West Grimstead is a Village in the county of Wiltshire.

West Grimstead postcode: SP5 3RF

Retail in West Grimstead

There are great places to visit near West Grimstead including some great historic monuments, ancient sites, historic buildings, country parks, lakes and villages.

Lansdowne Monument, Cherhill White Horse, and Avebury are great places to visit near West Grimstead if you like historic monuments.

Avebury, West Kennet Long Barrow, The Sanctuary, and Silbury Hill are some of West Grimstead best ancient sites to visit near West Grimstead.

The area close to West Grimstead boasts some of the best historic buildings including Avebury Manor.

West Grimstead is near some unmissable country parks like Coate Water Country Park,

Places near West Grimstead feature a number of interesting lakes including Coate Water.

Places near West Grimstead feature a number of interesting villages including Ashton Keynes.

West Grimstead History

There are some historic monuments around West Grimstead:

• Circular earthwork
• Barrows forming part of a cemetery, 320m north west of The Pheasant Hotel
• City rampart E of Council House
• Templeman's Farm round barrow
• Milford Hill Bridge
• Section of Roman road by Upper and Lower Noad's Copse
• Iron Age hillfort in Ashley's Copse
• Bowl barrow 645m north of Longcross Pond forming part of Black Bush Plain round barrow cemetery
• Enclosure NW of Downbarn West
• Bowl barrow and associated enclosure 430m north of Longcross Pond forming part of Black Bush Plain round barrow cemetery
• Gomeldon deserted village
• The Moot: a ringwork and bailey, earlier Roman settlement remains and later garden earthworks immediately east of the River Avon
• A pond barrow and a bowl barrow 200m south east of St Mary's Church forming outliers to a round barrow cemetery at Winterbourne Gunner
• The Butts round barrow cemetery
• Mizmaze on Breamore Down
• Bowl barrow 545m north of Longcross Pond forming part of Black Bush Plain round barrow cemetery
• Bell barrow 250m NNE of the sports ground: one of a group of round barrows north west of Idmiston Down
• Bowl barrow 650m ESE of Manor Farm: one of a group of round barrows on Porton Down
• Bowl barrow 720m north of Longcross Pond forming part of Black Bush Plain round barrow cemetery
• Roman villa at East Grimstead
• Bowl barrow 260m SSE of the southern corner of Moll Harris's Clump: one of a group of round barrows on Porton Down
• Medieval pottery kilns, Milford Farm
• Village cross
• Bronze Age enclosure and linear boundary earthwork on Boscombe Down East
• Wick Down round barrow
• Clarendon Palace
• Two bowl barrows 940m north of Longcross Pond forming part of Black Bush Plain round barrow cemetery
• Three bowl barrows 200m east of Manor Farm: part of a group of round barrows on Porton Down
• West Dean Roman villa
• Bowl barrow 450m ENE of Manor Farm: one of a group of round barrows on Porton Down
• Bowl barrow 535m SSW of the southern corner of Moll Harris's Clump: one of a group of round barrows on Porton Down
• Studley Castle royal hunting lodge
• Bowl barrow 500m north of Longcross Pond forming part of Black Bush Plain round barrow cemetery
• Clearbury Down round barrow
• 'Ende Burgh' long barrow
• Five bowl barrows 500m north of Longcross Pond forming part of the Black Bush Plain round barrow cemetery
• Landford Common round barrows
• Bowl barrow 515m north of Longcross Pond forming part of Black Bush Plain round barrow cemetery
• Long barrow 140m WSW of the Battery Hill triangulation point
• Bowl barrow 795m WSW of Franklin's Well
• Bell barrow, three bowl barrows and gas testing trenches on Idmiston Down
• Odstock Copse earthwork
• Bronze Age enclosure and two bowl barrows 520m north east of Moll Harris's Clump on Idmiston Down
• Bowl barrow 50m west of the Battery Hill triangulation point
• Bell barrow and bowl barrow 500m NNW of Long Orchard
• Four bowl barrows west of Breamore Hat
• Horse Barrow
• Iron Age fort in Ashley's Copse
• Two disc barrows and two bowl barrows 900m north of Moll Harris's Clump on Idmiston Down
• Saucer barrow 400m north east of the sports ground: one of a group of round barrows north west of Idmiston Down
• Tithe barn, Roche Old Court
• Two bowl barrows 265m south of the southern corner of Moll Harris's Clump: part of a group of round barrows on Porton Down
• Fussell's long barrow
• The Mount round barrow
• Bowl barrow 370m east of Manor Farm: one of a group of round barrows on Porton Down
• Bell barrow, bowl barrow and section of hollow way 600m NNW of Long Orchard
• The Poultry Cross
• Figsbury Ring
• St Michael's Priory
• Churchyard cross
• Bowl barrow 680m SSE of the southern corner of Moll Harris's Clump: one of a group of round barrows on Porton Down
• Long barrow, Winterbourne
• Castle Copse camp
• Bowl barrow 530m SSW of the southern corner of Moll Harris's Clump: one of a group of round barrows on Porton Down
• Two bowl barrows 400m west of Easton Down Farm: part of a group of round barrows south of Easton Down
• Moated site 100m south of Manor Farm, Plaitford
• Bowl barrow 770m north of Longcross Pond forming part of Black Bush Plain round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 375m WNW of Easton Down Farm: part of a group of round barrows south of Easton Down
• The Giant's Grave long barrow
• Bowl barrow 675m north of Longcross Pond forming part of Black Bush Plain round barrow cemetery
• Bell barrow 300m ENE of the sports ground: one of a group of round barrows north west of Idmiston Down
• Bowl barrow 750m NNE of Easton Down Farm
• Risbury Hill round barrows
• Clearbury Ring
• Woodbury ancient villages
• Roman earthwork
• West Dean Roman villa
• Barrows in Bath Hole and Bury Hill Plantations
• Round barrow E of Downbarn West
• Bowl barrow 440m SSW of the southern corner of Moll Harris's Clump: one of a group of round barrows on Porton Down
• Roman road between A30 main road and Winterslow Corner
• Harnham Bridge
• The Giant's Chair bell barrow