Hampton is a Village in the county of Dorset.

Hampton postcode: DT2 9DY

Retail in Hampton

There are great places to visit near Hampton 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 Hampton area like Lyme Regis, Charmouth, Weymouth, Bridport, Beaminster, Wareham, and Blandford Forum.

There are a several good waterfalls in the area around Hampton like Jericho Weir.

The area around Hampton boasts some of the best villages including Uplyme, Bincombe, Symondsbury, and Abbotsbury.

Historic Buildings to visit near Hampton include The Cobb.

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

Don't miss Eggardon Hill, Hambledon Hill, Badbury Rings, Kingston Russell Stone Circle, The Nine Stones, and Maiden Castle's ancient sites if visiting the area around Hampton.

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

There are a number of castles near to Hampton including Corfe Castle.

The area close to Hampton boasts some of the best ruins including Corfe Castle.

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

Hampton History

There are some historic monuments around Hampton:

• Round barrow 230yds (210m) E of White Hill Plantation
• Bowl barrow 300m west of New Planting, forming part of the Three Barrow Clump round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow1050m WNW of Manor Farm
• Long barrow immediately north west of Maiden Castle
• Two barrows at Rew
• Group of round barrows on Ridgeway
• Round barrow E of The Buildings
• Round barrow 250yds (230m) S of Chapel Coppice
• Bowl barrow 380m west of Whitfield Farm
• Two round barrows on North Hill
• Four bowl barrows 500m west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
• Two barrows W of Little Piddle Down
• Field system in Valley of Stones (including earthwork N of Crow Hill)
• Bowl barrow 800m north east of Gorwell Farm
• Group of five round barrows on White Hill
• Long barrow NW of Red Barn
• Preston Roman villa
• Round barrow on Rew Hill
• Lime kiln 800ft (245m) NW of Langton Cross
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 450m north west of the Hardy Monument
• Long mound 860m NNE of Whatcombe House, associated with the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Langton Cross: a wayside cross 850m south west of Tatton 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
• Four bowl barrows 725m ESE of Wears Farm
• Group of barrows in Seven Barrow Plantation
• Round barrow E of Two Gates
• Bowl barrow 140m south east of Broadwater Cottage
• Earthworks on Giant Hill
• Barrows in Came Wood
• Discontinuous surviving sections of Roman aqueduct
• Bowl barrow 450m NNW of Field Barn
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 400m north west of the Hardy Monument
• Long barrow and four bowl barrows 500m north west of Whitfield Farm
• Earthwork on Cross Hill
• Two round barrows N of Bincombe Barn
• Enclosure near 'the Sole Plantation'
• Two barrows on Little Puddle Hill
• Round barrow in White Hill Plantation
• Bowl barrow 810m NNE of Whatcombe House, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Bowl barrow on Sheep Down, 600m east of Home Farm Cottages
• Round barrow E of Forston Farm
• Round barrow on Hogcliff Hill
• Round barrow N of Forston Barn
• Round barrow E of Bayard's Barn
• 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
• Round barrow on Pound Hill
• 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
• Part of Roman, Saxon, and medieval town in grounds of Wollaston House
• Lynchets S of Stavordale Wood
• Bowl barrow and pond barrow 880m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 200m south of Winterbourne Poor Lot forming part of the Winterbourne Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
• Group of three round barrows NE of Jackman's Cross
• Round barrow on Church Hill
• Bowl barrow 220m NNW of Topparts Dairy
• Two fishponds in Oddens Wood
• Two bowl barrows 400m west of Longlands Farm, forming part of the Longlands round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow in New Planting, forming part of the Three Barrow Clump round barrow cemetery
• Part of a Later Iron Age or Romano-British settlement 590m north west of Compton Barn
• Group of barrows near Big Wood
• Group of three round barrows SW of Longlands Barn
• Colliton Park Roman house
• Barrow E of Red Barn
• Bowl barrow 450m NNE of West Hill Farm
• Cross-ridge dyke on Windsbatch
• Two square enclosures in Tenant's Bottom
• Dyke on Wears Hill
• Round barrow on Stratton Down
• Bowl barrow and pond barrow within Well Bottom Wood, part of the Winterbourne Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow on East Hill near Sydling Woods
• Bell barrow and five bowl barrows 1000m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 500m west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
• Barrow S of Wolfeton Clump
• Disc barrow 715m west of Bayard Farm
