Charminster
Charminster is a Village in the county of Dorset.
Charminster postcode: DT2 9QR
There are great places to visit near Charminster including some great towns, waterfalls, villages, historic buildings, historic monuments, ancient sites, hills, castles, ruins and airports.
There are a several good towns in the Charminster area like Lyme Regis, Charmouth, Weymouth, Bridport, Beaminster, and Wareham.
The area around Charminster's best waterfalls can be found at Jericho Weir.
Charminster has some unmissable villages nearby like Uplyme, Bincombe, and Symondsbury.
Places near Charminster feature a number of interesting historic buildings including The Cobb.
The area around Charminster's best historic monuments can be found at King's Statue (King George III Statue).
Eggardon Hill is a great place to visit close to Charminster if you like ancient sites.
Hills to visit near Charminster include Eggardon Hill.
The area close to Charminster boasts some of the best castles including Corfe Castle.
The area close to Charminster boasts some of the best ruins including Corfe Castle.
There are a number of airports near to Charminster including Bournemouth Airport.
Charminster History
There are some historic monuments around Charminster:
- Culliford Tree long barrow and group of round barrows
- Group of round barrows on Ridgeway
- Multi-period landscape including an Iron Age or Romano British settlement, part of an associated field system, six bowl barrows and an enclosure 600m south east of Langford Farm
- Langton Cross: a wayside cross 850m south west of Tatton House
- Four bowl barrows at the eastern end of Waterston Ridge, 490m south west and 500m south east of Ridge Farm
- Round barrows W of Blagdon Barn
- Six round barrows on Bincombe Down
- Enclosure near 'the Sole Plantation'
- Round barrow on Ridgeway Hill
- Bowl barrow 450m north west of Duck Dairy House
- Barrows in Came Wood
- Round barrow N of Ballarat House
- Dorchester Roman walls
- Bowl barrow on Wood Hill 310m north east of Cowden
- Disc barrow 715m west of Bayard Farm
- Roman road over Thorncombe Wood and Black Heath
- Bowl barrow 650m south of The Friary of St Francis
- Henge Enclosure, Conquer Barrow and Barrow Cemetery
- Two round barrows N of Came Farm
- Bowl barrow 380m west of Whitfield Farm
- Two round barrows at Down Wood
- Tithe barn at Court Farm
- Four bowl barrows on Hog Hill, west and north west of Maiden Castle
- Group of round barrows on Shorn Hill and Bronkham Hill
- Round barrow NE of Friar Waddon
- Long barrow and four bowl barrows 500m north west of Whitfield Farm
- Round barrow NE of Hog Hill Barn
- Round barrow N of Heave Coppice
- Round barrow NW of Jackman's Cross
- Cerne Park boundary bank
- Six round barrows W of Came Down
- Medieval settlement immediately west of Waterston House
- Medieval settlement at West Ringstead
- Two barrows 600yds (550m) N of Halls Farm
- Round barrow E of Bayard's Barn
- Three bowl barrows 530m and 350m north east of Whitcombe Barn
- Round barrow on Black Hill
- Round barrow N of Ashton Cottages
- Ancient settlement E of Lyscombe Bottom
- Round barrow 1/4 mile (400m) N of Ridge Hill
- The Nine Stones: a small concentric stone circle 750m west of Winterbourne Abbas
- Linear earthworks around Lyscombe Bottom
- Field system and settlement on Watcombe Plain
- Two round barrows N of Bincombe Barn
- Barrow on parish boundary
- Round barrow on Pound Hill
- Roman road in Kingston Park
- Long barrow NW of Red Barn
- Earthwork on Church Hill
- Bowl barrow on Farm Hill 620m west of Minterne Parva Farm
