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

Retail in Pondwell

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

The area around Pondwell features a number of interesting villages including Bembridge, Carisbrooke, Fishbourne, Wootton Bridge, St Helens - Isle of Wight, Shanklin Old Village, and Luccombe - Isle of Wight.

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

The area around Pondwell boasts some of the best beaches including Whitecliff Bay, Compton Bay and Downs, Compton Bay, and Totland.

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

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

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

Pondwell's best nearby geological features can be found at Compton Bay and Downs, and The Needles.

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

Pondwell History

There are some historic monuments around Pondwell:

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