Southwell is a Village in the county of Dorset.

Southwell postcode: DT5 2ET

Retail in Southwell

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

Southwell has some unmissable towns nearby like Lyme Regis, Charmouth, Weymouth, Bridport, Beaminster, Wareham, and Blandford Forum.

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

There are a several good villages in the Southwell area like Uplyme, Bincombe, Symondsbury, and Abbotsbury.

There are a several good historic buildings in the area around Southwell like The Cobb.

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

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 Southwell.

The area around Southwell's best hills can be found at Eggardon Hill.

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

There are a several good ruins in the area around Southwell like Corfe Castle.

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

Southwell History

There are some historic monuments around Southwell:

• Rufus Castle
• Portland open fields
• Nothe Fort, tramway and searchlight battery at The Nothe
• The Verne Citadel
• RAF Portland, site of Rotor early warning radar station
• Sandsfoot Castle
• Battery 200yds (180m) E of the Naval cemetery
• Upton Fort, a coastal artillery battery and two searchlight emplacements
• Mesolithic sites near Culver Well
• East Weare rifle range
• Portland Bill stone loading quay
• Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery (P3 Verne), 275m south-west of Fancy's Farm
• Portland Castle
• Fishpond at West Ringstead, 590m south of Pit House
• Humpty Dumpty Field, Radipole