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, ruins, beaches, towns, castles, historic buildings, geological features and hiking areas.

There are a several good villages in the Whippingham area like Bembridge, Carisbrooke, Fishbourne, Wootton Bridge, St Helens - Isle of Wight, Shanklin Old Village, and Luccombe - Isle of Wight.

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

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

Don't miss Newport - Isle of Wight, Ryde, Cowes, Shanklin, Sandown, and Yarmouth's towns if visiting the area around Whippingham.

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

The area around Whippingham boasts some of the best historic buildings including Carisbrooke Castle, St Helens Duver, The Needles Lighthouse, The Needles Battery, and Fort Victoria.

Compton Bay and Downs, and The Needles are some of Whippingham best geological features to visit near Whippingham.

There are a several good hiking areas in the area around Whippingham like Culver Down.

Whippingham History

There are some historic monuments around Whippingham:

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