Woodyates is a Village in the county of Dorset.

Woodyates postcode: SP5 5QY

Retail in Woodyates

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

Towns to visit near Woodyates include Lyme Regis, Charmouth, Weymouth, Bridport, Beaminster, Wareham, and Blandford Forum.

Waterfalls to visit near Woodyates include Jericho Weir.

Villages to visit near Woodyates include Uplyme, Bincombe, Symondsbury, and Abbotsbury.

The Cobb is a great place to visit close to Woodyates if you like historic buildings.

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

Woodyates'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.

Eggardon Hill is a great place to visit close to Woodyates if you like hills.

Don't miss Corfe Castle's castles if visiting the area around Woodyates.

Ruins to visit near Woodyates include Corfe Castle.

Airports to visit near Woodyates include Bournemouth Airport.

Woodyates History

There are some historic monuments around Woodyates:

• Neale's Barrow, round barrow
• Potteries at Prairie Farm
• Bowl barrow 170m north east of the Horton Inn
• Two round barrows S of Cranborne Farm
• Marleycombe Hill round barrows
• Bowl barrow 210m north east of the junction of Grim's Ditch and Bokerley Dyke on Blagdon Hill
• Punch Bowl round barrow
• Bowl barrow 240m north east of Martin's Farm Bungalow
• Disc barrow and a bowl barrow 640m south west of Veiny Cheese Pond
• Medieval settlement 750m north west of Knowlton
• Castle mound (or Castle Hill)
• Two barrows W of Stoke Down
• Three associated linear earthworks on Martin Down
• Two bowl barrows 200m north of Grim's Ditch, near Tidpit Common
• Bowl barrow on Little Toyd Down, 650m south west of Grims Lodge Farm
• Knap barrow: a long barrow 900m west of Down Farm
• Bowl barrow 330m north of Grim's Ditch, near Tidpit Common
• Croucheston Down Barn round barrow
• Two chalk military badges 380m and 550m west of Sheep Well
• Two sections of a linear earthwork north of West Woodyates Manor: part of the `Bokerley Line'
• Round barrow cemetery south of New Barn Farm, associated with the Knowlton Circles
• Faulston pigeon house
• Middle Chase Farm ditch
• Chalk map of Australia 925m south west of Upper Hurdcott Farm
• Bowl barrow on Pistle Down, 800m north east of Burrows Farm
• Long Barrow 800m north-west of Paradise
• Two round barrows on Gussage Down
• Group of henge monuments, an associated group of round barrows, a Saxon cemetery, and a Norman church at Knowlton
• Two bowl barrows 165m west of Veiny Cheese Pond
• Earthworks on Thickthorn Down
• Barrows in and near St Giles Park
• Roman road north east of Vernditch Chase: part of the Roman road between Sorviodunum (Old Sarum) and Vindocladia (Badbury)
• The eastern of two linear earthworks north of West Woodyates Manor
• Church Bottom earthwork enclosure
• Long barrow 700m west of Bride's Farm
• Round barrow cemetery and two associated enclosures, 550m west of Wimborne Lodge, associated with the Knowlton Circles
• Long barrows SE of Thickthorn Farm
• The western of two linear earthworks north of West Woodyates Manor
• Barrow 30yds (27m) E of Dorset Cursus
• Bowl barrow 520m north east of the shoulder angle of Bokerley Dyke on Martin Down
• Barrows N of St Giles Park
• Cross-ridge dyke on Buxbury Hill
• Bowl barrow 270m north of Grim's Ditch, near Tidpit Common
• Barrow W of village
• Long barrow 3/4 mile (1200m) SW of St Rumbold's Church
• Barrows near Dorset Cursus
• Soldier's Ring
• Camp at Nine Yews
• Barrow 230yds (210m) W of Sutton Ivers, on Sutton Down
• Celtic fields on Pentridge Down
• Swallowcliffe Down settlement
• Grans barrow: a long barrow 880m west of Down Farm
• Hydon Hill round barrows
• Sandalholme pottery works
• Bowl barrow on Mount Ararat, 550m east of Burrows Farm
• Group of round barrows on Oakley Down
• Camp in Mistlebury Wood
• Round barrows S of Hare Warren
• Bowl barrow 250m north west of Veiny Cheese Pond
• Medieval settlement at Brockington, immediately north east of Brockington Farm
• Wermere pond
• Buxbury round barrow, Buxbury Hill