- Bowl barrow 850m north west of Whitefriars Broiler Houses
- Kerbed cairn 590m south east of Poxwell Manor
- Round barrow on Ellston Hill
- Bowl barrow 615m north east of Hardy's Birthplace
- Two round barrows in Doles Hill Plantation
- Three barrows near Town Hill Barn
- Group of barrows S of Goldsmith's Plantation
- Camp on Nettlecombe Tout
- Bowl barrow on East Hill 510m north east of All Saints Church
- Group of round barrows NE of Hog Leaze
- Round barrow N of Boswell's Plantation
- Round barrow E of Forston Farm
- Bowl barrow on East Hill near Sydling Woods
- Bowl barrow 75m south east of Laycock Dairy Farm
- Colliton Park Roman house
- Barrow S of Three-Cornered Plantation
- Icehouse at Ringstead, 660m south west of Pit House
- Round barrows on Grove Hill
- Round barrow 250yds (230m) W of Fryer Mayne manor house
- Two bowl barrows 1250m east of Notton Hill Barn
- Oval barrow and three bowl barrows 250m and 330m south of Whitcombe Barn
- Two bowl barrows on Black Down immediately east of the Hardy Monument
- Two conjoined bowl barrows 550m north east of Manor Farm
- Barrow on College Down
- Round barrow cemetery immediately south east of Maiden Castle
- Pigeon House long barrow
- Settlement and field system on Black Hill
- Field system on Seldon Hill
- Chambered long barrow N of Loscombe Plantation
- Medieval settlement of North Louvard
- Long barrow, three bell barrows, fancy barrow and a linear earthwork 800m north of Maiden Castle
- Preston Roman villa
- Bell barrow in Highfield Plantation and two bowl barrows immediately north west of Forty Acre Plantation
- Barrow 500yds (450m) E of village
- Barrow S of Wolfeton Clump
- Earthwork and ancient fields SE of Lyscombe Bottom
- Three bowl barrows at the western end of Waterston Ridge, 360m north west of Fidler's Green Farm
- Bowl barrow on Puddletown Heath, 800m south west of Coombe Barn
- Bowl barrow 400m north east of Manor Farm, part of the Pound Hill round barrow cemetery
- Hill figure called The Giant
- Group of three round barrows NE of Jackman's Cross
- Two bowl barrows immediately south of Bayard Dairy
- Two round barrows on North Hill
- Four round barrows NW of Blagdon Barn
- Bowl barrow on Little Puddle Hill, 920m north west of Fidler's Green Farm
- Two round barrows SW of Well House Cottage
- Bowl barrow on Plush Hill 740m ESE of Lower Farm, Plush
- Settlement remains N of Maiden Castle
- Poundbury Camp, associated monuments and section of Roman aqueduct.
- Three barrows S of Hart Hill Plantation
- Tithe barn (uninhabited portion) at Barton Farm
- Barrow 200yds (180m) N of the White Horse
- Henge, Romano-British amphitheatre and Civil War fieldworks known collectively as Maumbury Rings
- Two round barrows on Ridgeway
- Two bowl barrows on Green Hill 450m north of Pound Farm
- Group of round barrows on Bincombe Hill
- Frampton Roman villa
- The Clandon Barrow, 450m west of Clandon Farm
- George III, chalk-cut hill side figure
- Group of barrows on the golf course, Came Down
- Cross in St Mary's churchyard
- Bowl barrow 360m south west of Clandon Farm
- Six barrows on Ridgeway Hill
- Long barrow immediately north west of Maiden Castle
- Sandy Barrow W of East Farm Dairy
- Bowl barrow on East Hill near Sydling Woods
- Friar Waddon Hill round barrows
- Bowl barrow on Whitcombe Hill 500m north of Whitcombe Farm
- Round barrow on Hog Leaze
- Round barrow on Stratton Down
- Group of four round barrows in Cripton Wood
- Bowl barrow 500m north east of Clandon Farm
- Bowl barrow on Black Down, 450m north west of the Hardy Monument
- Two bowl barrows on Conygar Hill
