Rooksdown is a Town in the county of Hampshire.

Retail in Rooksdown

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

Don't miss Portsmouth, and Winchester's cities if visiting the area around Rooksdown.

The area around Rooksdown features a number of interesting villages including Southwick, Milford-on-Sea, and Hambledon.

There are a number of lakes near to Rooksdown including Southwick Park Lake.

Don't miss Aldershot, Lymington, Gosport, Basingstoke, and Southampton's towns if visiting the area around Rooksdown.

Places near Rooksdown feature a number of interesting historic buildings including Fort Blockhouse.

Don't miss The Malls - Basingstoke, and Westquay's shopping centres if visiting the area around Rooksdown.

Rooksdown's best nearby airports can be found at Southampton Airport, and Blackbushe Airport.

Rooksdown History

There are some historic monuments around Rooksdown:

• Oliver's Battery: a motte and bailey castle at Old Basing
• Three sections of a linear earthwork between Churchlane Copse and Early Bridge Copse, south of Silchester
• White Barrow
• Hillfort south west of Pond Farm, near Silchester
• Grim's Bank: section extending 470yds (430m) in Little Heath
• Basing House and the Grange Field
• Bell barrow: part of the Brimpton Common barrow cemetery
• Round barrow cemetery at Brimpton Common
• Windmill mound at Farleigh House
• Moated site, fishponds, icehouse and associated earthworks at Wyeford Farm.
• Linear earthwork in Gravelpit Copse and near Byes Lane, south west of Silchester
• Ellisfield camp W of Upper Common
• Holy Ghost Chapel
• Bell barrow 250m north-west of Larkwhistle Farm
• Roman site NW of Woodgarston Farm
• Linear earthwork in Bridle's Copse, south west of Silchester
• Bulls Down camp
• Woodgarston ring motte
• Moated site west of Cufaude Farm
• Keyhole enclosure SE of Field Barn Farm
• The Late Iron Age oppidum and Roman town of Calleva Atrebatum and associated features
• Winklebury camp
• Grim's Bank: section extending 880yds (795m) in Old Warren
• Flex Ditch
• Round barrow cemetery beside Seymour Road
• Bowl barrow in Stephen's Firs: an outlier to a barrow cemetery in Holden's Firs
• Three round barrows near Bulls Bushes Farm
• Iron Age settlement 400m SE of Battle Down Farm
• Pyotts Hill entrenchment
• Moated site and associated fishponds 100m south of Clappers Farm