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.

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

There are a number of ruins near Nettlestone including Culver Battery, and Carisbrooke Castle.

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

Nettlestone has some unmissable towns nearby like Newport - Isle of Wight, Ryde, Cowes, Shanklin, Sandown, and Yarmouth.

Don't miss Carisbrooke Castle's castles if visiting the area around Nettlestone.

Don't miss Carisbrooke Castle, St Helens Duver, The Needles Lighthouse, The Needles Battery, and Fort Victoria's historic buildings if visiting the area around Nettlestone.

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

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

Nettlestone History

There are some historic monuments around Nettlestone:

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