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.

Lyme Regis, Charmouth, Weymouth, Bridport, Beaminster, Wareham, and Blandford Forum are some of Alweston best towns to visit near Alweston.

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

Don't miss Uplyme, Bincombe, Symondsbury, and Abbotsbury's villages if visiting the area around Alweston.

Places near Alweston feature a number of interesting historic buildings including The Cobb.

Historic Monuments to visit near Alweston include King's Statue (King George III Statue).

The area around Alweston boasts some of the best ancient sites including Eggardon Hill, Hambledon Hill, Badbury Rings, Kingston Russell Stone Circle, The Nine Stones, and Maiden Castle.

Don't miss Eggardon Hill's hills if visiting the area around Alweston.

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

There are a number of ruins near to Alweston including Corfe Castle.

Places near Alweston feature a number of interesting airports including Bournemouth Airport.

Alweston History

There are some historic monuments around Alweston:

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