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

Retail in Whippingham

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

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

The area around Whippingham features a number of interesting towns including Newport - Isle of Wight, Ryde, Cowes, Shanklin, Sandown, and Yarmouth.

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

The area around Whippingham boasts some of the best geological features including Compton Bay and Downs, and The Needles.

Fort Victoria, Carisbrooke Castle, St Helens Duver, The Needles Lighthouse, and The Needles Battery are great places to visit near Whippingham if you like historic buildings.

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

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

There are a several good castles in the area around Whippingham like Carisbrooke Castle.

Whippingham History

There are some historic monuments around Whippingham:

• Monastic grange at Haseley Manor
• Bowl barrow 220m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Calshot Castle: a 16th century artillery castle
• Bowl barrow known as Michael Morey's Hump, and a Highway Commission barrier on Gallows Hill
• Carisbrooke Romano-British villa
• Two pillow mounds 400m ENE of sea mark on Ashey Down
• Bowl barrow 340m 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
• Bowl barrow 370m 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
• Bowl barrow 275m north west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Downend Romano-British villa
• Two bowl barrows 100m south east of Slocum Copse
• Motte and bailey castle near Apple Dumpling Bridge, south of Rowner
• Bowl barrow 390m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Clatterford Roman Villa
• Bowl barrow on Arreton Down
• Bowl barrow 30m south of Round Copse
• Bowl barrow 1.2km WSW of Cheverton Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Cheverton Down
• Three pillow mounds 810m NNE of Kern Farm
• Bowl barrow 280m WNW of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Ashey Down Sea Mark
• Bowl barrow 450m north of Vittlefields Farm
• Medieval settlement 100m south east and 350m north east of East Ashey Manor Farm
• Newport Roman Villa
• Bowl barrow 110m north west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Bowl barrow 730m north east of Presford Farm known as `Sheards Barrow'
• Fort Fareham
• Enclosure and field system on the north side of Cheverton Down, immediately east of Rowborough Bottom
• A Bronze Age barrow and Anglo-Saxon cemetery on Bowcombe Down, 575m south east of Apesdown
• Two fishponds associated with Quarr Abbey at Puckers Copse, Newnham
• Quarr Abbey
• Three pillow mounds 540m north east of sea mark on Ashey Down
• Rampart and ditch of an unfinished promontory fort on Chillerton Down, known as `Five Barrows'
• Bowl barrow 290m north east of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Carisbrooke Castle: a shell keep castle on the site of a Saxon burh
• Two bowl barrows 130m south west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze age round barrow cemtery on Ashey Down
• A group of 11 round barrows forming part of a Bronze Age cemetery, and part of a field system east of Eaglehead Copse
• Three bowl barrows 220m WSW of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Two bowl barrows 180m WNW of Puck House, Fishbourne
• Bowl barrow 525m east of Stone Place 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