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.

Shawford's best nearby cities can be found at Portsmouth, and Winchester.

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

The area close to Shawford boasts some of the best lakes including Southwick Park Lake.

Towns to visit near Shawford include Aldershot, Lymington, Gosport, Basingstoke, and Southampton.

Don't miss Fort Blockhouse's historic buildings if visiting the area around Shawford.

Shopping Centres to visit near Shawford include The Malls - Basingstoke, and Westquay.

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

Shawford History

There are some historic monuments around Shawford:

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