Friar Waddon is a Village in the county of Dorset.

Friar Waddon postcode: DT3 4EP

Retail in Friar Waddon

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

The area around Friar Waddon boasts some of the best towns including Lyme Regis, Charmouth, Weymouth, Bridport, Beaminster, Wareham, and Blandford Forum.

Places near Friar Waddon feature a number of interesting waterfalls including Jericho Weir.

Friar Waddon's best nearby villages can be found at Uplyme, Bincombe, Symondsbury, and Abbotsbury.

Historic Buildings to visit near Friar Waddon include The Cobb.

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

Friar Waddon has some unmissable ancient sites nearby like Eggardon Hill, Hambledon Hill, Badbury Rings, Kingston Russell Stone Circle, The Nine Stones, and Maiden Castle.

Eggardon Hill is one of Friar Waddon's best, nearby hills to visit in Friar Waddon.

Don't miss Corfe Castle's castles if visiting the area around Friar Waddon.

Places near Friar Waddon feature a number of interesting ruins including Corfe Castle.

Bournemouth Airport is one of Friar Waddon's best, nearby airports to visit in Friar Waddon.

Friar Waddon History

There are some historic monuments around Friar Waddon:

• Duck decoy at Abbotsbury Swannery, 630m SSW of Horsepool Farm
• The Clandon Barrow, 450m west of Clandon Farm
• Three bowl barrows at the western end of Waterston Ridge, 360m north west of Fidler's Green Farm
• Long barrow, three bell barrows, fancy barrow and a linear earthwork 800m north of Maiden Castle
• Round barrow E of Bayard's Barn
• Bowl barrow in Well Bottom Wood
• Three barrows near Town Hill Barn
• Round barrow on Rew Hill
• Bowl barrow 550m north east of Pitcombe Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
• Field system in Valley of Stones (including earthwork N of Crow Hill)
• Humpty Dumpty Field, Radipole
• Bowl barrow 605m south west of Long Barrow Farm
• Group of barrows near Big Wood
• The Nine Stones: a small concentric stone circle 750m west of Winterbourne Abbas
• Oval barrow and three bowl barrows 250m and 330m south of Whitcombe Barn
• Nothe Fort, tramway and searchlight battery at The Nothe
• Group of round barrows on Shorn Hill and Bronkham Hill
• Long barrow immediately north west of Maiden Castle
• St Peter's Abbey
• Group of barrows S of Goldsmith's Plantation
• Round barrow N of Ballarat House
• Two barrows W of Little Piddle Down
• Disc barrow 715m west of Bayard Farm
• Dorchester Roman walls
• Bowl barrow on Little Puddle Hill, 920m north west of Fidler's Green Farm
• Group of round barrows on North Bincombe Hill, S of Came Wood
• Frampton Roman villa
• Three bowl barrows 530m and 350m north east of Whitcombe Barn
• Round barrows on Ridgeway
• Long mound and three bowl barrows forming part of a round barrow cemetery 760m NNE of Whatcombe House on the south western part of Black Down
• Bowl barrow on Sheep Down, 600m east of Home Farm Cottages
• Round barrow SW of Wolfeton Clump
• Round barrow NW of Long Bottom Plantation
• Six barrows on Ridgeway Hill
• Round barrows on Grove Hill
• Two barrows on Little Puddle Hill
• Round barrow on Ridgeway Hill
• Round barrow NW of Jackman's Cross
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 400m north west of the Hardy Monument
• Bell barrow 70m west of Fidler's Green
• Romano-Celtic temple and associated remains at Jordan Hill
• Three barrows S of Hart Hill Plantation
• Bowl barrow 360m south of Compton Barn
• Bowl barrow 500m north east of Clandon Farm
• Group of three round barrows SW of Longlands Barn
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 50m south of the Hardy Monument
• Part of a Later Iron Age or Romano-British settlement 590m north west of Compton Barn
• Group of four round barrows in Cripton Wood
• Two bowl barrows on Black Down immediately east of the Hardy Monument
• Poundbury Camp, associated monuments and section of Roman aqueduct.
• Round barrow in White Hill Plantation
• Bowl barrow 450m NNE of West Hill Farm
• Herringston round barrows
• Four round barrows NW of Blagdon Barn
• Bowl barrow 450m NNW of Field Barn
• Group of round barrows near Eweleaze Barn
• Round barrow E of The Buildings
• Barrow 300yds (280m) SW of Kingston Farm
• Bowl barrow 220m NNW of Topparts Dairy
• Two bowl barrows 283m SSE of the Grey Mare and her Colts
• Standing stone called The Broad Stone
• Chambered tomb called The Grey Mare and her Colts
• Round barrows N of Pound Hill
• Cross-ridge dyke on Windsbatch