• Round barrows on Four Barrow Hill
• Round barrows on Grove Hill
• Two bowl barrows on Black Down immediately east of the Hardy Monument
• Two long barrows and round barrows on Long Barrow Hill
• Round barrow 1/4 mile (400m) N of Ridge Hill
• Group of barrows on West Hill
• Bowl barrow180m east of Hogleaze Bungalow
• Six round barrows W of Came Down
• 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
• Romano-Celtic temple and associated remains at Jordan Hill
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 150m north west of the Hardy Monument
• Bowl barrow 550m north east of Pitcombe Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
• Pigeon House long barrow
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 80m south east of the Hardy Monument
• Long barrow, three bell barrows, fancy barrow and a linear earthwork 800m north of Maiden Castle
• Enclosure on Sheep Down 930m south east of Heart Clump
• Settlement on Smacam Down
• Bowl barrow 360m south west of Clandon Farm
• Cerne Abbey, site of, including gatehouse, guesthouse and wine house (barn)
• Round barrow SW of Ashton Cottages
• Henge, Romano-British amphitheatre and Civil War fieldworks known collectively as Maumbury Rings
• Bowl barrow 850m north west of Whitefriars Broiler Houses
• Three bowl barrows at Dry Wood, forming part of the Longlands round barrow cemetery
• High Cank, a hengi-form monument 520m north of Up Cerne Manor House
• The Nine Stones: a small concentric stone circle 750m west of Winterbourne Abbas
• Bowl barrow 770m north of Whatcombe House, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Long barrow W of Hampton Barn
• Friar Waddon Hill round barrows
• Round barrow on North Field Hill
• Round barrow N of Ashton Cottages
• Bell barrow 850m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
• Bell barrow 100m south of Winterbourne Poor Lot, part of the Winterbourne Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 780m north east of Hampton Farm
• Round barrow on Black Hill
• Round barrow NW of Long Bottom Plantation
• Group of round barrows on and to E of Great Hill
• Bowl barrow 605m south west of Long Barrow Farm
• Six barrows on Ridgeway Hill
• Two bowl barrows immediately south of Bayard Dairy
• Group of barrows on the golf course, Came Down
• Round barrow on Dickley Hill
• Group of round barrows near Eweleaze Barn
• Twenty-one barrows forming part of a round barrow cemetery at Winterbourne Poor Lot
• Round barrows on Sheep Down
• Bowl barrow 600m west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
• Barrow 650yds (600m) N of North Barn Farm
• Round barrow cemetery immediately south east of Maiden Castle
• Hill figure called The Giant
• Old Warren earthwork
• Duck decoy at Abbotsbury Swannery, 630m SSW of Horsepool Farm
• Round barrow N of Heave Coppice
• Earthworks on Loscombe Hill
• Bowl barrow 450m north east of Manor Farm, part of the Pound Hill round barrow cemetery
• Ancient settlement SW of Incombe Wood
• Group of round barrows on Shorn Hill and Bronkham Hill
• The Clandon Barrow, 450m west of Clandon Farm
• Two round barrows on Ridgeway
• Bowl barrow on East Hill near Sydling Woods
• Dyke on Long Barrow Hill
• Cross in St Mary's churchyard
• Bowl barrow 700m NNW of Whitefriars Broiler Houses
• Round barrows N of Pound Hill
• Barrow 300yds (280m) SW of Kingston Farm
• Frampton Roman villa
• Round barrow on Ellston Hill
• Long barrow NE of Ashley
• The Kingston Russell stone circle 750m north east of Gorwell Farm
• Long barrow E of Northfield Plantation
• Three round barrows E of Smitten Corner
• Round barrows W of Blagdon Barn
• Round barrow SW of Pigeon House Cottages
• Bowl barrow 350m NNW of Topparts Dairy
• Long barrow 400yds (360m) NW of Hill Barn
• Herringston round barrows
• Medieval standing cross 11m south east of the south porch of St Mary's Church
• Bowl barrow 120m east of White Hill Wood
• Barrow on College Down
• Two bowl barrows 1250m east of Notton Hill Barn
• Two bell barrows 15m north of Well Bottom Wood, part of the Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow on Wancombe Hill 380m south west of southern corner of Sherriffs Wood
• Chambered tomb called The Grey Mare and her Colts
• Round barrow NW of Jackman's Cross
• The Castle hillfort
• Medieval settlement 850m north of St Mary's Church
• 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
• Round barrows on Ridgeway
• Four bowl barrows immediately north west of Maiden Castle
• Bowl barrow on Wood Hill 310m north east of Cowden
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 50m south of the Hardy Monument
• Bowl barrow 680m north east of Whatcombe House, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Round barrow SW of Wolfeton Clump
• Bowl barrow in Well Bottom Wood
• St Catherine's Chapel, field system and quarries at Chapel Hill
