Chalmington is a Village in the county of Dorset.

Chalmington postcode: DT2 0HB

Retail in Chalmington

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

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

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

Historic Buildings to visit near Chalmington include The Cobb.

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

Chalmington's best nearby ancient sites can be found at Eggardon Hill, Hambledon Hill, Badbury Rings, Kingston Russell Stone Circle, The Nine Stones, and Maiden Castle.

The area close to Chalmington boasts some of the best hills including Eggardon Hill.

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

Corfe Castle is one of Chalmington's best, nearby ruins to visit in Chalmington.

There are a number of airports near to Chalmington including Bournemouth Airport.

Chalmington History

There are some historic monuments around Chalmington:

• Roman villa 725yds (660m) SE of Neville Farm
• Bowl barrow 400m north east of Manor Farm, part of the Pound Hill round barrow cemetery
• Multi-period landscape including an Iron Age or Romano British settlement, part of an associated field system, six bowl barrows and an enclosure 600m south east of Langford Farm
• Bowl barrow 680m north east of Whatcombe House, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Bowl barrow and pond barrow within Well Bottom Wood, part of the Winterbourne Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
• Barrow E of Red Barn
• Standing stone 700m south east of North Barn Farm
• Two round barrows at crossroads N of village
• Bowl barrow 600m west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow on Farm Hill 620m west of Minterne Parva Farm
• Four bowl barrows 500m west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
• Martin Down enclosure 300m north of Huish Barn
• Bowl barrow 700m east of South Eggardon Farm
• Six round barrows 200m west of New Planting, forming part of the Three Barrow Clump round barrow cemetery
• Three bowl barrows 300m south west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 620m south west of Eggardon Hill Farm
• Settlement on Smacam Down
• Chambered tomb 900m south west of Manor Farm
• Medieval standing cross 10m west of Broomhill Cottage
• Round barrow E of Two Gates
• Round barrows on Cross Hill
• Bowl barrow on East Hill near Sydling Woods
• Earthwork N of Hampton Plantations
• Two barrows at Rew
• Dyke SE of Eggardon Hill camp
• Round barrows N of Pound Hill
• Bowl barrow 800m south of Kingston Russell Farm, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Two bowl barrows 1250m east of Notton Hill Barn
• Cross and Hand wayside cross 670m south of the Friary of St Francis
• Long mound 860m NNE of Whatcombe House, associated with the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Medieval standing cross 11m south east of the south porch of St Mary's Church
• Bowl barrow 450m NNW of Field Barn
• Round barrow on Stratton Down
• Bowl barrow on Batcombe Down 450m south west of The Friary of St Francis
• Earthwork in Dogbury Plantation
• Bowl barrow 500m west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 770m north of Whatcombe House, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Earthwork on Cross Hill
• Two bowl barrows 400m west of Longlands Farm, forming part of the Longlands round barrow cemetery
• Group of three round barrows on Eggardon Hill
• Two bowl barrows 310m north east of Lancombe Farm
• Frampton Roman villa
• Long barrow NW of Red Barn
• Two long barrows and round barrows on Long Barrow Hill
• The earthwork remains of a turf mizmaze 250m south east of White Hall Farm
• Penannular ditched enclosure, 150m south of Turner's Farm Barn
• Two bowl barrows 700m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
• Eggardon Hill disc barrow
• Park pale in Rampisham park
• Earthworks on Askerswell Down
• Bowl barrow 650m south of The Friary of St Francis
• Bowl barrow180m east of Hogleaze Bungalow
• Wynford Wood boundary bank
• Earthwork 80yds (70m) long NW of Coombe Bottom
• Moated site 60m north of Benville Manor
• Dyke on Haydon Down
• Three bowl barrows at Dry Wood, forming part of the Longlands round barrow cemetery
• Round barrow on Ellston Hill
• Group of barrows in Seven Barrow Plantation
• Bowl barrow 605m south west of Long Barrow Farm
• Round barrow on Pound Hill
• Round barrow on Magiston Hill
• Two barrows on Chilcombe Hill
• Round barrow on Dickley Hill
• Bell barrow 125m west of Longlands Farm, forming part of the Longlands round barrow cemetery
• Enclosed Iron Age farmstead and part of an associated field system 215m west of New Barn
• Medieval standing cross 190m south east of St Mary's Church
• Corscombe Court barn
• Large multivallate hillfort containing two bowl barrows 855m north east of North Eggardon Farm
• Bowl barrow185m WSW of Higher Skippet Farm
