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.

Lyme Regis, Charmouth, Weymouth, Bridport, Beaminster, and Wareham are some of East Melbury best towns to visit near East Melbury.

Jericho Weir is a great place to visit close to East Melbury if you like waterfalls.

The area around East Melbury boasts some of the best villages including Uplyme, Bincombe, and Symondsbury.

There are a number of historic buildings near to East Melbury including The Cobb.

There are a number of historic monuments near to East Melbury including King's Statue (King George III Statue).

Eggardon Hill is one of East Melbury's best, nearby ancient sites to visit in East Melbury.

Eggardon Hill is one of East Melbury's best, nearby hills to visit in East Melbury.

The area around East Melbury's best castles can be found at Corfe Castle.

East Melbury is near some unmissable ruins like Corfe Castle,

East Melbury is near some unmissable airports like Bournemouth Airport,

East Melbury History

There are some historic monuments around East Melbury:

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