Bishops Down is a Village in the county of Dorset.

Bishops Down postcode: DT9 5PN

Retail in Bishops Down

There are great places to visit near Bishops Down including some great towns, waterfalls, villages, historic buildings, historic monuments, ancient sites, hills, castles, ruins and airports.

Towns to visit near Bishops Down include Lyme Regis, Charmouth, Weymouth, Bridport, Beaminster, and Wareham.

Jericho Weir is one of Bishops Down's best, nearby waterfalls to visit in Bishops Down.

Uplyme, Bincombe, and Symondsbury are some of Bishops Down best villages to visit near Bishops Down.

Historic Buildings to visit near Bishops Down include The Cobb.

King's Statue (King George III Statue) is one of Bishops Down's best, nearby historic monuments to visit in Bishops Down.

Eggardon Hill is a great place to visit close to Bishops Down if you like ancient sites.

The area close to Bishops Down boasts some of the best hills including Eggardon Hill.

There are a number of castles near to Bishops Down including Corfe Castle.

Corfe Castle is a great place to visit close to Bishops Down if you like ruins.

The area close to Bishops Down boasts some of the best airports including Bournemouth Airport.

Bishops Down History

There are some historic monuments around Bishops Down:

• Medieval standing cross 320m east of St Andrew's Church
• Earthworks on Giant Hill
• Fishpond
• Field system on Seldon Hill
• Bowl barrow on Little Minterne Hill, 1km north east of Minterne Parva Farm
• Field system and settlement on West Hill, Plush
• Earthwork on Cross Hill
• The earthwork remains of a turf mizmaze 250m south east of White Hall Farm
• Bowl barrow on East Hill near Sydling Woods
• Bowl barrow on Wancombe Hill 380m south west of southern corner of Sherriffs Wood
• Ancient settlement E of Lyscombe Bottom
• Bowl barrow on Plush Hill 600m ESE of Lower Farm, Plush
• Earthwork in Dogbury Plantation
• Churchyard cross
• Hillfort and later strip lynchets on Dungeon Hill, 500m north of Castle Hill Cottages
• Early Medieval and Medieval urban remains, Milborne Port
• Two square enclosures in Tenant's Bottom
• Platform barrow 300m south west of Lane Cottages
• Promontory fort on Barrow Hill
• Bowl barrow on East Hill near Sydling Woods
• Bowl barrow on East Hill near Sydling Woods
• Two bowl barrows on Ridge Hill 770m south of Revels Farm
• Bowl barrow 900m north west of Lower Farm
• Bowl barrow on Batcombe Down 450m south west of The Friary of St Francis
• Hill figure called The Giant
• Field system and settlement on Watcombe Plain
• Round barrow on Ellston Hill
• Medieval standing cross near the junction of the High Street and Gold Street, 240m south east of St Mary's Church
• Cerne Abbey, site of, including gatehouse, guesthouse and wine house (barn)
• Chapel W of Manor Farm
• Sherborne Old Castle
• Bowl barrow on Farm Hill 620m west of Minterne Parva Farm
• Lyscombe Farm chapel
• Cross and Hand wayside cross 670m south of the Friary of St Francis
• Sherborne Abbey, remains of
• Remains of St Mary Magdalene's Church
• The Conduit Cross
• Bowl barrow 650m south of The Friary of St Francis
• Earthwork on Church Hill
• Roman site by Pinford Lane
• High Cank, a hengi-form monument 520m north of Up Cerne Manor House
• Linear earthworks around Lyscombe Bottom
• Round barrows on Cross Hill
• Camp on Nettlecombe Tout
• Round barrow on Church Hill
• Seven round barrows NW of Lyscombe Bottom
• Bowl barrow on Plush Hill 740m ESE of Lower Farm, Plush