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.

There are a several good towns in the Friar Waddon area like Lyme Regis, Charmouth, Weymouth, Bridport, Beaminster, and Wareham.

Friar Waddon is near some unmissable waterfalls like Jericho Weir,

Don't miss Uplyme, Bincombe, and Symondsbury's villages if visiting the area around Friar Waddon.

The area around Friar Waddon's best historic buildings can be found at The Cobb.

King's Statue (King George III Statue) is a great place to visit close to Friar Waddon if you like historic monuments.

Ancient Sites to visit near Friar Waddon include Eggardon Hill.

Friar Waddon is near some unmissable hills like Eggardon Hill,

Friar Waddon is near some unmissable castles like Corfe Castle,

Corfe Castle is a great place to visit close to Friar Waddon if you like ruins.

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:

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