Alweston is a Village in the county of Dorset.

Alweston postcode: DT9 5HT

Retail in Alweston

There are great places to visit near Alweston including some great towns, waterfalls, villages, historic buildings, historic monuments, ancient sites, hills, castles, ruins and airports.

Towns to visit near Alweston include Lyme Regis, Charmouth, Weymouth, Bridport, Beaminster, Wareham, and Blandford Forum.

The area close to Alweston boasts some of the best waterfalls including Jericho Weir.

Alweston's best nearby villages can be found at Uplyme, Bincombe, Symondsbury, and Abbotsbury.

Alweston is near some unmissable historic buildings like The Cobb,

Don't miss King's Statue (King George III Statue)'s historic monuments if visiting the area around Alweston.

Eggardon Hill, Hambledon Hill, Badbury Rings, Kingston Russell Stone Circle, The Nine Stones, and Maiden Castle are great places to visit near Alweston if you like ancient sites.

Places near Alweston feature a number of interesting hills including Eggardon Hill.

Corfe Castle is a great place to visit close to Alweston if you like castles.

There are a several good ruins in the area around Alweston like Corfe Castle.

Don't miss Bournemouth Airport's airports if visiting the area around Alweston.

Alweston History

There are some historic monuments around Alweston:

• Field system and settlement on Watcombe Plain
• Village cross
• Medieval standing cross 320m east of St Andrew's Church
• Earthwork on Church Hill
• Bowl barrow on Little Minterne Hill, 1km north east of Minterne Parva Farm
• Roman site by Pinford Lane
• The Conduit Cross
• High Cank, a hengi-form monument 520m north of Up Cerne Manor House
• Bowl barrow 650m south of The Friary of St Francis
• Bowl barrow on Batcombe Down 450m south west of The Friary of St Francis
• Roman villa 900yds (820m) NW of parish church
• Sherborne Abbey, remains of
• Bowl barrow on Farm Hill 620m west of Minterne Parva Farm
• Early Medieval and Medieval urban remains, Milborne Port
• Hillfort and later strip lynchets on Dungeon Hill, 500m north of Castle Hill Cottages
• Bowl barrow on Charn Hill
• Medieval standing cross near the junction of the High Street and Gold Street, 240m south east of St Mary's Church
• Wyke barns
• Earthwork in Dogbury Plantation
• Cross and Hand wayside cross 670m south of the Friary of St Francis
• Chapel W of Manor Farm
• Sherborne Old Castle
• Promontory fort on Barrow Hill
• The earthwork remains of a turf mizmaze 250m south east of White Hall Farm
• Two bowl barrows on Ridge Hill 770m south of Revels Farm
• Round barrow on Church Hill
• Remains of St Mary Magdalene's Church
• Fishpond
• Platform barrow 300m south west of Lane Cottages