East Melbury is a Village in the county of Dorset.

East Melbury postcode: SP7 0DS

Retail in East Melbury

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

The area around East Melbury features a number of interesting towns including Lyme Regis, Charmouth, Weymouth, Bridport, Beaminster, Wareham, and Blandford Forum.

Waterfalls to visit near East Melbury include Jericho Weir.

Uplyme, Bincombe, Symondsbury, and Abbotsbury are some of East Melbury best villages to visit near East Melbury.

Don't miss The Cobb's historic buildings if visiting the area around East Melbury.

The area around East Melbury's best historic monuments can be found at King's Statue (King George III Statue).

Don't miss Eggardon Hill, Hambledon Hill, Badbury Rings, Kingston Russell Stone Circle, The Nine Stones, and Maiden Castle's ancient sites if visiting the area around East Melbury.

Hills to visit near East Melbury include Eggardon Hill.

Corfe Castle is one of East Melbury's best, nearby castles to visit in East Melbury.

Corfe Castle is one of East Melbury's best, nearby ruins to visit in East Melbury.

The area close to East Melbury boasts some of the best airports including Bournemouth Airport.

East Melbury History

There are some historic monuments around East Melbury:

• Medieval standing cross 50m east of St Peter's Church
• Bowl barrow 200m south east of Pimperne Long Barrow
• King's Court Palace moated site
• Bowl barrow on Breeze Hill, 760m south east of the top of Zig-Zag Hill
• Bowl barrow 250m south of Plantation Farm
• Long barrow 360m SSW of Chettle House
• Iron Age and Romano-British settlement remains on Rotherley Down
• Linear boundary and section of Roman road, 550m south east of Ashmore Farm
• Castle Rings camp
• Shaftesbury Abbey
• Round barrow cemetery in Hyde Hill Plantation
• Woodland Down ditch
• Sedgehill churchyard cross
• Bowl barrow 400m west of Vicarage Barn
• Bowl barrow on Woodley Down 675m NNE of Ashmore Farm
• Hod Hill camp and Lydsbury Rings
• Bowl barrow in Bridmore Belt, 940m north east of Ashcombe Farm
• Melbury Beacon and circular enclosure on Melbury Hill
• The Carrion Tree Rack:a linear boundary in Rushmore Park, south west, south and north east of Park Cottage
• Cross ridge dyke 1000m south west of Higher Berry Court Cottages
• Long barrow and a round barrow cemetery at Telegraph Clump on Blandford Race Down
• Long barrow on Ashmore Down, 775m north of Ashgrove Cottages
• Hambledon Hill camp
• Bowl barrow in Win Green Clump, 730m south of Higher Berry Court Cottages
• Slight univallate hillfort 850m north east of Busseys Stool Farm
• Tithe barn and gatehouse at Place Farm
• Cross dyke and linear boundary on Melbury Hill and Compton Down
• Berwick Coombe round barrow
• Moated site at Mount Pleasant
• Bowl barrow and pillow mound on Earl's Hill, 650m and 780m north east of Furzey Down Farm
• Bowl barrow north of Breeze Hill, 540m ESE of the top of Zig-Zag Hill
• Bowl barrow on the south west slope of Breeze Hill, Melbury Down
• Bowl barrow 600m south of Plantation Farm
• St Mary's Church, remains of, East Compton
• Roman villa 300yds (270m) W of Park House Farm buildings
• Winkelbury camp
• Bowl barrow 700m south of Old Turnpike
• Round barrow cemetery 400m and 500m south east of Hyde Hill Plantation
• Whitesheet Hill milestone
• Linear boundary 870m south west of Spring Farm
• Lazerton Farm causewayed road
• Two cross dykes on Fontmell Down, 850m and 880m south east of Gourd's Farm
• Moated site 130m west of Bere Marsh Farm
• Bowl barrow 380m west of the western edge of Hawcombe Copse, Charlton Down
• Bowl barrow 220m north west of Gore Farm
• Long barrow 170m south west of triangulation pillar on White Sheet Hill
• Chettle Long Barrow at north east corner of Eastbury Park
• Two bowl barrows in Hinton Bushes 850m north of Pimperne Long Barrow
• Bowl barrow west of Rotherley Wood, 750m WNW of Park Cottage
• Medieval fortified house at Castle Hill
• Bowl barrow 130m south of Bloody Shard Gate
• Gallows Hill round barrow
• Guest house of the Knights of St John
• Roman villa on Little Barton Hill
• Two bowl barrows 350m south west of Keeper's Lodge south east of Bareden Down
• Fishponds S of Layton Lane
• Medieval strip lynchets 450m south of Springhead Farm
• Medieval cross base 150m south of Holy Rood Church
• Pimperne Long Barrow
• Harbin's Park, a medieval deer park pale
• Earthwork 360yds (328m) NW of Warren Copse
• Bowl barrow known as Folly Barrow
• Causewayed camp on Hambledon Hill
• Cross dyke 480m and 690m NNW of Fontmell Hill House
• Winkelbury Hill round barrows
• Winkelbury Hill earthworks
• A complex of Iron Age and Romano-British settlement on Berwick Down centred 700m south east of Ashcombe Farm
• Late Saxon urban area E of Castle Hill
• Wick Farm settlement site
• Earthworks on site of manor house
• Berwick Coombe ditch
• Moated site at Brick Kiln Copse
• Cross ridge dyke on Charlton Down, 1250m and 1350m south west of Higher Berry Court Cottages
• Gillingham Park boundary bank
• Section of Roman road, 380m north east of Ashmore Farm
• Two bowl barrows in Hinton Bushes 810m north of Pimperne Long Barrow
• Two Late Iron Age or Romano-British enclosed settlements with part of an associated field system 420m NNW of South Farm
• Abbey precinct wall on Gold Hill
• Site of St John's Church
• Earthworks in Ditchey Coppice
• Bowl barrow 800m east of Gourd's Farm
• Enclosure S of Pimperne Down
• Cross ridge dyke 140m north and 70m south of Hatts Barn
• Bowl barrow on Berwick Drove, 620m north east of Ashcombe Farm
• Bowl barrow 570m south of Plantation Farm
• Old Wardour Castle: a tower keep castle, 17th century stables and later garden features
• Two bowl barrows 300m SW of Spring Farm
• South Lodge camp Bronze Age enclosure with associated field system and round barrow cemetery, 350m east of Rushmore Farm
• Bowl barrow 800m NNE of Gore Farm on Melbury Down
• Bowl barrow in Calcots Wood, 550m east of Tollard Farm