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

Villages to visit near Wroxall include Bembridge, Carisbrooke, Fishbourne, Wootton Bridge, St Helens - Isle of Wight, Shanklin Old Village, and Luccombe - Isle of Wight.

Wroxall has some unmissable ruins nearby like Culver Battery, and Carisbrooke Castle.

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

Newport - Isle of Wight, Ryde, Cowes, Shanklin, Sandown, and Yarmouth are great places to visit near Wroxall if you like towns.

There are a number of castles near to Wroxall including Carisbrooke Castle.

Don't miss Carisbrooke Castle, St Helens Duver, The Needles Lighthouse, The Needles Battery, and Fort Victoria's historic buildings if visiting the area around Wroxall.

Wroxall's best nearby geological features can be found at Compton Bay and Downs, and The Needles.

Culver Down is a great place to visit close to Wroxall if you like hiking areas.

Wroxall History

There are some historic monuments around Wroxall:

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