• Barrow S of Three-Cornered Plantation
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 450m north west of the Hardy Monument
• Henge, Romano-British amphitheatre and Civil War fieldworks known collectively as Maumbury Rings
• Group of five round barrows on White Hill
• The Kingston Russell stone circle 750m north east of Gorwell Farm
• Bowl barrow 600m west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 600m west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
• Round barrows on Four Barrow Hill
• Bell barrow 850m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 870m north west of the Hardy Monument
• Round barrow on Shorn Hill
• Bowl barrow 700m NNW of Whitefriars Broiler Houses
• Round barrow 230yds (210m) E of White Hill Plantation
• Group of round barrows on Bincombe Hill
• Triple barrow and bowl barrow forming part of a barrow cemetery and part of an associated field system 250m north east of Winterbourne Poor Lot
• Round barrow SW of village
• Round barrow N of Ridgeway
• Friar Waddon Hill round barrows
• Round barrows on Sheep Down
• Long barrow NW of Red Barn
• Disc barrow 200m north east of Winterbourne Poor Lot, forming part of the Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
• Barrows in Came Wood
• Earthwork N of Hampton Plantations
• Bowl barrow 780m north east of Hampton Farm
• Four bowl barrows on Hog Hill, west and north west of Maiden Castle
• Round barrow N of Ashton Cottages
• Bowl barrow 355m north west of White Hill Barn, forming part of the White Hill round barrow cemetery
• Part of Roman, Saxon, and medieval town in grounds of Wollaston House
• Bowl barrow 800m NNE of Whatcombe House, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Two bowl barrows 700m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
• Cross in St Mary's churchyard
• Long barrow 400yds (360m) NW of Hill Barn
• Bowl barrow 500m west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
• Two round barrows N of Came Farm
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 770m north west of the Hardy Monument
• Two round barrows N of Bincombe Barn
• Round barrow N of Forston Barn
• Hampton stone circle
• Round barrow in Grimstone Clumps
• Twenty-one barrows forming part of a round barrow cemetery at Winterbourne Poor Lot
• Barrow E of Red Barn
• Bowl barrow 850m north west of Whitefriars Broiler Houses
• Two fishponds in Oddens Wood
• Bell barrow 100m south of Winterbourne Poor Lot, part of the Winterbourne Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 300m west of New Planting, forming part of the Three Barrow Clump round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow185m WSW of Higher Skippet Farm
• Maiden Castle
• Round barrow NE of Friar Waddon
• Bronze Age enclosure, associated linear earthworks and field system, and a later dewpond on Tenants Hill
• St Catherine's Chapel, field system and quarries at Chapel Hill
• Three bowl barrows 300m south west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
• Two conjoined bowl barrows 550m north east of Manor Farm
• Bowl barrow 120m east of White Hill Wood
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 80m south east of the Hardy Monument
• Outer defences of Roman town, W of St Genevieve's Convent
• Bowl barrow and disc barrow 730m south of Kingston Russell Farm, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Three round barrows E of Smitten Corner
• Bowl barrow 300m WNW of White Hill Barn, forming part of the White Hill round barrow cemetery
• Round barrow on Stratton Down
• Two bowl barrows immediately south of Bayard Dairy
• Two barrows at Rew
• Pigeon House long barrow
• Two bowl barrows 720m south east of Friar Waddon House
• Bell barrow and five bowl barrows 1000m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 800m north east of Gorwell Farm
• 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
• Barrow S of Wolfeton Clump
• Cross dyke 600m north of Pitcombe Farm
• Four bowl barrows immediately north west of Maiden Castle
• Two round barrows on Ridgeway
• Round barrow 250yds (230m) S of Chapel Coppice
• Group of barrows in Seven Barrow Plantation
• Culliford Tree long barrow and group of round barrows
• Bowl barrow 350m NNW of Topparts Dairy
• Bowl barrow 200m south of Winterbourne Poor Lot forming part of the Winterbourne Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
• Preston Roman villa
• Bowl barrow 500m NNW of Topparts Dairy
