Swyre is a Town in the county of Dorset.

Retail in Swyre

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

Don't miss Lyme Regis, Charmouth, Weymouth, Bridport, Beaminster, Wareham, and Blandford Forum's towns if visiting the area around Swyre.

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

Uplyme, Bincombe, Symondsbury, and Abbotsbury are great places to visit near Swyre if you like villages.

The Cobb is one of Swyre's best, nearby historic buildings to visit in Swyre.

King's Statue (King George III Statue) is one of Swyre's best, nearby historic monuments to visit in Swyre.

There are a number of ancient sites near Swyre including Eggardon Hill, Hambledon Hill, Badbury Rings, Kingston Russell Stone Circle, The Nine Stones, and Maiden Castle.

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

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

Places near Swyre feature a number of interesting ruins including Corfe Castle.

The area around Swyre's best airports can be found at Bournemouth Airport.

Swyre History

There are some historic monuments around Swyre:

• Group of five round barrows on White Hill
• Bowl barrow 350m NNW of Topparts Dairy
• Bowl barrow 300m WNW of White Hill Barn, forming part of the White Hill round barrow cemetery
• Medieval standing cross 190m south east of St Mary's Church
• Bell barrow 850m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 550m north west of Cogden Farm
• Bowl barrow on Limekiln Hill 500m north of Labour-in-Vain Farm
• Disc barrow 200m north east of Winterbourne Poor Lot, forming part of the Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
• Chambered tomb called The Grey Mare and her Colts
• Twenty-one barrows forming part of a round barrow cemetery at Winterbourne Poor Lot
• Round barrow on Knight's Hill
• Bowl barrow 355m north west of White Hill Barn, forming part of the White Hill round barrow cemetery
• Chambered tomb 900m south west of Manor Farm
• St Catherine's Chapel, field system and quarries at Chapel Hill
• Dyke on Haydon Down
• Group of three round barrows W of Two Gates
• Two bowl barrows 700m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 120m east of White Hill Wood
• Bind Barrow
• Bowl barrow 850m north west of Barrowland Farm
• Bowl barrow 360m south of Compton Barn
• Three bowl barrows 300m south west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
• Three bowl barrows on The Knoll 450m north west of Treetops
• Bowl barrow and pond barrow 880m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 600m west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 550m WNW of Dowerfield House
• Bowl barrow 700m east of South Eggardon Farm
• The Kingston Russell stone circle 750m north east of Gorwell Farm
• Two long barrows and round barrows on Long Barrow Hill
• Bowl barrow 140m south east of Broadwater Cottage
• Bowl barrow 265m north west of White Hill Barn, forming part of the White Hill round barrow cemetery
• 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 250yds (230m) S of Chapel Coppice
• Disc barrow 500m south east of Winterbourne Poor Lot
• Earthworks on Askerswell Down
• Two bowl barrows 310m north east of Lancombe Farm
• Bowl barrow 300m west of New Planting, forming part of the Three Barrow Clump round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 400m north east of Look Farm
• Abbotsbury Castle (camp)
• Barrow beside Shotcombe Lane
• Motte and bailey castle 160m north of Castle Mill Farm
• Dyke SE of Eggardon Hill camp
• Two bowl barrows 283m SSE of the Grey Mare and her Colts
• Bowl barrow and disc barrow 900m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
• Part of a Later Iron Age or Romano-British settlement 590m north west of Compton Barn
• Bronze Age enclosure, associated linear earthworks and field system, and a later dewpond on Tenants Hill
• Bowl barrow 800m NNE of Whatcombe House, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Camp on Chilcombe Hill
• Long mound 860m NNE of Whatcombe House, associated with the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Bowl barrow 800m south of Kingston Russell Farm, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Round barrow E of Two Gates
• Bowl barrow 200m south of Winterbourne Poor Lot forming part of the Winterbourne Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 220m NNW of Topparts Dairy
• Bowl barrow 770m north of Whatcombe House, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Round barrow 230yds (210m) E of White Hill Plantation
• Bowl barrow 450m NNW of Field Barn
• Bowl barrow 320m north west of Coombefield Farm
• Bowl barrow in Well Bottom Wood
• Two round barrows on Wears Hill
• Duck decoy at Abbotsbury Swannery, 630m SSW of Horsepool Farm
• Bell barrow and five bowl barrows 1000m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
• Group of three round barrows on Eggardon Hill
• Part of a Later Prehistoric or Romano-British field system 250m north of Eggardon Hill Farm
• Bowl barrow 605m south west of Long Barrow Farm
• Bowl barrow 750m SSE of Lower Kingston Russell Farm
• Bowl barrow on Limekiln Hill 650m south east of Green Leaze
• Bowl barrow and pond barrow within Well Bottom Wood, part of the Winterbourne Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
• Two bell barrows 15m north of Well Bottom Wood, part of the Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 800m north east of Gorwell Farm
• Two round barrows at crossroads N of village
• Lynchets S of Stavordale Wood
• Bowl barrow 600m west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
• Settlement E of Brow Copse
• Bowl barrow 550m north east of Pitcombe Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
• Long barrow NE of Ashley
• Long barrow W of Hampton Barn
• Barrow 300yds (280m) SW of Kingston Farm
• Four bowl barrows 500m west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
• 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
• Large multivallate hillfort containing two bowl barrows 855m north east of North Eggardon Farm
• 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
• Earthwork 80yds (70m) long NW of Coombe Bottom
• Bowl barrow 165m NNW of White Hill Barn, forming part of the White Hill round barrow cemetery
• Eggardon Hill disc barrow
• Barrow 650yds (600m) N of North Barn Farm
• Standing stone called The Broad Stone
• Dyke on Long Barrow Hill
• Two barrows on Chilcombe Hill
• Bowl barrow 620m south west of Eggardon Hill Farm
• Penannular ditched enclosure, 150m south of Turner's Farm Barn
• Earthwork on Shipton Hill
• Bowl barrow 660m south west of Chilstock
• Hillfort N of Burcombe Wood
• Bowl Barrow, 710m south-west of Woolcombe Farm
• Bowl barrow 340m north west of White Hill Barn, forming part of the White Hill round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow on Hammiton Hill 220m south west of Hammiton Farm
• Bowl barrow on North Hill 750m north east of Marsh Barn
• Four bowl barrows 725m ESE of Wears Farm
• 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 in White Hill Plantation
• Bowl barrow 645m south west of North Barn Farm
• St Peter's Abbey
• Bowl barrow 500m west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
• Standing stone 700m south east of North Barn Farm
• Three bowl barrows on Tulk's Hill 800m north of East Bexington Farm
• Two fishponds in Oddens Wood
• Dyke on Wears Hill
• Bowl barrow 200m north east of Holy Trinity Church
• Bowl barrow 810m NNE of Whatcombe House, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Hampton stone circle
• Cross dyke 600m north of Pitcombe Farm
• Medieval standing cross 11m south east of the south porch of St Mary's Church
• Wynford Wood boundary bank
• Six round barrows 200m west of New Planting, forming part of the Three Barrow Clump round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 500m NNW of Topparts Dairy
• St Mary's Church, West Milton
• Old Warren earthwork
• Bell barrow 100m south of Winterbourne Poor Lot, part of the Winterbourne Poor Lot round barrow cemetery