Rookley Green is a Village in the county of Isle of Wight.

Rookley Green postcode: PO38 3NX

Retail in Rookley Green

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

Rookley Green has some unmissable villages nearby like Bembridge, Carisbrooke, Fishbourne, Wootton Bridge, St Helens - Isle of Wight, Shanklin Old Village, and Luccombe - Isle of Wight.

The area around Rookley Green features a number of interesting ruins including Culver Battery, and Carisbrooke Castle.

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

Rookley Green's best nearby towns can be found at Newport - Isle of Wight, Ryde, Cowes, Shanklin, Sandown, and Yarmouth.

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

Carisbrooke Castle, St Helens Duver, The Needles Lighthouse, The Needles Battery, and Fort Victoria are some of Rookley Green best historic buildings to visit near Rookley Green.

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

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

Rookley Green History

There are some historic monuments around Rookley Green:

• A twin barrow and bowl barrow 1.6km WSW of Cheverton Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Cheverton Down
• Clatterford Roman 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
• Five bowl barrows 200m north east of the radar station: part of a round barrow cemetery on Luccombe Down
• Newport Roman Villa
• Rampart and ditch of an unfinished promontory fort on Chillerton Down, known as `Five Barrows'
• Downend Romano-British villa
• Bowl barrow 1.2km WSW of Cheverton Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Cheverton Down
• Two bowl barrows 530m north east of the radar station: part of a round barrow cemetery on Luccombe Down
• Bowl barrow 600m south east of Week Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Week Down
• Ashey Down Sea Mark
• Bowl barrow 1km south-east of New Barn 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
• Three bowl barrows 220m WSW of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Carisbrooke Romano-British villa
• Carisbrooke Castle: a shell keep castle on the site of a Saxon burh
• Two fishponds associated with Quarr Abbey at Puckers Copse, Newnham
• Two bowl barrows 100m south east of Slocum Copse
• Four bowl barrows 400m north east of the radar station: part of a round barrow cemetery on Luccombe Down
• Bowl barrow 525m east of Stone Place Farm
• Appuldurcombe House and Freemantle Lodge Gateway
• Moated site 100m north east of Wolverton Manor
• Enclosure in Brighstone Forest
• Bowl barrow on Newbarn Down: 1km south west of Rowridge
• Bowl barrow 275m north west of sea mark, 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
• Bowl barrow 570m south west of Swainstondown Gate
• Bowl barrow known as Michael Morey's Hump, and a Highway Commission barrier on Gallows Hill
• Bowl barrow 30m south of Round Copse
• Two pillow mounds 400m ENE of sea mark on Ashey Down
• Monastic grange at Haseley Manor
• Bowl barrow 1.35km WSW of Cheverton Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Cheverton Down
• Bowl barrow 450m north of Vittlefields Farm
• Two bowl barrows 180m WNW of Puck House, Fishbourne
• Bowl barrow on Newbarn Down: 1.1km south west of Rowridge
• Enclosure and field system on the north side of Cheverton Down, immediately east of Rowborough Bottom
• Three bowl barrows 540m east of Week Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Week Down
• Bowl barrow 730m north east of Presford Farm known as `Sheards Barrow'
• Bowl barrow on Arreton Down
• Three pillow mounds 540m north east 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
• Bowl barrow 600m north west of Ladyacre Farm
• Bowl barrow 110m north west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• A Bronze Age barrow and Anglo-Saxon cemetery on Bowcombe Down, 575m south east of Apesdown
• Bowl barrow on St Catherine's Down, 680m north of lighthouse on St Catherine's Hill
• Bowl barrow 560m ENE of Week Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Week 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
• Two bowl barrows 130m south west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze age round barrow cemtery on Ashey Down
• Medieval settlement remains and moated site at Stenbury Manor
• Bowl barrow 1.3km WSW of Cheverton Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Cheverton Down