Holnest is a Village in the county of Dorset.

Retail in Holnest

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

Holnest's best nearby towns can be found at Lyme Regis, Charmouth, Weymouth, Bridport, Beaminster, Wareham, and Blandford Forum.

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

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

Historic Buildings to visit near Holnest include The Cobb.

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

Holnest's best nearby ancient sites can be found at Eggardon Hill, Hambledon Hill, Badbury Rings, Kingston Russell Stone Circle, The Nine Stones, and Maiden Castle.

Places near Holnest feature a number of interesting hills including Eggardon Hill.

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

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

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

Holnest History

There are some historic monuments around Holnest:

• Two square enclosures in Tenant's Bottom
• Bowl barrow 650m south of The Friary of St Francis
• Cross and Hand wayside cross 670m south of the Friary of St Francis
• Round barrows on Cross Hill
• The Conduit Cross
• Field system on Seldon Hill
• Enclosure near 'the Sole Plantation'
• Tithe barn at Court Farm
• Two bowl barrows on Green Hill 450m north of Pound Farm
• Bowl barrow on Green Hill 400m north of Pound Farm
• Cerne Abbey, site of, including gatehouse, guesthouse and wine house (barn)
• Sherborne Abbey, remains of
• Early Medieval and Medieval urban remains, Milborne Port
• Hill figure called The Giant
• Settlement on Dickley Hill
• Cerne Park boundary bank
• Round barrow on Black Hill
• Wyke barns
• Roman site by Pinford Lane
• Roman temporary camp at East Farm
• Roman villa SE of East Farm
• Bowl barrow on East Hill 510m north east of All Saints Church
• Bowl barrow on Plush Hill 600m ESE of Lower Farm, Plush
• Field system and settlement on West Hill, Plush
• Field system and settlement on Watcombe Plain
• Settlement on Smacam Down
• Bowl barrow on Farm Hill 620m west of Minterne Parva Farm
• High Cank, a hengi-form monument 520m north of Up Cerne Manor House
• The earthwork remains of a turf mizmaze 250m south east of White Hall Farm
• Chapel W of Manor Farm
• Barrow on College Down
• Bowl barrow on Batcombe Down 450m south west of The Friary of St Francis
• Promontory fort on Barrow Hill
• Churchyard cross
• Hillfort and later strip lynchets on Dungeon Hill, 500m north of Castle Hill Cottages
• Fishpond
• The Castle hillfort
• Bowl barrow on Little Minterne Hill, 1km north east of Minterne Parva Farm
• Round barrow on Ellston Hill
• Bowl barrow on Plush Hill 740m ESE of Lower Farm, Plush
• Medieval standing cross 320m east of St Andrew's Church
• Medieval standing cross 6m north west of the west front of St Mary's Church
• Two bowl barrows on Ridge Hill 770m south of Revels Farm
• Earthwork on Cross Hill
• Sherborne Old Castle
• Earthworks on Giant Hill
• Bowl barrow on East Hill near Sydling Woods
• Bowl barrow 900m north west of Lower Farm
• Earthwork on Church Hill
• Bowl barrow on East Hill near Sydling Woods
• Round barrow on Dickley Hill
• Platform barrow 300m south west of Lane Cottages
• Roman villa 900yds (820m) NW of parish church
• Round barrow on North Field Hill
• Tithe barn (uninhabited portion) at Barton Farm
• Settlement and field system on Black Hill
• Earthwork in Dogbury Plantation
• Earthworks on Loscombe Hill
• Field system and enclosures on Middle Hill
• Bowl barrow on East Hill near Sydling Woods
• Round barrow on Church Hill
• Remains of St Mary Magdalene's Church
• Bowl barrow on Wancombe Hill 380m south west of southern corner of Sherriffs Wood