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.

Alweston's best nearby towns can be found at Lyme Regis, Charmouth, Weymouth, Bridport, Beaminster, Wareham, and Blandford Forum.

The area around Alweston's best waterfalls can be found at Jericho Weir.

There are a several good villages in the Alweston area like Uplyme, Bincombe, Symondsbury, and Abbotsbury.

Don't miss The Cobb's historic buildings if visiting the area around Alweston.

The area close to Alweston boasts some of the best historic monuments including King's Statue (King George III Statue).

There are a several good ancient sites in the Alweston area like Eggardon Hill, Hambledon Hill, Badbury Rings, Kingston Russell Stone Circle, The Nine Stones, and Maiden Castle.

Eggardon Hill is a great place to visit close to Alweston if you like hills.

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

Alweston is near some unmissable ruins like Corfe Castle,

Bournemouth Airport is a great place to visit close to Alweston if you like airports.

Alweston History

There are some historic monuments around Alweston:

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