Woodsford
Woodsford is a Village in the county of Dorset.
There are great places to visit near Woodsford including some great towns, waterfalls, villages, historic buildings, historic monuments, ancient sites, hills, castles, ruins and airports.
Lyme Regis, Charmouth, Weymouth, Bridport, Beaminster, Wareham, and Blandford Forum are great places to visit near Woodsford if you like towns.
There are a number of waterfalls near to Woodsford including Jericho Weir.
Woodsford's best nearby villages can be found at Uplyme, Bincombe, Symondsbury, and Abbotsbury.
The Cobb is a great place to visit close to Woodsford if you like historic buildings.
The area around Woodsford's best historic monuments can be found at King's Statue (King George III Statue).
Eggardon Hill, Hambledon Hill, Badbury Rings, Kingston Russell Stone Circle, The Nine Stones, and Maiden Castle are some of Woodsford best ancient sites to visit near Woodsford.
The area around Woodsford's best hills can be found at Eggardon Hill.
Woodsford is near some unmissable castles like Corfe Castle,
Don't miss Corfe Castle's ruins if visiting the area around Woodsford.
Bournemouth Airport is one of Woodsford's best, nearby airports to visit in Woodsford.
Woodsford History
There are some historic monuments around Woodsford:
- Bowl barrow 330m south east of Nutley Farm
- Medieval settlement immediately west of Waterston House
- Three round barrows on Puddletown Down
- Two bowl barrows c.280m north-east of Chaldon Herring: part of a barrow group north of Chaldon Herring village
- Bowl barrow on East Hill 510m north east of All Saints Church
- Medieval settlement of Winterborne Farringdon and associated remains
- Six bowl barrows on Blacknoll Hill
- Bowl barrow at Five Marys: an outlier to the Five Marys round barrow cemetery
- Earthwork in Bowley's Plantation
- Group of four round barrows in Cripton Wood
- Bowl barrow c.240m north of Chaldon Herring: part of a barrow group north of Chaldon Herring village
- Bowl barrow 550m south of Chaldon Down Buildings: part of the Chaldon Down round barrow cemetery
- Part of Roman, Saxon, and medieval town in grounds of Wollaston House
- Bowl barrow 615m north east of Hardy's Birthplace
- Mayne stone circle (at Little Mayne Farm)
- Bowl barrow in Throop Clump, 450m west of Heatherdown
- Huck Barrow in Knighton Heath Wood
- Round barrow SW of Wolfeton Clump
- Bowl barrow on Affpuddle Heath, 970m south east of Wood Barn
- Earthwork SE of Foxpound
- Two bowl barrows 750m east of Clyffe House
- Bowl barrow 300m south east of Hyford Cottage
- Outer defences of Roman town, W of St Genevieve's Convent
- The Double Barrow, a bowl barrow in Kite Hill Plantation 250m south east of Roger's Hill Cottages
- Bowl barrow on Little Puddle Hill, 920m north west of Fidler's Green Farm
- Roman road W of Ashley Barn
- Bell barrow and bowl barrow 580m east of Clyffe House
- Bowl barrow 660m south of Chaldon Down Buildings: part of the Chaldon Down round barrow cemetery
- Three bowl barrows 530m and 350m north east of Whitcombe Barn
- Two bowl barrows 640m north of Squibbs Farm
- Bowl barrow in Piddle Wood, 530m north east of Gate Barn
- Round barrow on Hog Leaze
- Barrow 500yds (450m) E of village
- The Five Marys round barrow cemetery
- Medieval settlement of North Louvard
- Two barrows W of Little Piddle Down
- Bowl barrow 450m east of Dennet's Bottom Barn
- Obelisk on Fir Hill
- Two barrows 600yds (550m) N of Halls Farm
- Two bowl barrows on Turner's Puddle Heath, 480m and 540m north east of Lawrence of Arabia's Cottage
- Bowl barrow 350m north west of Gatehouse Farm
- Medieval standing cross 6m north east of St Martin's Church
- Bowl barrow on Puddletown Heath, 800m south west of Coombe Barn
- Linear earthworks around Lyscombe Bottom
- Tadnoll Barrow
- Bell barrow in Millicent's Plantation
- The Warren field system
- Two bowl barrows on Lord's Down 580m south east of Crawthorne Farm
- Bush Barrow: a bowl barrow 650m north east of Chideock Farm
- Round barrow S of Manor Farm
- Round barrow cemetery on Deverel Down 380m west of Longthorns
- Four bowl barows 710m north, 750m north west and 950m north west of Clyffe House
- Round barrow 250yds (230m) W of Fryer Mayne manor house
- Two bowl barrows 280m north of Clyffe House
- Long barrow on Bere Down, 1100m north east of Roke Barn
- Two round barrows in Doles Hill Plantation
