Westridge is a Town in the county of Isle of Wight.

Westridge postcode: PO33 1BB

Retail in Westridge

There are great places to visit near Westridge 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 Westridge best villages to visit near Westridge.

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

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

The area around Westridge boasts some of the best towns including Newport - Isle of Wight, Ryde, Cowes, Shanklin, Sandown, and Yarmouth.

The area close to Westridge boasts some of the best castles including Carisbrooke Castle.

The area around Westridge features a number of interesting historic buildings including Carisbrooke Castle, St Helens Duver, The Needles Lighthouse, The Needles Battery, and Fort Victoria.

Don't miss Compton Bay and Downs, and The Needles's geological features if visiting the area around Westridge.

There are a number of hiking areas near to Westridge including Culver Down.

Westridge History

There are some historic monuments around Westridge:

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