- Ancient settlement SW of Incombe Wood
- Round barrow SW of Bourne Farm
- Medieval settlement of Winterborne Farringdon and associated remains
- Round barrow SW of Ashton Cottages
- The Rainbarrows, a group of three bowl barrows on Duddle Heath
- Bowl barrow on Black Down, 50m south of the Hardy Monument
- Settlement on Smacam Down
- Round barrows on Ridgeway
- Two barrows at Rew
- Earthwork on Cross Hill
- Round barrow on Magiston Hill
- Round barrow on Church Hill
- Round barrow NW of Long Bottom Plantation
- Two barrows on Little Puddle Hill
- Round barrow on Dickley Hill
- Bowl barrow185m WSW of Higher Skippet Farm
- Bowl barrow 900m north west of Lower Farm
- Outer defences of Roman town, W of St Genevieve's Convent
- Melcombe Horsey deserted village
- Long barrow 400yds (360m) NW of Hill Barn
- Bowl barrow180m east of Hogleaze Bungalow
- Round barrow SW of village
- Mayne stone circle (at Little Mayne Farm)
- Enclosed Iron Age farmstead and part of an associated field system 215m west of New Barn
- Bell barrow 70m west of Fidler's Green
- Earthworks on Giant Hill
- Romano-Celtic temple and associated remains at Jordan Hill
- Medieval settlement 850m north of St Mary's Church
- High Cank, a hengi-form monument 520m north of Up Cerne Manor House
- Group of round barrows on North Bincombe Hill, S of Came Wood
- Churchyard cross
- Field system and settlement on West Hill, Plush
- Round barrow on Hogcliff Hill
- Medieval settlement remains at Whitcombe
- Three bowl barrows on Puddletown Heath, 550m south west of Beacon Corner
- Round barrow SW of Wolfeton Clump
- Bowl barrow on Pond Eweleaze 500m north east of Dole's Ash Farm
- Lime kiln 800ft (245m) NW of Langton Cross
- Bowl barrow on Black Down, 400m north west of the Hardy Monument
- Bowl barrow 700m NNW of Whitefriars Broiler Houses
- Two barrows W of Little Piddle Down
- Bowl barrow 450m north east of Manor Farm, part of the Pound Hill round barrow cemetery
- Round barrows N of Pound Hill
- Discontinuous surviving sections of Roman aqueduct
- Multi-period archaeological landscape centred on and including a slight univallate hillfort called Chalbury, two bowl barrows, part of a Bronze Age urnfield and a series of medieval strip fields
- Part of Roman, Saxon, and medieval town in grounds of Wollaston House
- Round barrow on Cheselbourne West Down
- Cerne Abbey, site of, including gatehouse, guesthouse and wine house (barn)
- Medieval settlement of Little Piddle
- Barrow S of Common Plantation
- Two square enclosures in Tenant's Bottom
- Group of barrows E of Northdown Barn
- Bowl barrow on Green Hill 400m north of Pound Farm
- Round barrow on North Field Hill
- Barrow E of Red Barn
- Bowl barrow on Whitcombe Hill, 600m west of Stafford Farm
- Earthwork N of Hampton Plantations
- Cross-ridge dyke on Windsbatch
- Round barrow E of The Buildings
- Round barrow W of Druce Higher Barn
- Round barrow N of Forston Barn
- Bowl barrow on East Hill near Sydling Woods
- Bowl barrow on Puddletown Heath, 400m north east of Duck Dairy House
- Maiden Castle
- Group of round barrows on and to E of Great Hill
- Lyscombe Farm chapel
- Round barrow on Shorn Hill
- Two round barrows on Ridgeway
- Bowl barrow 600m south of Whitcombe Farm
- Round barrows on Cross Hill
- Bowl barrow1050m WNW of Manor Farm
- Seven round barrows NW of Lyscombe Bottom
- Group of round barrows W of Ridgeway Hill
- Cross and Hand wayside cross 670m south of the Friary of St Francis
- Bowl barrow on Wancombe Hill 380m south west of southern corner of Sherriffs Wood
