Fleet is a Town in the county of Dorset.

Retail in Fleet

There are great places to visit near Fleet including some great towns, waterfalls, villages, historic buildings, historic monuments, ancient sites, hills, castles, ruins and airports.

There are a several good towns in the Fleet area like Lyme Regis, Charmouth, Weymouth, Bridport, Beaminster, Wareham, and Blandford Forum.

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

Fleet has some unmissable villages nearby like Uplyme, Bincombe, Symondsbury, and Abbotsbury.

The area close to Fleet boasts some of the best historic buildings including The Cobb.

Places near Fleet feature a number of interesting historic monuments including King's Statue (King George III Statue).

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

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

Places near Fleet feature a number of interesting castles including Corfe Castle.

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

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

Fleet History

There are some historic monuments around Fleet:

• Bronze Age enclosure, associated linear earthworks and field system, and a later dewpond on Tenants Hill
• Bowl barrow 810m NNE of Whatcombe House, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Bell barrow 125m west of Longlands Farm, forming part of the Longlands round barrow cemetery
• The Clandon Barrow, 450m west of Clandon Farm
• Barrow on parish boundary
• Cross dyke 600m north of Pitcombe Farm
• Four bowl barrows on Hog Hill, west and north west of Maiden Castle
• Standing stone called The Broad Stone
• Bell barrow and five bowl barrows 1000m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
• Round barrow on Shorn Hill
• Round barrows on Four Barrow Hill
• Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery (P3 Verne), 275m south-west of Fancy's Farm
• Bowl barrow 770m north of Whatcombe House, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Two bowl barrows immediately south of Bayard Dairy
• Bowl barrow in New Planting, forming part of the Three Barrow Clump round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 150m north west of the Hardy Monument
• Group of round barrows on and to E of Great Hill
• Bowl barrow 450m north east of Manor Farm, part of the Pound Hill round barrow cemetery
• Group of barrows on the golf course, Came Down
• Two round barrows N of Came Farm
• Round barrow NE of Friar Waddon
• Four bowl barrows 500m west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
• Disc barrow 500m south east of Winterbourne Poor Lot
• Group of five round barrows on White Hill
• Multi-period archaeological landscape centred on and including a slight univallate hillfort called Chalbury, two bowl barrows, part of a Bronze Age urnfield and a series of medieval strip fields
• Long barrow 200m north west of Longlands Farm
• Chambered long barrow N of Loscombe Plantation
• Three bowl barrows at Dry Wood, forming part of the Longlands round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 400m north east of Manor Farm, part of the Pound Hill round barrow cemetery
• Chambered tomb called The Grey Mare and her Colts
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 450m north west of the Hardy Monument
• The Nine Stones: a small concentric stone circle 750m west of Winterbourne Abbas
• Four bowl barrows 725m ESE of Wears Farm
• Two bowl barrows 283m SSE of the Grey Mare and her Colts
• Three round barrows E of Smitten Corner
• Bowl barrow 300m west of New Planting, forming part of the Three Barrow Clump round barrow cemetery
• Dyke on Wears Hill
• Round barrows W of Blagdon Barn
• Bowl barrow on Sheep Down, 600m east of Home Farm Cottages
• Bowl barrow 350m NNW of Topparts Dairy
• East Weare rifle range
• Two round barrows on Ridgeway
• Humpty Dumpty Field, Radipole
• Battery 200yds (180m) E of the Naval cemetery
• Dorchester Roman walls
• Barrows in Came Wood
• Group of round barrows on Ridgeway
• Round barrow N of Ridgeway
• Barrow 300yds (280m) SW of Kingston Farm
• Long mound 860m NNE of Whatcombe House, associated with the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• The Kingston Russell stone circle 750m north east of Gorwell Farm
• Round barrow N of Ashton Cottages
• Two round barrows S of Ashton Farm
• Long barrow immediately north west of Maiden Castle
• Bowl barrow and pond barrow 880m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 800m north east of Gorwell Farm
• Bowl barrow 550m north east of Pitcombe Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
• Round barrow E of Bayard's Barn
• Discontinuous surviving sections of Roman aqueduct
• Long barrow 400yds (360m) NW of Hill Barn
• Bowl barrow 200m south of Winterbourne Poor Lot forming part of the Winterbourne Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
• Sandsfoot Castle
• Round barrow 1/4 mile (400m) N of Ridge Hill
• Maiden Castle
• Two long barrows and round barrows on Long Barrow Hill
• Romano-Celtic temple and associated remains at Jordan Hill
• Friar Waddon Hill round barrows
• Two round barrows on Ridgeway
• Bowl barrow 750m SSE of Lower Kingston Russell Farm
• Bowl barrow 680m north east of Whatcombe House, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Henge, Romano-British amphitheatre and Civil War fieldworks known collectively as Maumbury Rings
• Round barrows on Ridgeway
• Two fishponds in Oddens Wood
• Long barrow, three bell barrows, fancy barrow and a linear earthwork 800m north of Maiden Castle
• Bowl barrow 600m west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 80m south east of the Hardy Monument
• Three barrows S of Hart Hill Plantation