• Three adjoining linear earthworks and three bowl barrows north of Bokerley Dyke on Martin Down
• Barrows on Wyke Down
• Field system on Stoke Down
• Wor Barrow and two bowl barrows on Handley Down
• Boundary banks on Rye Hill and in Maldry Wood
• Long barrows and group of round barrows on Bokerly Down
• Roman road along the south side of Vernditch Chase: part of the Roman road between Sorviodunum (Old Sarum) and Vindocladia (Badbury)
• Barrow on Fifield Down 700yds (640m) ESE of North Barn
• Part of Ackling Dyke (Roman road), including Roman road on Oakley Down
• Two linear earthworks, two barrows and Iron Age and Romano-British settlements on Tidpit Common Down
• Bowl barrow 350m east of the shoulder angle of Bokerley Dyke on Martin Down
• Castle Ditches camp
• Penbury Knoll camp on Pentridge Hill
• Bury Orchard ditch
• Bowl barrow 45m south west of Bowldish Pond
• Iron Age and Romano-British settlement remains on Woodcutts Common, 850m south east and 845m SSE of Arundell Cottages
• Knighton Roman road (stretching from Reddish Gore to reservoir)
• Stephen's Castle, a bowl barrow 720m east of Eastworth Farm
• Two bowl barrows on Mount Ararat, 865m and 910m north east of Stephen's Castle
• Vernditch Chase long barrow
• Disc barrow W of Harley Gap, Gussage Down
• Knoll Camp hillfort, cross dyke, linear earthwork and hollow ways near Damerham Knoll
• Bowl barrow 290m north east of the junction of Bokerley Dyke and a linear earthwork on Martin Down
• Knighton Hill earthwork
• Western end of Dorset Cursus
• Knowle Hill round barrow
• Marleycombe Hill earthworks
• A cross-ridge dyke on South Down 500m north east of Chase Barn
• Two bowl barrows on Stoke Down 650m south west of Foxhole Cottage
• Two barrows near Ackling Dyke
• Oval barrow on Pistle Down, 1010m north east of Stephen's Castle
• Wayside cross 70m north of St Michael's Church
• Barrow near Burtts Harley
• Hare Warren Control Station
• Long barrow on Little Toyd Down, 760m south west of Grims Lodge Farm
• Hut Bottom round barrow
• Part of Dorset Cursus
• Enclosure S of Humby's Stock Coppice
• Middle Chase buildings round barrow
• Garden earthworks south of West Woodyates Manor
• Barrows at junction of parish boundaries
• Hoop Side round barrows
• Long mound 1500yds (1370m) E of Higher Farm
• Chalk military badges on Fovant Down
• Woodhouse Hanging round barrows
• Round barrow on Swallowcliffe Down
• Two linear earthworks in Vernditch Chase
• Two long barrows on Gussage Hill
• Length of Roman road on Sovell Down
• Bowl barrow in Barrow Coppice, 660m north of Wayside Cottage
• Knighton Hill round barrow
• Barrows in and near The Drive Plantation
• Grim's Ditch: Old Lodge Copse to Toyd Clump
• Woodminton Down round barrow
• Three bowl barrows on Trow Down 520m north west and 545m west of Bigley Buildings
• Round barrow 860yds (786m) SE of Knighton Hill Buildings
• Chiselbury Camp hillfort, cross dykes and site of turnpike toll house
• Ring ditch on Blackheath Down 650m south west of North Allenford Farm
• A linear earthwork and two bowl barrows east of Bokerley Dyke on Blagdon Hill
• Two bowl barrows on South Down 660m north west of Chase Barn
• Earthworks S of Knighton Hill Buildings
• A linear earthwork north east of West Woodyates Manor: part of the `Bokerley Line'
• Bokerley Dyke, and a section of Grim's Ditch, a section of a medieval boundary bank, and two bowl barrows on and north west of Martin Down
• Barrow on Pentridge Down
• Barrows in Salisbury Plantation
• Round barrows near Thickthorn Farm
• Scrubbity Barrows: a round barrow cemetery in Scrubbity Coppice
• Bowl barrow 120m north east of the junction of Grim's Ditch and Bokerley Dyke on Blagdon Hill
• Earthworks on Gussage Down
• Barrow on Parsonage Hill
• Bronze Age and Romano-British enclosure on Martin Down, east of Bokerley Junction
• Parts of Dorset Cursus on Bottlebush Down
• Four bowl barrows 865m north east of Squirrel's Corner
• Enclosure in Brookes Coppice, 600m north west of Five Elms
• Great Ditch banks
• Long barrow south-west of Vernditch Chase