Bishops Down is a Village in the county of Dorset.

Bishops Down postcode: DT9 5PN

Retail in Bishops Down

There are great places to visit near Bishops Down 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 Bishops Down best towns to visit near Bishops Down.

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

Uplyme, Bincombe, Symondsbury, and Abbotsbury are some of Bishops Down best villages to visit near Bishops Down.

The Cobb is a great place to visit close to Bishops Down if you like historic buildings.

The area around Bishops Down's best historic monuments can be found at King's Statue (King George III Statue).

The area around Bishops Down features a number of interesting ancient sites including Eggardon Hill, Hambledon Hill, Badbury Rings, Kingston Russell Stone Circle, The Nine Stones, and Maiden Castle.

The area around Bishops Down's best hills can be found at Eggardon Hill.

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

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

The area around Bishops Down's best airports can be found at Bournemouth Airport.

Bishops Down History

There are some historic monuments around Bishops Down:

• Field system and settlement on West Hill, Plush
• Sherborne Old Castle
• Bowl barrow 650m south of The Friary of St Francis
• Bowl barrow on Wancombe Hill 380m south west of southern corner of Sherriffs Wood
• Cross and Hand wayside cross 670m south of the Friary of St Francis
• The Conduit Cross
• Bowl barrow on East Hill near Sydling Woods
• Roman site by Pinford Lane
• Linear earthworks around Lyscombe Bottom
• Hillfort and later strip lynchets on Dungeon Hill, 500m north of Castle Hill Cottages
• Bowl barrow on East Hill near Sydling Woods
• Lyscombe Farm chapel
• Earthwork in Dogbury Plantation
• Bowl barrow on Batcombe Down 450m south west of The Friary of St Francis
• Medieval standing cross 320m east of St Andrew's Church
• Field system and settlement on Watcombe Plain
• Early Medieval and Medieval urban remains, Milborne Port
• Seven round barrows NW of Lyscombe Bottom
• The earthwork remains of a turf mizmaze 250m south east of White Hall Farm
• Earthworks on Giant Hill
• Round barrows on Cross Hill
• Hill figure called The Giant
• Earthwork on Church Hill
• Bowl barrow on Plush Hill 600m ESE of Lower Farm, Plush
• Camp on Nettlecombe Tout
• 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
• Platform barrow 300m south west of Lane Cottages
• Bowl barrow 900m north west of Lower Farm
• Round barrow on Church Hill
• Two bowl barrows on Ridge Hill 770m south of Revels Farm
• Churchyard cross
• Bowl barrow on East Hill near Sydling Woods
• Bowl barrow on Little Minterne Hill, 1km north east of Minterne Parva Farm
• Fishpond
• High Cank, a hengi-form monument 520m north of Up Cerne Manor House
• Promontory fort on Barrow Hill
• Round barrow on Ellston Hill
• Two square enclosures in Tenant's Bottom
• Ancient settlement E of Lyscombe Bottom
• Earthwork on Cross Hill
• Field system on Seldon Hill
• Chapel W of Manor Farm
• Cerne Abbey, site of, including gatehouse, guesthouse and wine house (barn)
• Remains of St Mary Magdalene's Church
• Bowl barrow on Plush Hill 740m ESE of Lower Farm, Plush
• Sherborne Abbey, remains of