Portland

Portland is a Town in the county of Dorset.

Retail in Portland

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

Towns to visit near Portland include Lyme Regis, Charmouth, Weymouth, Bridport, Beaminster, Wareham, and Blandford Forum.

Jericho Weir is a great place to visit close to Portland if you like waterfalls.

There are a number of villages near Portland including Uplyme, Bincombe, Symondsbury, and Abbotsbury.

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

King's Statue (King George III Statue) is a great place to visit close to Portland if you like historic monuments.

Eggardon Hill, Hambledon Hill, Badbury Rings, Kingston Russell Stone Circle, The Nine Stones, and Maiden Castle are great places to visit near Portland if you like ancient sites.

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

Don't miss Corfe Castle's castles if visiting the area around Portland.

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

Places near Portland feature a number of interesting airports including Bournemouth Airport.

Portland History

There are some historic monuments around Portland:

Places to see near Portland

History of Portland

Rufus Castle, standing over Church Ope Cove was built for William II of England (also known as William Rufus) soon after the conquest of England by his father William the Conqueror. None of that castle remains; the existing casle dates from the 15th century. In 1539 King Henry VIII ordered the construction of Portland Castle for defence against attacks by the French; the castle cost £4,964. It is one of the best preserved castles from this period, and is opened to the public by the custodians English Heritage. In the 17th century, chief architect and Surveyor-General to James I, Inigo Jones, surveyed the area and introduced the local Portland stone to London, using it in his Banqueting House, Whitehall, and for repairs on St Paul’s Cathedral. His successor, Sir Christopher Wren, the architect and Member of Parliament for nearby Weymouth, used six million tons of white Portland limestone to rebuild destroyed parts of the capital after the Great Fire of London of 1666. Well-known buildings in the capital, including St Paul’s Cathedral and the eastern front of Buckingham Palace feature the stone. After the First World War, a quarry was opened by The Crown Estate to provide stone for the Cenotaph in Whitehall and half a million gravestones for war cemeteries, and after the Second World War hundreds of thousands of gravestones were hewn for soldiers who had fallen on the Western Front. Portland cement has nothing to do with Portland; it was so named due to its similar colour to Portland stone when mixed with lime and sand.

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    Rivers near Portland

    Where to Eat in Portland

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