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 some of Woodsford best towns to visit near Woodsford.
Waterfalls to visit near Woodsford include Jericho Weir.
The area around Woodsford boasts some of the best villages including Uplyme, Bincombe, Symondsbury, and Abbotsbury.
The area around Woodsford's best historic buildings can be found at The Cobb.
The area close to Woodsford boasts some of the best historic monuments including King's Statue (King George III Statue).
The area around Woodsford boasts some of the best ancient sites including Eggardon Hill, Hambledon Hill, Badbury Rings, Kingston Russell Stone Circle, The Nine Stones, and Maiden Castle.
There are a number of hills near to Woodsford including Eggardon Hill.
Castles to visit near Woodsford include Corfe Castle.
Places near Woodsford feature a number of interesting ruins including Corfe Castle.
Bournemouth Airport is one of Woodsford's best, nearby airports to visit in Woodsford.
Woodsford History
There are some historic monuments around Woodsford:
- The Round Pound, an enclosure on Chaldon Down
- Medieval settlement of Winterborne Farringdon and associated remains
- Three bowl barrows 530m and 350m north east of Whitcombe Barn
- The Five Marys round barrow cemetery
- Round barrow SW of Wolfeton Clump
- Bowl barrow 450m north west of Duck Dairy House
- Round barrow SW of Bourne Farm
- Group of barrows on West Hill
- Round barrow cemetery on Deverel Down 380m west of Longthorns
- Round barrow 250yds (230m) W of Fryer Mayne manor house
- Bowl barrow on Burleston Down 840m south east of Crawthorne Farm
- Bowl barrow on Whitcombe Hill, 650m north east of Whitcombe Vale Farm
- The Rainbarrows, a group of three bowl barrows on Duddle Heath
- Bowl barrow 70m south east of West End Barn
- Bowl barrow in Piddle Wood, 530m north east of Gate Barn
- Medieval settlement 350m east of West Burton Dairy
- Four bowl barrows at the eastern end of Waterston Ridge, 490m south west and 500m south east of Ridge Farm
- Barrow S of Common Plantation
- Bowl barrow 660m south of Chaldon Down Buildings: part of the Chaldon Down round barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow 380m north west of Hyford Cottage
- Three round barrows on Puddletown Down
- Bowl barrow on Affpuddle Heath, 650m south east of Wood Barn
- Bowl barrow on Whitcombe Hill, 600m west of Stafford Farm
- Medieval settlement remains 800m south of Manor Farm
- Bowl barrow on Whitcombe Hill 500m north of Whitcombe Farm
- Bowl barrow 330m south east of Nutley Farm
- Icehouse at Ringstead, 660m south west of Pit House
- Linear earthworks around Lyscombe Bottom
- Barrow on Galton Heath
- Barrow 500yds (450m) E of village
- Tadnoll Barrow
- Bowl barrow c.240m north of Chaldon Herring: part of a barrow group north of Chaldon Herring village
- Bowl barrow on Affpuddle Heath, 640m south of Wood Barn
- Two barrows on Little Puddle Hill
- The Double Barrow, a bowl barrow in Kite Hill Plantation 250m south east of Roger's Hill Cottages
- Bowl barrow 200m south east of Hill Barn: one of a group of three barrows
- Bell barrow and bowl barrow 580m east of Clyffe House
- Three bowl barrows at the western end of Waterston Ridge, 360m north west of Fidler's Green Farm
- Two round barrows N of Came Farm
- Long barrow on Bere Down, 1100m north east of Roke Barn
- Round barrow S of Manor Farm
- Earthwork and ancient fields SE of Lyscombe Bottom
- Medieval settlement of Little Piddle
- Bowl barrow in Sares Wood, 430m south west of Wood Barn
- Bowl barrow 520m south east of Nutley Farm
- Bowl barrow 515m south of the southern extent of Horse Close Plantation
- Two bowl barrows c.280m north-east of Chaldon Herring: part of a barrow group north of Chaldon Herring village
- Two bowl barrows 320m south west of Laycock Dairy Farm
- Barrows in Came Wood
- Two square enclosures in Tenant's Bottom
- Bowl barrow 420m north west of Frogmore Farm
- Roman road over Thorncombe Wood and Black Heath
- Two bowl barrows 280m north of Clyffe House
- Bowl barrow 790m north east of Haywards Farm
- Round barrow on Cheselbourne West Down
- Oval barrow and three bowl barrows 250m and 330m south of Whitcombe Barn
- Bowl barrow 480m south east of West End Barn
- Culliford Tree long barrow and group of round barrows
- Outer defences of Roman town, W of St Genevieve's Convent
- Four bowl barows 710m north, 750m north west and 950m north west of Clyffe House
- Court Close settlement remains
- Two barrows 600yds (550m) N of Halls Farm
- Bowl barrow 400m south east of Melcombe Newton House
- Bowl barrow 470m south east of Down Barn: an outlier of the Chaldon Down barrow group
- Two bowl barrows and two ring ditches 450m north west of Haywards Farm
- Romano-Celtic temple and associated remains at Jordan Hill
- Round barrow on Hog Leaze
- Bowl barrow in Throop Clump, 450m west of Heatherdown
- Group of barrows E of Northdown Barn
- Medieval settlement remains at Whitcombe
- Bell barrow on Hambury Tout: the western of two round barrows on Hambury Tout
- Medieval settlement immediately west of Waterston House
- Bush Barrow: a bowl barrow 650m north east of Chideock Farm