• Medieval standing cross 320m east of St Andrew's Church
• Bowl barrow 450m north east of Manor Farm, part of the Pound Hill round barrow cemetery
• Disc barrow 200m north east of Winterbourne Poor Lot, forming part of the Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
• Cross dyke 600m north of Pitcombe Farm
• Bowl barrow in Well Bottom Wood
• Bowl barrow 320m north west of Coombefield Farm
• Round barrow NW of Long Bottom Plantation
• Settlement on Dickley Hill
• Twenty-one barrows forming part of a round barrow cemetery at Winterbourne Poor Lot
• Bowl barrow on East Hill near Sydling Woods
• Bowl barrow on East Hill near Sydling Woods
• Three barrows near Town Hill Barn
• Bowl barrow and disc barrow 730m south of Kingston Russell Farm, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Two round barrows on North Hill
• Cross in St Mary's churchyard
• Bell barrow 850m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
• Part of a Later Prehistoric or Romano-British field system 250m north of Eggardon Hill Farm
• Bowl barrow 200m south of Winterbourne Poor Lot forming part of the Winterbourne Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 850m north west of Whitefriars Broiler Houses
• Earthwork on Castle Hill
• Group of three round barrows W of Two Gates
• Triple barrow and bowl barrow forming part of a barrow cemetery and part of an associated field system 250m north east of Winterbourne Poor Lot
• Round barrow in Grimstone Clumps
• Bowl barrow 660m south west of Chilstock
• Dyke on Long Barrow Hill
• Field system on Seldon Hill
• Bowl barrow 360m south of Compton Barn
• Bowl barrow 780m north east of Hampton Farm
• Barrow beside Shotcombe Lane
• Bell barrow and five bowl barrows 1000m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
• Field system and enclosures on Middle Hill
• Part of a Later Iron Age or Romano-British settlement 590m north west of Compton Barn
• Earthworks on Loscombe Hill
• Platform barrow 300m south west of Lane Cottages
• Bowl barrow 140m south east of Broadwater Cottage
• Two conjoined bowl barrows 550m north east of Manor Farm
• Bowl barrow 645m south west of North Barn Farm
• Bowl barrow 300m west of New Planting, forming part of the Three Barrow Clump round barrow cemetery
• Cerne Park boundary bank
• Bowl barrow 700m NNW of Whitefriars Broiler Houses
• Round barrow NW of Jackman's Cross
• Bowl barrow on Wancombe Hill 380m south west of southern corner of Sherriffs Wood
• Bowl barrow 850m north west of Barrowland Farm
• Round barrow SW of Pigeon House Cottages
• Bowl barrow 810m NNE of Whatcombe House, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• The Nine Stones: a small concentric stone circle 750m west of Winterbourne Abbas
• Earthwork E of Stake Farm
• Three barrows S of Hart Hill Plantation
• Group of barrows S of Goldsmith's Plantation
• Bowl barrow 550m north east of Pitcombe Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
• Group of three round barrows SW of Longlands Barn
• Three barrows N of Penn Hill
• Bowl barrow in New Planting, forming part of the Three Barrow Clump round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 600m west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
• Bowl Barrow, 710m south-west of Woolcombe Farm
• Barrow S of Three-Cornered Plantation
• Two bell barrows 15m north of Well Bottom Wood, part of the Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
• Tithe barn (uninhabited portion) at Barton Farm
• Group of three round barrows NE of Jackman's Cross
• Field system W of Fore Hill
• Bowl barrow 550m WNW of Dowerfield House
• Tithe barn at Court Farm
• Long barrow 200m north west of Longlands Farm
• Disc barrow 500m south east of Winterbourne Poor Lot
• Round barrow on North Field Hill
• Round barrow NE of Hog Hill Barn
• Bell barrow 100m south of Winterbourne Poor Lot, part of the Winterbourne Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
• Camp on Chilcombe Hill
• Bowl barrow 1km south west of Manor Farm
• Barrow on parish boundary
• Bowl barrow and disc barrow 900m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 800m NNE of Whatcombe House, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Bowl barrow1050m WNW of Manor Farm
• Settlement E of Brow Copse
• Pigeon House long barrow
• Barrow 300yds (280m) SW of Kingston Farm
• The Castle hillfort
• Bowl barrow and pond barrow 880m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down barrow cemetery
• Moated site and associated features, 320m west of Knapp Farm
• Round barrow on Hogcliff Hill
• Standing stone called The Broad Stone
• High Cank, a hengi-form monument 520m north of Up Cerne Manor House
• Long mound and three bowl barrows forming part of a round barrow cemetery 760m NNE of Whatcombe House on the south western part of Black Down
• Bowl barrow 450m NNE of West Hill Farm
• Barrow 650yds (600m) N of North Barn Farm