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

Retail in Wroxall

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

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

There are a several good towns in the Wroxall area like Newport - Isle of Wight, Ryde, Cowes, Shanklin, Sandown, and Yarmouth.

Beaches to visit near Wroxall include Compton Bay and Downs, Totland, Whitecliff Bay, and Compton Bay.

Geological Features to visit near Wroxall include Compton Bay and Downs, and The Needles.

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

Culver Battery, and Carisbrooke Castle are some of Wroxall best ruins to visit near Wroxall.

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

Castles to visit near Wroxall include Carisbrooke Castle.

Wroxall History

There are some historic monuments around Wroxall:

• Two bowl barrows forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery, and part of a field system east of Eaglehead Copse
• Three pillow mounds 810m NNE of Kern Farm
• Sandown Barrack Battery
• Bowl barrow 340m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Five bowl barrows 200m north east of the radar station: part of a round barrow cemetery on Luccombe Down
• Bowl barrow known as Michael Morey's Hump, and a Highway Commission barrier on Gallows Hill
• Brading Roman villa
• Three bowl barrows 540m east of Week Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Week Down
• Bowl barrow on Nunwell Down known as The Devil's Punchbowl
• Two bowl barrows 130m south west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze age round barrow cemtery on Ashey Down
• Newport Roman Villa
• 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
• Bowl barrow 390m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow on St Catherine's Down, 680m north of lighthouse on St Catherine's Hill
• Bowl barrow 110m north west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Two bowl barrows 530m north east of the radar station: part of a round barrow cemetery on Luccombe Down
• Bowl barrow 600m north west of Ladyacre Farm
• Monastic grange at Haseley Manor
• Four bowl barrows 400m north east of the radar station: part of a round barrow cemetery on Luccombe Down
• Three pillow mounds 540m north east of sea mark 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
• Field system on Brading Down
• Medieval settlement 100m south east and 350m north east of East Ashey Manor Farm
• Carisbrooke Romano-British villa
• Downend Romano-British villa
• 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 Arreton Down
• Bowl barrow 220m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 370m east of Eaglehead Copse, forming part of a Bronze Age barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 280m WNW 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
• 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
• Bowl barrow 600m south east of Week Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Week Down
• Bowl barrow 560m ENE of Week Farm: part of a round barrow cemetery on Week Down
• Bowl barrow 275m north west of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down
• Two pillow mounds 400m ENE of sea mark on Ashey Down
• Medieval settlement remains and moated site at Stenbury Manor
• Yaverland Battery, 660m south of Yaverland Church
• 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
• Bowl barrow 290m north east of sea mark, forming part of a Bronze Age round barrow cemetery on Ashey Down