Compton and Shawford is a Town in the county of Hampshire.

Retail in Compton and Shawford

There are great places to visit near Compton and Shawford including some great cities, villages, lakes, towns, historic buildings, shopping centres and airports.

Cities to visit near Compton and Shawford include Portsmouth, and Winchester.

Don't miss Southwick, Milford-on-Sea, and Hambledon's villages if visiting the area around Compton and Shawford.

There are a number of lakes near to Compton and Shawford including Southwick Park Lake.

The area around Compton and Shawford boasts some of the best towns including Aldershot, Lymington, Gosport, Basingstoke, and Southampton.

Fort Blockhouse is one of Compton and Shawford's best, nearby historic buildings to visit in Compton and Shawford.

The Malls - Basingstoke, and Westquay are some of Compton and Shawford best shopping centres to visit near Compton and Shawford.

The area around Compton and Shawford boasts some of the best airports including Southampton Airport, and Blackbushe Airport.

Compton and Shawford History

There are some historic monuments around Compton and Shawford:

• The West Gate
• Round barrow cemetery on Magdalen Hill Down
• Park pale at Marwell, south of Fisher's Pond
• Two round barrows 100m NE of Itchen Abbas Roman Villa
• Bowl barrow at the east end of Magdalen Hill Down
• Moated site at Otterbourne Manor
• Lynchets on north west spur of Twyford Down
• Worthy Down ditch
• Earthwork 1/2 mile (810m) NW of Larkwhistle Farm
• Two bowl barrows 200m east of Twyford Pumping Station
• City Cross or 'Butter Cross'
• The Kings Gate
• Bowl barrow 630m NNE of Littleton House
• Wolvesey Palace
• Winchester Cathedral Close
• Roman corn drier S of Tin Wood
• Iron Age field system, banjo enclosure and Romano-British villa, 500m east of Woodham Farm.
• Old wall and Jacobean monument in Hyde Close
• Park pale at Marwell, 250m north-west of Marwell Manor
• Pumping station
• Hyde Abbey gateway
• Three bowl barrows on Fawley Down, 580m west of Cheesefoot Head
• Bowl barrow on Ashley Down Plantation, 1000m south west of Forest of Bere Farm
• Long barrow 250m south-west of Warren Farm
• Winchester city wall and associated monuments
• St Catherine's Hill hillfort
• Two round barrows on Crawley Down, 830m NNE of Warren House
• St Peter's Church, Lainston House
• Cutthorn
• Twyford Roman villa
• Park pale at Marwell, 400m west of Marwell Manor
• Ashley Wood camp
• Moated site 300m south-east of Compton House
• Bowl barrow on Telegraph Hill
• Bowl barrow 70m north of Oliver Cromwell's Battery
• Cross dyke 720m west of Cheesefoot Head
• Roman road E of St Catherine's Hill
• Park pale at Marwell, south-east of Cowleaze Copse
• Hilltop enclosure 190m north west of Farley Mount
• City Bridge at the junction of High Street and Bridge Street
• Long barrow 500m south-west of Sanctuary Farm
• Park pale to the north, west and south west of Hursley Park
• Oliver Cromwell's Battery: Iron Age enclosure reused as a Civil War battery
• Long barrow 1km south of Larkwhistle Farm
• Anglo-Saxon cemetery in Worthy Park
• Group of round barrows at Withering Corner
• Two bowl barrows 200m north of Attwoods Drove Farm
• Roman villa and earlier prehistoric settlement 400m W of Lone Farm, Itchen
• Site of St Gertrude's Chapel
• Alresford Drive earthworks, Avington
• Moated site at Marwell Manor
• Three round barrows 500m WNW of Flowerdown House
• Romano-British farmstead and associated field system on Teg Down
• Section of Roman road 250yds (230m) long SW of Titlark Farm
• Roman villa in Cow Down Copse
• Three round barrows at Crawley Clump
• Bowl barrow 200m west of Moorgreen House
• Long barrow 400m south of Sanctuary Farm
• Winchester Castle
• Bowl barrow 1km east of Farley Mount
• Late Iron Age settlement site N of Grace's Farm
• Castle Hill
• Bowl barrow on Ashley Down Plantation, 1010m south west of Forest of Bere Farm
• Merdon Castle
• Bowl barrow 75m west of Itchen Cottages
• The Ring earthwork
• Romano-British enclosure and later hollow ways on Twyford Down
• Park pale at Marwell, north of Thistle Ridge Farm
• Two bowl barrows 120m north-west of Texas