- Round barrow W of Druce Higher Barn
- Lord's Barrow: a bowl barrow 500m north of Northground Dairy
- Two bowl barrows 200m south east of Hill Barn: two of a group of three barrows
- Bell barrow 70m west of Fidler's Green
- Bowl barrow 600m south of Whitcombe Farm
- Bowl barrow in Sares Wood, 430m south west of Wood Barn
- Two bowl barrows on Clouds Hill, 90m south west of Lawrence of Arabia's Cottage
- Group of round barrows NE of Hog Leaze
- Bowl barrow to the west of Five Marys: an outlier to the Five Marys round barrow cemetery
- Earthwork and ancient fields SE of Lyscombe Bottom
- Four bowl barrows 600m east and 650m north east of Haywards Farm
- Barrow on Galton Heath
- Bowl barrow 900m south east of Chideock Farm
- Bowl barrow on Hambury Tout: the eastern of two round barrows on Hambury Tout
- Two bowl barrows and two ring ditches 450m north west of Haywards Farm
- Two square enclosures in Tenant's Bottom
- Two round barrows N of Came Farm
- Two bowl barrows 560m and 650m north west of Newlands Farm
- Bell barrow and two bowl barrows on Old Knowle, 835m NNW of Whitcombe Vale Farm
- Dorchester Roman walls
- Round barrow W of Ashley Barn
- Four barrows on Moigns Down
- Bowl barrow 420m north west of Frogmore Farm
- Round barrow N of Boswell's Plantation
- Two barrows on Little Puddle Hill
- Barrow 200yds (180m) N of the White Horse
- Two round barrows SW of Well House Cottage
- Bowl barrow 790m north east of Haywards Farm
- Enclosure near 'the Sole Plantation'
- Three bowl barrows at the western end of Waterston Ridge, 360m north west of Fidler's Green Farm
- Three bowl barrows 230m south west of Haywards Farm
- Group of barrows on West Hill
- Bowl barrow on Affpuddle Heath, 640m south of Wood Barn
- Bowl barrow on Whitcombe Hill, 580m north east of Whitcombe Vale Farm
- Barrow S of Common Plantation
- Two bowl barrows on Conygar Hill
- Bowl barrow on Whitcombe Hill, 600m west of Stafford Farm
- Three bowl barrows 380m west of West End Barn
- Bowl barrow 470m south east of Down Barn: an outlier of the Chaldon Down barrow group
- Fishpond at West Ringstead, 590m south of Pit House
- Culliford Tree long barrow and group of round barrows
- Romano-Celtic temple and associated remains at Jordan Hill
- Three barrows S of Poxwell Big Wood
- Barrows in Came Wood
- Sandy Barrow
- Oval barrow and three bowl barrows 250m and 330m south of Whitcombe Barn
- Group of barrows E of Northdown Barn
- Bell barrow on Affpuddle Heath, 800m south east of Wood Barn
- Barrow S of Wolfeton Clump
- Weatherby Castle, an Iron Age hillfort 1020m north west of Ashley Barn Farm
- Lyscombe Farm chapel
- Two bowl barrows 320m south west of Laycock Dairy Farm
- Round barrow SW of Bourne Farm
- Four bowl barrows at the eastern end of Waterston Ridge, 490m south west and 500m south east of Ridge Farm
- George III, chalk-cut hill side figure
- Bowl barrow on Whitcombe Hill, 650m north east of Whitcombe Vale Farm
- Bowl barrow on Affpuddle Heath, 140m south east of Cull-peppers Dish
- Two bowl barrows on Drove Hill
- Two round barrows at Down Wood
- Round barrow on Cheselbourne West Down
- Bowl barrow 380m north west of Hyford Cottage
- Bowl barrow 70m south east of West End Barn
- Kerbed cairn 590m south east of Poxwell Manor
- Henge Enclosure, Conquer Barrow and Barrow Cemetery
- Medieval settlement of Little Piddle
- Bowl barrow 515m south of the southern extent of Horse Close Plantation
- Bowl barrow 650m south of Chaldon Down Buildings: part of the Chaldon Down round barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow 550m east of Chideock Farm
- Court Close settlement remains
- Deserted village of Bardolfeston
- Medieval settlement 350m east of West Burton Dairy
- Round barrow N of Heave Coppice
- Medieval settlement remains at Whitcombe
- Bowl barrow on Pond Eweleaze 500m north east of Dole's Ash Farm
- Bowl barrow 480m south east of West End Barn
- Stable Barrow 230m NNE of Frogmore Farm
- Bowl barrow 75m south east of Laycock Dairy Farm
- Roman road in Kingston Park
- Bowl barrow 450m north west of Duck Dairy House
- Preston Roman villa
- 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
- Barrow S of Tinker's Barrow Plantation
- Two bell barrows and a bowl barrow, 200m north east of Haywards Farm
- Two bowl barrows 560m south east of Hill Barn
