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 number of towns near Upwey including Lyme Regis, Charmouth, Weymouth, Bridport, Beaminster, Wareham, and Blandford Forum.

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

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

Historic Buildings to visit near Upwey include The Cobb.

Upwey is near some unmissable historic monuments like King's Statue (King George III Statue),

The area around Upwey boasts some of the best ancient sites including Eggardon Hill, Hambledon Hill, Badbury Rings, Kingston Russell Stone Circle, The Nine Stones, and Maiden Castle.

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

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

The area around Upwey's best ruins can be found at Corfe Castle.

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

Upwey History

There are some historic monuments around Upwey:

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