- Lord's Barrow: a bowl barrow 500m north of Northground Dairy
- Two bowl barrows 560m south east of Hill Barn
- Bowl barrow 615m north east of Hardy's Birthplace
- Bowl barrow on Affpuddle Heath, 140m south east of Cull-peppers Dish
- Two bowl barrows 640m north of Squibbs Farm
- Two bowl barrows on Clouds Hill, 90m south west of Lawrence of Arabia's Cottage
- Bowl barrow on Little Puddle Hill, 920m north west of Fidler's Green Farm
- Two bowl barrows on Conygar Hill
- Bowl barrow 75m south east of Laycock Dairy Farm
- Bowl barrow on Affpuddle Heath, 970m south east of Wood Barn
- Bowl barrow 120m south of the southern extent of Horse Close Plantation
- Round barrow N of Boswell's Plantation
- Part of Roman, Saxon, and medieval town in grounds of Wollaston House
- Bowl barrow 900m south east of Chideock Farm
- Bowl barrow on Puddletown Heath, 400m north east of Duck Dairy House
- George III, chalk-cut hill side figure
- Bowl barrow on Whitcombe Hill, 580m north east of Whitcombe Vale Farm
- Obelisk on Fir Hill
- Tudor and 17th century farmstead and Romano-British settlement
- Bowl barrow north of Red Hole, 630m SSE of Newlands Farm
- Three bowl barrows 230m south west of Haywards Farm
- Bowl barrow 650m south of Chaldon Down Buildings: part of the Chaldon Down round barrow cemetery
- Preston Roman villa
- Bowl barrow 300m south east of Hyford Cottage
- Enclosure near 'the Sole Plantation'
- Dorchester Roman walls
- Bowl barrow c.200m NNW of Chaldon Herring: part of a barrow group north of Chaldon Herring village
- Bowl barrow to the west of Five Marys: an outlier to the Five Marys round barrow cemetery
- Mayne stone circle (at Little Mayne Farm)
- Three bowl barrows on Puddletown Heath, 550m south west of Beacon Corner
- Four bowl barrows 600m east and 650m north east of Haywards Farm
- Group of four round barrows in Cripton Wood
- The Warren field system
- Round barrow N of Heave Coppice
- Two bowl barrows on Drove Hill
- Medieval standing cross 6m north east of St Martin's Church
- Round barrow W of Ashley Barn
- Three bowl barrows 380m west of West End Barn
- Bowl barrow on East Hill 510m north east of All Saints Church
- Bell barrow on Affpuddle Heath, 800m south east of Wood Barn
- Kerbed cairn 590m south east of Poxwell Manor
- Roman road in Kingston Park
- Two bowl barrows on Lord's Down 580m south east of Crawthorne Farm
- Bowl barrow 550m east of Chideock 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
- Huck Barrow in Knighton Heath Wood
- Earthwork SE of Foxpound
- Two bowl barrows 560m and 650m north west of Newlands Farm
- Bowl barrow at Five Marys: an outlier to the Five Marys round barrow cemetery
- Deserted village of Bardolfeston
- Bell barrow in Millicent's Plantation
- Bell barrow and two bowl barrows on Old Knowle, 835m NNW of Whitcombe Vale Farm
- Two bell barrows and a bowl barrow, 200m north east of Haywards Farm
- Two bowl barrows 200m south east of Hill Barn: two of a group of three barrows
- Two bowl barrows 85m and 130m south west of Cambrai House
- Bowl barrow 600m south of Whitcombe Farm
- Medieval settlement at Holworth
- Four barrows on Moigns Down
- Medieval settlement of North Louvard
- Earthwork in Bowley's Plantation
- Three barrows S of Poxwell Big Wood
- Upton Fort, a coastal artillery battery and two searchlight emplacements
- Weatherby Castle, an Iron Age hillfort 1020m north west of Ashley Barn Farm
- Two round barrows in Doles Hill Plantation
- Three bowl barrows on Milborne Down 520m and 585m north east of obelisk on Weatherby Castle hillfort
- Bowl barrow on Puddletown Heath, 800m south west of Coombe Barn
- Sandy Barrow
- Two round barrows at Down Wood
- Barrow S of Wolfeton Clump
- Roman road W of Ashley Barn
- Group of round barrows NE of Hog Leaze
- Bowl barrow 850m west of Weatherby Castle hillfort
- Round barrow W of Druce Higher Barn
- Two bowl barrows on Turner's Puddle Heath, 480m and 540m north east of Lawrence of Arabia's Cottage
- Barrow 200yds (180m) N of the White Horse
- Six bowl barrows on Blacknoll Hill
- Medieval settlement at West Ringstead
- Two bowl barrows 750m east of Clyffe House
- Bowl barrow 450m east of Dennet's Bottom Barn
- Fishpond at West Ringstead, 590m south of Pit House
- Henge Enclosure, Conquer Barrow and Barrow Cemetery
- Two barrows W of Little Piddle Down
- Bell barrow 70m west of Fidler's Green
- Bowl barrow 550m WNW of West End Barn
- Wardstone Barrow: a bowl barrow on the Dorset coastal ridge 300m south of Chideock Farm
- Bowl barrow 550m south of Chaldon Down Buildings: part of the Chaldon Down round barrow cemetery
- Bowl barrow 350m north west of Gatehouse Farm
- Bowl barrow on Affpuddle Heath, 95m south of Cull-peppers Dish
- Two round barrows SW of Well House Cottage
- Stable Barrow 230m NNE of Frogmore Farm
- Barrow S of Tinker's Barrow Plantation
- Bowl barrow on Pond Eweleaze 500m north east of Dole's Ash Farm
- Sandy Barrow W of East Farm Dairy
- Bowl barrow on Hambury Tout: the eastern of two round barrows on Hambury Tout
- Lyscombe Farm chapel
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
