Shawford is a Village in the county of Hampshire.

Shawford postcode: SO21 2BN

Retail in Shawford

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

The area around Shawford boasts some of the best cities including Portsmouth, and Winchester.

Shawford has some unmissable villages nearby like Southwick, Milford-on-Sea, and Hambledon.

Don't miss Southwick Park Lake's lakes if visiting the area around Shawford.

There are a several good towns in the Shawford area like Aldershot, Lymington, Gosport, Basingstoke, and Southampton.

The area close to Shawford boasts some of the best historic buildings including Fort Blockhouse.

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

There are a several good airports in the Shawford area like Southampton Airport, and Blackbushe Airport.

Shawford History

There are some historic monuments around Shawford:

• Merdon Castle
• Long barrow 1km south of Larkwhistle Farm
• Moated site at Otterbourne Manor
• Site of St Gertrude's Chapel
• Late Iron Age settlement site N of Grace's Farm
• City Cross or 'Butter Cross'
• Bowl barrow 200m west of Moorgreen House
• Park pale at Marwell, south-east of Cowleaze Copse
• Park pale at Marwell, 250m north-west of Marwell Manor
• Old wall and Jacobean monument in Hyde Close
• St Catherine's Hill hillfort
• The West Gate
• Oliver Cromwell's Battery: Iron Age enclosure reused as a Civil War battery
• Hyde Abbey gateway
• Park pale to the north, west and south west of Hursley Park
• St Denys Priory (remains of)
• Iron Age field system, banjo enclosure and Romano-British villa, 500m east of Woodham Farm.
• Two round barrows 100m NE of Itchen Abbas Roman Villa
• Roman villa and earlier prehistoric settlement 400m W of Lone Farm, Itchen
• Roman road E of St Catherine's Hill
• Circular and rectangular enclosures at Itchen Stoke and Ovington
• Winchester Cathedral Close
• Cross dyke 720m west of Cheesefoot Head
• Two bowl barrows 200m north of Attwoods Drove Farm
• Pumping station
• Long barrow 250m south-west of Warren Farm
• Bowl barrow at the east end of Magdalen Hill Down
• City Bridge at the junction of High Street and Bridge Street
• Bowl barrow 70m north of Oliver Cromwell's Battery
• Section of Roman road 250yds (230m) long SW of Titlark Farm
• Alresford Drive earthworks, Avington
• The Kings Gate
• Lynchets on north west spur of Twyford Down
• Bowl barrow 1km east of Farley Mount
• Worthy Down ditch
• Winchester Castle
• The Ring earthwork
• Three round barrows 500m WNW of Flowerdown House
• Multi-period site in Itchen Wood
• Anglo-Saxon cemetery in Worthy Park
• Three bowl barrows on Fawley Down, 580m west of Cheesefoot Head
• Moated site 300m south-east of Compton House
• St Peter's Church, Lainston House
• Bowl barrow 75m west of Itchen Cottages
• Bowl barrow on Telegraph Hill
• Park pale at Marwell, 400m west of Marwell Manor
• Long barrow 500m south-west of Sanctuary Farm
• 'Banjo type' native settlement
• Moated site at Marwell Manor
• Bowl barrow 630m NNE of Littleton House
• Park pale at Marwell, south of Fisher's Pond
• Romano-British enclosure and later hollow ways on Twyford Down
• Castle Hill
• Two bowl barrows 200m east of Twyford Pumping Station
• Two bowl barrows 120m north-west of Texas
• Twyford Roman villa
• Round barrow cemetery on Magdalen Hill Down
• Long barrow 400m south of Sanctuary Farm
• Long barrow 700m south-west of Longwood House
• Roman villa in Cow Down Copse
• Park pale at Marwell, north of Thistle Ridge Farm
• Romano-British farmstead and associated field system on Teg Down
• Wolvesey Palace
• Cutthorn
• Winchester city wall and associated monuments