• Two round barrows at crossroads N of village
• 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
• Hampton stone circle
• Round barrows on Grove Hill
• Four round barrows NW of Blagdon Barn
• Bowl barrow 360m south west of Clandon Farm
• Long barrow E of Northfield Plantation
• Portland open fields
• Bowl barrow and pond barrow within Well Bottom Wood, part of the Winterbourne Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
• Two round barrows N of Bincombe Barn
• Portland Castle
• Field system in Valley of Stones (including earthwork N of Crow Hill)
• St Peter's Abbey
• Two bowl barrows 700m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
• The Verne Citadel
• Round barrow on Pound Hill
• Bowl barrow 265m north west of White Hill Barn, forming part of the White Hill round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 300m WNW of White Hill Barn, forming part of the White Hill round barrow cemetery
• Round barrow on Rew Hill
• Lime kiln 800ft (245m) NW of Langton Cross
• Bowl barrow 800m NNE of Whatcombe House, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Round barrow SW of Ashton Cottages
• Bell barrow 100m south of Winterbourne Poor Lot, part of the Winterbourne Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 870m north west of the Hardy Monument
• Helstone burial chamber
• Three bowl barrows 300m south west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
• Two bowl barrows on Conygar Hill
• Disc barrow 200m north east of Winterbourne Poor Lot, forming part of the Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
• Group of round barrows on North Bincombe Hill, S of Came Wood
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 770m north west of the Hardy Monument
• Lynchets S of Stavordale Wood
• Bowl barrow 340m north west of White Hill Barn, forming part of the White Hill round barrow cemetery
• Two barrows at Rew
• Round barrow in White Hill Plantation
• Bell barrow 850m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
• Twenty-one barrows forming part of a round barrow cemetery at Winterbourne Poor Lot
• Long barrow NE of Ashley
• Group of four round barrows in Cripton Wood
• Bowl barrow and disc barrow 900m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
• Long barrow W of Hampton Barn
• Two round barrows on North Hill
• Six round barrows on Bincombe Down
• Cross-ridge dyke on Windsbatch
• Preston Roman villa
• Rufus Castle
• Two conjoined bowl barrows 550m north east of Manor Farm
• Colliton Park Roman house
• Bowl barrow 800m south of Kingston Russell Farm, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Outer defences of Roman town, W of St Genevieve's Convent
• Mesolithic sites near Culver Well
• Bowl barrow 355m north west of White Hill Barn, forming part of the White Hill round barrow cemetery
• Enclosure on Sheep Down 930m south east of Heart Clump
• Group of round barrows on Shorn Hill and Bronkham Hill
• 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
• 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
• Old Warren earthwork
• Duck decoy at Abbotsbury Swannery, 630m SSW of Horsepool Farm
• Six barrows on Ridgeway Hill
• Bowl barrow 120m east of White Hill Wood
• Culliford Tree long barrow and group of round barrows
• Round barrow 250yds (230m) S of Chapel Coppice
• RAF Portland, site of Rotor early warning radar station
• Group of round barrows W of Ridgeway Hill
• Six round barrows W of Came Down
• Four bowl barrows immediately north west of Maiden Castle
• Bowl barrow 600m west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
• Dyke on Long Barrow Hill
• Round barrow 230yds (210m) E of White Hill Plantation
• Group of round barrows on Bincombe Hill
• Group of barrows on West Hill
• Bowl barrow 500m west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 50m south of the Hardy Monument
• Bowl barrow 165m NNW of White Hill Barn, forming part of the White Hill round barrow cemetery
• Two bowl barrows 400m west of Longlands Farm, forming part of the Longlands round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 605m south west of Long Barrow Farm
• Two bell barrows 15m north of Well Bottom Wood, part of the Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
• Part of Roman, Saxon, and medieval town in grounds of Wollaston House
• Langton Cross: a wayside cross 850m south west of Tatton House
• Group of barrows near Big Wood
• Bowl barrow 450m NNE of West Hill Farm
• Settlement remains N of Maiden Castle
• Six round barrows 200m west of New Planting, forming part of the Three Barrow Clump round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow in Well Bottom Wood
• Bowl barrow 500m north east of Clandon Farm
• Round barrow E of The Buildings
• Bowl barrow 220m NNW of Topparts Dairy
• Round barrow cemetery immediately south east of Maiden Castle
• Two bowl barrows 720m south east of Friar Waddon House
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 400m north west of the Hardy Monument
• Nothe Fort, tramway and searchlight battery at The Nothe
• Bowl barrow185m WSW of Higher Skippet Farm
• Round barrow on Ridgeway Hill
• St Catherine's Chapel, field system and quarries at Chapel Hill
• Two round barrows at Down Wood
• Bowl barrow 500m NNW of Topparts Dairy
• Herringston round barrows
• Group of barrows S of Goldsmith's Plantation
• Round barrow SW of village
• Round barrow N of Ballarat House
• Barrow S of Three-Cornered Plantation
• Round barrows on Sheep Down
• Disc barrow 715m west of Bayard Farm
• Medieval settlement of Winterborne Farringdon and associated remains
• Two bowl barrows on Black Down immediately east of the Hardy Monument
• Group of round barrows near Eweleaze Barn