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.

There are a number of cities near Compton and Shawford including Portsmouth, and Winchester.

The area around Compton and Shawford boasts some of the best villages including Southwick, Milford-on-Sea, and Hambledon.

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

There are a several good towns in the Compton and Shawford area like 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 area around Compton and Shawford features a number of interesting shopping centres including The Malls - Basingstoke, and Westquay.

Southampton Airport, and Blackbushe Airport are some of Compton and Shawford best airports to visit near Compton and Shawford.

Compton and Shawford History

There are some historic monuments around Compton and Shawford:

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