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.

Don't miss Bembridge, Carisbrooke, Fishbourne, Wootton Bridge, St Helens - Isle of Wight, Shanklin Old Village, and Luccombe - Isle of Wight's villages if visiting the area around Westridge.

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

There are a several good beaches in the Westridge area like Whitecliff Bay, Compton Bay and Downs, Compton Bay, and Totland.

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

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

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

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

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

Westridge History

There are some historic monuments around Westridge:

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