowl barrow 220m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Long Curtain, King's Bastion and Spur Redoubt
• Spitbank Fort
• Portsmouth Garrison church
• Bowl barrow on Nunwell Down known as The Devil's Punchbowl
• No 1 Battery, Stokes Bay Lines
• Bowl barrow 390m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Puckpool mortar battery
• Ashey Down Sea Mark
• No. 5 Battery, Stokes Bay Lines
• Gilkicker fort
• Former Board of Ordnance Gunwharf, HMS Vernon
• Two fishponds associated with Quarr Abbey at Puckers Copse, Newnham
• Brading Roman villa
• Bowl barrow 370m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Point Battery including King Edward's Tower and Square Tower
• Yaverland Battery, 660m south of Yaverland Church
• Bembridge Fort
• Horse Sand Fort
• Fort Blockhouse
• Gunboat Traverser System
• Southsea Castle
• Medieval settlement 100m south east and 350m north east of East Ashey Manor Farm
• Two bowl barrows 130m south west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze age round barrow cemtery on Ashey Down
• Two bowl barrows 180m WNW of Puck House, Fishbourne
• Three pillow mounds 540m north east of sea mark on Ashey Down
• Eastney sewage pumping station
• Motte and bailey castle near Apple Dumpling Bridge, south of Rowner
• Bowl barrow 110m north west 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 290m north east of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Fortifications S of Trinity Church
• St Helen's Fort
• Eastney forts and perimeter defences of barracks
• Fortifications N of Mumby Road
• Steyne Wood Battery
• Fort Monckton
• Bowl barrow 280m WNW of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Fort Grange
• Two pillow mounds 400m ENE of sea mark on Ashey Down
• Three pillow mounds 810m NNE of Kern Farm
• Field system on Brading Down
• Bowl barrow 275m north west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Earthwork defences at Priddy's Hard
• Quarr Abbey
• A group of 11 round barrows forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery, and part of a field system east of Eaglehead Copse
• Portsmouth Dockyard, the Block Mills and Stores 35 and 36
• Fort Cumberland
• Bowl barrow 340m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery