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, parks and villages.

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

West Grimstead has some unmissable ancient sites nearby like Avebury, West Kennet Long Barrow, The Sanctuary, Silbury Hill, and Barbury Castle.

The area around West Grimstead's best historic buildings can be found at Avebury Manor.

The area around West Grimstead features a number of interesting country parks including Coate Water Country Park, Barbury Castle Country Park, and Lydiard Park.

Lakes to visit near West Grimstead include Coate Water.

There are a several good parks in the area around West Grimstead like Lydiard Park.

Villages to visit near West Grimstead include Ashton Keynes.

West Grimstead History

There are some historic monuments around West Grimstead:

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