- Three round barrows E of Smitten Corner
- Bowl barrow on Black Down, 80m south east of the Hardy Monument
- Three barrows N of Penn Hill
- Bowl barrow on Plush Hill 600m ESE of Lower Farm, Plush
- Group of barrows on West Hill
- Two bowl barrows 720m south east of Friar Waddon House
- Round barrow N of Ridgeway
- Settlement on Dickley Hill
- Round barrow on Rew Hill
- Herringston round barrows
- Four bowl barrows immediately north west of Maiden Castle
- Earthworks on Loscombe Hill
- Martin Down enclosure 300m north of Huish Barn
- Two bowl barrows 320m south west of Laycock Dairy Farm
- Group of round barrows near Eweleaze Barn
- Sandy Barrow
- Group of barrows in Seven Barrow Plantation
- Bowl barrow on Black Down, 150m north west of the Hardy Monument
- Round barrow SW of Pigeon House Cottages
- Round barrows on Four Barrow Hill
- Bowl barrow 780m north east of Hampton Farm
- Two round barrows S of Ashton Farm
- Round barrow in Grimstone Clumps
Places to see near Charminster
Lakes near Charminster
Rivers near Charminster
- Bow Brook South
- Henstridge Stream
- Allen Trib (Gussage Stream)
- Stour (Headwaters)
- Lydden (Lower)
- Cale
- Caundle Trib (Caundle Marsh)
- Caundle Brook (Upper)
- Stour (Middle u/s Pimperne Brook)
- Bow Brook North
- Divelish
- Tarrant
- Mannington Brook
- Lodden
- Crane (Dorset)
- Stour (Middle d/s Pimperne Brook)
- Lydden (Upper)
- Allen Trib (Crichel Stream)
- Stour Trib (Pimperne Brook)
- Moors
- North Winterbourne
- Allen (Lower)
- Cam (Dorset)
- Stirchell Brook
- Key Brook
- Stour (Upper)
- Bourne Stream
- Lydden (Middle)
- Stour Trib (Bibbern Brook)
- Wonston Brook
- Caundle Brook (Lower)
- Stour (Lower)
- Allen (Headwaters)
- Iwerne
- Manston Brook
- Shreen Water (including Ashfield Water)
- Uddens Water
- Fontmell Brook
- Char
- Monkton Wyld Stream
- Bride
- Mangerton Brook
- Simene
- Swan (Swanage)
- Brit (Upper)
- Asker
- Wey
- Brit (Lower)
- Wraxall Brook
- Sydling Water
- Bere Stream
- Frome Dorset (Lower) u/s Louds Mill Dorchester
- Wareham Forest Stream
- Corfe River
- South Winterbourne
- Piddle (Upper)
- Frome Trib (Luckford Lake)
- Tadnoll Brook (including Empool Bottom)
- Devils Brook
- Frome Dorset (Lower) d/s Louds Mill Dorchester
- Frome Dorset (Upper)
- Cerne
- Hooke
- Piddle (Lower)
- Frome Dorset Trib (River Win)
- Sherford River
- Frome Dorset (Headwaters)
- Wellhams Brook
- Broad
- Stockland Bristol Stream
- Wriggle
- Fivehead River
- Isle - Upper
- Currypool Stream
- Yeo Ds Over Compton
- Corton Denham Stream
- Hornsey Brook
- Closworth Stream
- Ding
- Parrett - R Isle to R Yeo
- Durleigh Brook
- Merriot Stream
- Parrett - headwaters to Broad River
- Parrett - Lopen Bk to R Isle
- Bearley Brook
- Yeo
- Wriggle River
- North Moor Main Drain
- Sutton Bingham Stream - East Arm
- Cary - source to conf with KSD
- Lopen Brook
- Sutton Bingham Stream - upstream conf Closworth Str
- Cannington Bk - Lower
- Isle - Upper to conf Cad Bk
- Fiddington Brook
- Cannington Bk - Upper
- Sutton Bingham Stream - West Arm
- Isle
- West Sedgemoor Main Drain
- Eighteen Feet Rhyne
- Parrett - R Yeo to West Sedgemoor Drain
- Parrett - Broad River to Lopen Bk
- Beer Hackett Stream
- Westmoor Main Drain
- Chinnock BK
- Yeo Us Over Compton
- Isle - Cad Bk to Fivehead River
- Dodham Brook (Yeo (Somset))
- Dowlish Brook
- King's Moor Main Drain (Yeo (Somset)
- Cam - Lower
- Lam Brook
- Stogursey BK
- Petherton Stream
- Cam - Upper
- Cam Tributary
- King's Sedgemoor Drain - Henley Sluice to mouth
- Upper River Otter
- Love
- Tale
- Middle River Otter
- Wolf (Otter)
- Sid
- Lower River Otter
