Upwey is a Village in the county of Dorset.

Upwey postcode: DT3 5QG

Retail in Upwey

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

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

The area around Upwey features a number of interesting villages including Uplyme, Bincombe, Symondsbury, and Abbotsbury.

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

Historic Monuments to visit near Upwey include King's Statue (King George III Statue).

Upwey's best nearby ancient sites can be found at Eggardon Hill, Hambledon Hill, Badbury Rings, Kingston Russell Stone Circle, The Nine Stones, and Maiden Castle.

Hills to visit near Upwey include Eggardon Hill.

There are a several good castles in the area around Upwey like Corfe Castle.

Ruins to visit near Upwey include Corfe Castle.

Bournemouth Airport is one of Upwey's best, nearby airports to visit in Upwey.

Upwey History

There are some historic monuments around Upwey:

• Round barrow NE of Hog Hill Barn
• Group of round barrows on North Bincombe Hill, S of Came Wood
• Two bowl barrows on Conygar Hill
• Barrow S of Wolfeton Clump
• Round barrow N of Ashton Cottages
• Bowl barrow 700m NNW of Whitefriars Broiler Houses
• Helstone burial chamber
• The Rainbarrows, a group of three bowl barrows on Duddle Heath
• Medieval settlement immediately west of Waterston House
• Bowl barrow 850m north west of Whitefriars Broiler Houses
• Round barrow on Rew Hill
• Round barrows on Ridgeway
• Group of round barrows on Ridgeway
• Round barrow E of Bayard's Barn
• Cross in St Mary's churchyard
• Chambered long barrow N of Loscombe Plantation
• Round barrows W of Blagdon Barn
• Bowl barrow 450m north east of Manor Farm, part of the Pound Hill round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 400m north west of the Hardy Monument
• Group of barrows E of Northdown Barn
• Outer defences of Roman town, W of St Genevieve's Convent
• Group of four round barrows in Cripton Wood
• Round barrow in Grimstone Clumps
• Round barrow 1/4 mile (400m) N of Ridge Hill
• Group of barrows near Big Wood
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 150m north west of the Hardy Monument
• Bowl barrow 360m south west of Clandon Farm
• Mayne stone circle (at Little Mayne Farm)
• Round barrow E of The Buildings
• Bowl barrow 450m NNE of West Hill Farm
• Two bowl barrows on Black Down immediately east of the Hardy Monument
• Preston Roman villa
• Round barrow SW of Wolfeton Clump
• Round barrows on Sheep Down
• The Verne Citadel
• Three bowl barrows at Dry Wood, forming part of the Longlands round barrow cemetery
• Three barrows S of Hart Hill Plantation
• Bowl barrow 615m north east of Hardy's Birthplace
• Four bowl barrows immediately north west of Maiden Castle
• Frampton Roman villa
• Henge Enclosure, Conquer Barrow and Barrow Cemetery
• Colliton Park Roman house
• Pigeon House long barrow
• Humpty Dumpty Field, Radipole
• Bowl barrow 500m north east of Clandon Farm
• Two round barrows S of Ashton Farm
• Barrow S of Common Plantation
• Friar Waddon Hill round barrows
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 870m north west of the Hardy Monument
• Round barrow on Stratton Down
• Settlement remains N of Maiden Castle
• Round barrow SW of Ashton Cottages
• Two bowl barrows 320m south west of Laycock Dairy Farm
• Maiden Castle
• Round barrows N of Pound Hill
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 50m south of the Hardy Monument
• Two round barrows on Ridgeway
• Barrow 200yds (180m) N of the White Horse
• Part of Roman, Saxon, and medieval town in grounds of Wollaston House
• Portland Castle
• Discontinuous surviving sections of Roman aqueduct
• Bowl barrow in New Planting, forming part of the Three Barrow Clump round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow on Whitcombe Hill 500m north of Whitcombe Farm
• Barrow on parish boundary
• Bowl barrow 780m north east of Hampton Farm
• Bowl barrow 400m north east of Manor Farm, part of the Pound Hill round barrow cemetery
• Round barrow SW of village
• Oval barrow and three bowl barrows 250m and 330m south of Whitcombe Barn
• Bowl barrow 75m south east of Laycock Dairy Farm
• Sandy Barrow
• Barrow E of Red Barn
• Bell barrow in Highfield Plantation and two bowl barrows immediately north west of Forty Acre Plantation
• Medieval settlement 850m north of St Mary's Church
• Field system in Valley of Stones (including earthwork N of Crow Hill)
• Group of barrows in Seven Barrow Plantation
• Medieval settlement remains at Whitcombe
• Four round barrows NW of Blagdon Barn
• Group of three round barrows SW of Longlands Barn