- Bowl barrow 400m south east of Melcombe Newton House
- Tudor and 17th century farmstead and Romano-British settlement
- Bowl barrow north of Red Hole, 630m SSE of Newlands Farm
- Three bowl barrows on Milborne Down 520m and 585m north east of obelisk on Weatherby Castle hillfort
- Three bowl barrows on Puddletown Heath, 550m south west of Beacon Corner
- Bowl barrow 120m south of the southern extent of Horse Close Plantation
- Bowl barrow 550m WNW of West End Barn
- Roman road over Thorncombe Wood and Black Heath
- Bowl barrow 850m west of Weatherby Castle hillfort
- Bell barrow on Hambury Tout: the western of two round barrows on Hambury Tout
- The Rainbarrows, a group of three bowl barrows on Duddle Heath
- Bowl barrow 200m south east of Hill Barn: one of a group of three barrows
- Bowl barrow c.200m NNW of Chaldon Herring: part of a barrow group north of Chaldon Herring village
- Bowl barrow on Affpuddle Heath, 650m south east of Wood Barn
- Two bowl barrows 85m and 130m south west of Cambrai House
- The Round Pound, an enclosure on Chaldon Down
- Bowl barrow 520m south east of Nutley Farm
- Sandy Barrow W of East Farm Dairy
- Bowl barrow on Burleston Down 840m south east of Crawthorne Farm
- Upton Fort, a coastal artillery battery and two searchlight emplacements
- Medieval settlement at West Ringstead
- Bowl barrow on Affpuddle Heath, 95m south of Cull-peppers Dish
- Bowl barrow on Puddletown Heath, 400m north east of Duck Dairy House
- Bowl barrow on Whitcombe Hill 500m north of Whitcombe Farm
- Wardstone Barrow: a bowl barrow on the Dorset coastal ridge 300m south of Chideock Farm
- Icehouse at Ringstead, 660m south west of Pit House
- Medieval settlement remains 800m south of Manor Farm
- Medieval settlement at Holworth
Places to see near Woodsford
Lakes near Woodsford
Rivers near Woodsford
- Bow Brook South
- Henstridge Stream
- Allen Trib (Gussage Stream)
- Stour (Headwaters)
- Lydden (Lower)
- Cale
- Caundle Trib (Caundle Marsh)
- Caundle Brook (Upper)
- Stour (Middle u/s Pimperne Brook)
- Bow Brook North
- Divelish
- Tarrant
- Mannington Brook
- Lodden
- Crane (Dorset)
- Stour (Middle d/s Pimperne Brook)
- Lydden (Upper)
- Allen Trib (Crichel Stream)
- Stour Trib (Pimperne Brook)
- Moors
- North Winterbourne
- Allen (Lower)
- Cam (Dorset)
- Stirchell Brook
- Key Brook
- Stour (Upper)
- Bourne Stream
- Lydden (Middle)
- Stour Trib (Bibbern Brook)
- Wonston Brook
- Caundle Brook (Lower)
- Stour (Lower)
- Allen (Headwaters)
- Iwerne
- Manston Brook
- Shreen Water (including Ashfield Water)
- Uddens Water
- Fontmell Brook
- Char
- Monkton Wyld Stream
- Bride
- Mangerton Brook
- Simene
- Swan (Swanage)
- Brit (Upper)
- Asker
- Wey
- Brit (Lower)
- Wraxall Brook
- Sydling Water
- Bere Stream
- Frome Dorset (Lower) u/s Louds Mill Dorchester
- Wareham Forest Stream
- Corfe River
- South Winterbourne
- Piddle (Upper)
- Frome Trib (Luckford Lake)
- Tadnoll Brook (including Empool Bottom)
- Devils Brook
- Frome Dorset (Lower) d/s Louds Mill Dorchester
- Frome Dorset (Upper)
- Cerne
- Hooke
- Piddle (Lower)
- Frome Dorset Trib (River Win)
- Sherford River
- Frome Dorset (Headwaters)
- Wellhams Brook
- Broad
- Stockland Bristol Stream
- Wriggle
- Fivehead River
- Isle - Upper
- Currypool Stream
- Yeo Ds Over Compton
- Corton Denham Stream
- Hornsey Brook
- Closworth Stream
- Ding
- Parrett - R Isle to R Yeo
- Durleigh Brook
- Merriot Stream
- Parrett - headwaters to Broad River
- Parrett - Lopen Bk to R Isle
- Bearley Brook
- Yeo
- Wriggle River
- North Moor Main Drain
- Sutton Bingham Stream - East Arm
- Cary - source to conf with KSD
- Lopen Brook
- Sutton Bingham Stream - upstream conf Closworth Str
- Cannington Bk - Lower
- Isle - Upper to conf Cad Bk
- Fiddington Brook
- Cannington Bk - Upper
- Sutton Bingham Stream - West Arm
- Isle
- West Sedgemoor Main Drain
- Eighteen Feet Rhyne
- Parrett - R Yeo to West Sedgemoor Drain
- Parrett - Broad River to Lopen Bk
- Beer Hackett Stream
- Westmoor Main Drain
- Chinnock BK
- Yeo Us Over Compton
- Isle - Cad Bk to Fivehead River
- Dodham Brook (Yeo (Somset))
- Dowlish Brook
- King's Moor Main Drain (Yeo (Somset)
- Cam - Lower
- Lam Brook
- Stogursey BK
- Petherton Stream
- Cam - Upper
- Cam Tributary
- King's Sedgemoor Drain - Henley Sluice to mouth
- Upper River Otter
- Love
- Tale
- Middle River Otter
- Wolf (Otter)
- Sid
- Lower River Otter