• Bowl barrow and disc barrow 900m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
• Standing stone 700m south east of North Barn Farm
• Bowl barrow 165m NNW of White Hill Barn, forming part of the White Hill round barrow cemetery
• Group of round barrows W of Ridgeway Hill
• Medieval settlement 850m north of St Mary's Church
• Six round barrows 200m west of New Planting, forming part of the Three Barrow Clump round barrow cemetery
• Group of round barrows on and to E of Great Hill
• Bowl barrow 400m north east of Manor Farm, part of the Pound Hill round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 450m north east of Manor Farm, part of the Pound Hill round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 265m north west of White Hill Barn, forming part of the White Hill round barrow cemetery
• Long barrow and four bowl barrows 500m north west of Whitfield Farm
• Long barrow 200m north west of Longlands Farm
• Three barrows N of Penn Hill
• Two round barrows on Ridgeway
• Bowl barrow in New Planting, forming part of the Three Barrow Clump round barrow cemetery
• Four bowl barrows 500m west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
• Colliton Park Roman house
• Round barrow SW of Ashton Cottages
• Group of three round barrows NE of Jackman's Cross
• Disc barrow 500m south east of Winterbourne Poor Lot
• Three bowl barrows at Dry Wood, forming part of the Longlands round barrow cemetery
• Round barrow E of Forston Farm
• Bowl barrow 770m north of Whatcombe House, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Group of barrows on West Hill
• Two bowl barrows 1250m east of Notton Hill Barn
• Langton Cross: a wayside cross 850m south west of Tatton House
• Round barrow on Pound Hill
• Six round barrows on Bincombe Down
• Two round barrows S of Ashton Farm
• Long mound 860m NNE of Whatcombe House, associated with the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Round barrow on Magiston Hill
• Old Warren earthwork
• Two long barrows and round barrows on Long Barrow Hill
• Two bowl barrows 400m west of Longlands Farm, forming part of the Longlands round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 680m north east of Whatcombe House, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Round barrow NE of Hog Hill Barn
• Enclosure on Sheep Down 930m south east of Heart Clump
• Group of barrows on the golf course, Came Down
• Bowl barrow 380m west of Whitfield Farm
• Two round barrows at Down Wood
• Bowl barrow 800m south of Kingston Russell Farm, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Bowl barrow180m east of Hogleaze Bungalow
• Henge Enclosure, Conquer Barrow and Barrow Cemetery
• Settlement remains N of Maiden Castle
• Bowl barrow 360m south west of Clandon Farm
• Bell barrow 125m west of Longlands Farm, forming part of the Longlands round barrow cemetery
• Round barrow 1/4 mile (400m) N of Ridge Hill
• Medieval settlement of Winterborne Farringdon and associated remains
• Bowl barrow 340m north west of White Hill Barn, forming part of the White Hill round barrow cemetery
• Round barrow SW of Pigeon House Cottages
• Lime kiln 800ft (245m) NW of Langton Cross
• Helstone burial chamber
• Bowl barrow 140m south east of Broadwater Cottage
• Round barrows W of Blagdon Barn
• Discontinuous surviving sections of Roman aqueduct
• Bowl barrow and pond barrow 880m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 810m NNE of Whatcombe House, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Two bowl barrows on Conygar Hill
• Round barrow on Hogcliff Hill
• Barrow on parish boundary
• Chambered long barrow N of Loscombe Plantation
• Sandsfoot Castle
• Round barrow cemetery immediately south east of Maiden Castle
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 150m north west of the Hardy Monument
• Two round barrows on North Hill
• Two bell barrows 15m north of Well Bottom Wood, part of the Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
• 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
• Six round barrows W of Came Down
• Bell barrow in Highfield Plantation and two bowl barrows immediately north west of Forty Acre Plantation
• Long barrow E of Northfield Plantation
• Long barrow W of Hampton Barn
• Bowl barrow on Wood Hill 310m north east of Cowden
• Bowl barrow 750m SSE of Lower Kingston Russell Farm
• Group of round barrows on Ridgeway
• Bowl barrow and pond barrow within Well Bottom Wood, part of the Winterbourne Poor Lot round barrow cemetery