• Bowl barrow 800m south of Kingston Russell Farm, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Settlement and field system on Black Hill
• Bowl barrow on East Hill near Sydling Woods
• Tithe barn (uninhabited portion) at Barton Farm
• Earthwork N of Hampton Plantations
• Six round barrows on Bincombe Down
• Dorchester Roman walls
• Round barrow NE of Hog Hill Barn
• Settlement remains N of Maiden Castle
• Maiden Castle
• Bowl barrow 300m WNW of White Hill Barn, forming part of the White Hill round barrow cemetery
• Cerne Park boundary bank
• Disc barrow 500m south east of Winterbourne Poor Lot
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 770m north west of the Hardy Monument
• Three barrows near Town Hill Barn
• Bowl barrow185m WSW of Higher Skippet Farm
• Bronze Age enclosure, associated linear earthworks and field system, and a later dewpond on Tenants Hill
• Bowl barrow 340m north west of White Hill Barn, forming part of the White Hill round barrow cemetery
• Chambered long barrow N of Loscombe Plantation
• Standing stone 700m south east of North Barn Farm
• Bowl barrow 400m north east of Manor Farm, part of the Pound Hill round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 165m NNW of White Hill Barn, forming part of the White Hill round barrow cemetery
• Round barrow N of Ballarat House
• Round barrow N of Ridgeway
• Round barrow NE of Friar Waddon
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 870m north west of the Hardy Monument
• Enclosed Iron Age farmstead and part of an associated field system 215m west of New Barn
• Four bowl barrows on Hog Hill, west and north west of Maiden Castle
• Poundbury Camp, associated monuments and section of Roman aqueduct.
• Three barrows N of Penn Hill
• Bowl barrow and disc barrow 900m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
• Round barrow in Grimstone Clumps
• Two bowl barrows on Green Hill 450m north of Pound Farm
• Disc barrow 200m north east of Winterbourne Poor Lot, forming part of the Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
• Two round barrows S of Ashton Farm
• Churchyard cross
• Two round barrows at Down Wood
• Medieval standing cross 10m west of Broomhill Cottage
• Field system on Seldon Hill
• Six round barrows 200m west of New Planting, forming part of the Three Barrow Clump round barrow cemetery
• Round barrow on Magiston Hill
• Round barrows on Cross Hill
• Bowl barrow 360m south of Compton Barn
• Two round barrows on Ridgeway
• Two bowl barrows on Conygar Hill
• Cross dyke 600m north of Pitcombe Farm
• Wynford Wood boundary bank
• Group of round barrows on North Bincombe Hill, S of Came Wood
• Hampton stone circle
• Bell barrow 125m west of Longlands Farm, forming part of the Longlands round barrow cemetery
• Helstone burial chamber
• Three bowl barrows 300m south 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
• Tithe barn at Court Farm
• Round barrow on Ridgeway Hill
• St Peter's Abbey
• Barrow S of Three-Cornered Plantation
• Field system W of Fore Hill
• Long barrow 200m north west of Longlands Farm
• Bowl barrow 355m north west of White Hill Barn, forming part of the White Hill round barrow cemetery
• Round barrow SW of village
• Standing stone called The Broad Stone
• Outer defences of Roman town, W of St Genevieve's Convent
• Bowl barrow 265m north west of White Hill Barn, forming part of the White Hill round barrow cemetery
• Four round barrows NW of Blagdon Barn
• Martin Down enclosure 300m north of Huish Barn
• Bowl barrow 500m NNW of Topparts Dairy
• Barrow on parish boundary
• Two bowl barrows 283m SSE of the Grey Mare and her Colts
• Medieval standing cross 190m south east of St Mary's Church
• Bowl barrow 660m south west of Chilstock
• Bowl barrow 800m NNE of Whatcombe House, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Round barrow on Shorn Hill
• Settlement on Dickley Hill
• Group of round barrows on Bincombe Hill
• Two conjoined bowl barrows 550m north east of Manor Farm
• Bowl barrow 750m SSE of Lower Kingston Russell Farm
• Field system and enclosures on Middle Hill
• Bowl barrow on Green Hill 400m north of Pound Farm
• Two bowl barrows 310m north east of Lancombe Farm
• Bell barrow in Highfield Plantation and two bowl barrows immediately north west of Forty Acre Plantation
• Two bowl barrows 700m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
• Two round barrows N of Came Farm
• Culliford Tree long barrow and group of round barrows
• Group of four round barrows in Cripton Wood
• Three barrows S of Hart Hill Plantation
• Bowl barrow 600m west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
• Group of round barrows W of Ridgeway Hill
• Two bowl barrows 720m south east of Friar Waddon House
• Group of barrows S of Goldsmith's Plantation
• Bowl barrow 500m north east of Clandon Farm
• Two round barrows at crossroads N of village
• Medieval settlement of Winterborne Farringdon and associated remains