• Round barrow cemetery immediately south east of Maiden Castle
• Round barrow 250yds (230m) W of Fryer Mayne manor house
• Three bowl barrows at the western end of Waterston Ridge, 360m north west of Fidler's Green Farm
• Long barrow immediately north west of Maiden Castle
• Bowl barrow on Little Puddle Hill, 920m north west of Fidler's Green Farm
• Long barrow E of Northfield Plantation
• Group of round barrows on Bincombe Hill
• Three round barrows E of Smitten Corner
• Group of barrows on West Hill
• Group of round barrows W of Ridgeway Hill
• Sandsfoot Castle
• Four bowl barrows at the eastern end of Waterston Ridge, 490m south west and 500m south east of Ridge Farm
• 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
• George III, chalk-cut hill side figure
• Six round barrows on Bincombe Down
• Long barrow and four bowl barrows 500m north west of Whitfield Farm
• Two barrows at Rew
• Group of round barrows near Eweleaze Barn
• Six barrows on Ridgeway Hill
• Long barrow 200m north west of Longlands Farm
• Two conjoined bowl barrows 550m north east of Manor Farm
• Group of round barrows on Shorn Hill and Bronkham Hill
• Two round barrows on Ridgeway
• Round barrow on Pound Hill
• Bowl barrow on Wood Hill 310m north east of Cowden
• The Clandon Barrow, 450m west of Clandon Farm
• Dorchester Roman walls
• Two bowl barrows immediately south of Bayard Dairy
• Two round barrows at Down Wood
• Barrows in Came Wood
• Two round barrows N of Came Farm
• The Nine Stones: a small concentric stone circle 750m west of Winterbourne Abbas
• Round barrows on Four Barrow Hill
• Culliford Tree long barrow and group of round barrows
• Two barrows W of Little Piddle Down
• Henge, Romano-British amphitheatre and Civil War fieldworks known collectively as Maumbury Rings
• Sandy Barrow W of East Farm Dairy
• Bowl barrow on Whitcombe Hill, 600m west of Stafford Farm
• Three barrows near Town Hill Barn
• Round barrows on Grove Hill
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 450m north west of the Hardy Monument
• Four bowl barrows on Hog Hill, west and north west of Maiden Castle
• Round barrow NW of Long Bottom Plantation
• Two bowl barrows 720m south east of Friar Waddon House
• Long barrow NW of Red Barn
• Bell barrow 70m west of Fidler's Green
• Bowl barrow 380m west of Whitfield Farm
• Round barrow N of Ballarat House
• Group of barrows S of Goldsmith's Plantation
• Six round barrows W of Came Down
• Two bowl barrows 1250m east of Notton Hill Barn
• Round barrow E of Forston Farm
• Herringston round barrows
• Nothe Fort, tramway and searchlight battery at The Nothe
• Bowl barrow185m WSW of Higher Skippet Farm
• 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
• Two barrows on Little Puddle Hill
• Bell barrow 125m west of Longlands Farm, forming part of the Longlands round barrow cemetery
• Three barrows N of Penn Hill
• Three bowl barrows 530m and 350m north east of Whitcombe Barn
• Romano-Celtic temple and associated remains at Jordan Hill
• Roman road in Kingston Park
• Group of barrows on the golf course, Came Down
• Battery 200yds (180m) E of the Naval cemetery
• Round barrow NE of Friar Waddon
• Bowl barrow on Sheep Down, 600m east of Home Farm Cottages
• Medieval settlement of North Louvard
• Two round barrows on North Hill
• Enclosure on Sheep Down 930m south east of Heart Clump
• Bowl barrow180m east of Hogleaze Bungalow
• Bowl barrow 600m south of Whitcombe Farm
• Long barrow, three bell barrows, fancy barrow and a linear earthwork 800m north of Maiden Castle
• Two bowl barrows 400m west of Longlands Farm, forming part of the Longlands round barrow cemetery
• Round barrow on Shorn Hill
• Disc barrow 715m west of Bayard Farm
• Round barrow SW of Pigeon House Cottages
• Long barrow 400yds (360m) NW of Hill Barn
• Two barrows 600yds (550m) N of Halls Farm
• Two round barrows N of Bincombe Barn
• Langton Cross: a wayside cross 850m south west of Tatton House
• Group of round barrows on and to E of Great Hill
• Earthwork N of Hampton Plantations
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 770m north west of the Hardy Monument
• Cross-ridge dyke on Windsbatch
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 80m south east of the Hardy Monument
• Poundbury Camp, associated monuments and section of Roman aqueduct.
• Bowl barrow 450m north west of Duck Dairy House
• Lime kiln 800ft (245m) NW of Langton Cross
• Round barrow on Ridgeway Hill
• Barrow S of Three-Cornered Plantation
• Medieval settlement of Winterborne Farringdon and associated remains
• Round barrow N of Ridgeway