Castleton is a Village in the county of Dorset.

Castleton postcode: DT9 3SA

Retail in Castleton

There are great places to visit near Castleton 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 Castleton best towns to visit near Castleton.

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

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

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

There are a number of historic monuments near to Castleton including King's Statue (King George III Statue).

Castleton has some unmissable ancient sites nearby like Eggardon Hill, Hambledon Hill, Badbury Rings, Kingston Russell Stone Circle, The Nine Stones, and Maiden Castle.

There are a number of hills near to Castleton including Eggardon Hill.

Corfe Castle is one of Castleton's best, nearby castles to visit in Castleton.

Corfe Castle is a great place to visit close to Castleton if you like ruins.

The area close to Castleton boasts some of the best airports including Bournemouth Airport.

Castleton History

There are some historic monuments around Castleton:

• Roman site by Pinford Lane
• Roman villa SE of East Farm
• Sherborne Abbey, remains of
• Deserted medieval village of Nether Adber
• Lower Woolston medieval settlement
• Medieval standing cross 6m north west of the west front of St Mary's Church
• Hillfort and later strip lynchets on Dungeon Hill, 500m north of Castle Hill Cottages
• Promontory fort on Barrow Hill
• Wyke barns
• Medieval standing cross 320m east of St Andrew's Church
• Maperton medieval settlement
• Early Medieval and Medieval urban remains, Milborne Port
• Remains of St Mary Magdalene's Church
• Sherborne Old Castle
• Roman temporary camp at East Farm
• Romano-British settlement immediately south west of Camel Hill Farm
• Bowl barrow on Charn Hill
• The earthwork remains of a turf mizmaze 250m south east of White Hall Farm
• Roman villa 900yds (820m) NW of parish church
• Village cross
• Marston Magna moated site and associated earthworks
• The Conduit Cross
• Fishpond
• Large multivallate hillfort and associated earthworks at South Cadbury
• Chapel W of Manor Farm