Longburton is a Village in the county of Dorset.

Retail in Longburton

There are great places to visit near Longburton 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 Longburton area like Lyme Regis, Charmouth, Weymouth, Bridport, Beaminster, Wareham, and Blandford Forum.

Longburton is near some unmissable waterfalls like Jericho Weir,

Longburton has some unmissable villages nearby like Uplyme, Bincombe, Symondsbury, and Abbotsbury.

The Cobb is one of Longburton's best, nearby historic buildings to visit in Longburton.

Don't miss King's Statue (King George III Statue)'s historic monuments if visiting the area around Longburton.

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 Longburton.

Don't miss Eggardon Hill's hills if visiting the area around Longburton.

There are a several good castles in the area around Longburton like Corfe Castle.

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

There are a several good airports in the area around Longburton like Bournemouth Airport.

Longburton History

There are some historic monuments around Longburton:

• Hillfort and later strip lynchets on Dungeon Hill, 500m north of Castle Hill Cottages
• Earthwork on Church Hill
• Bowl barrow on East Hill near Sydling Woods
• Sherborne Abbey, remains of
• Marston Magna moated site and associated earthworks
• Bowl barrow 650m south of The Friary of St Francis
• Sherborne Old Castle
• Village cross
• Cross and Hand wayside cross 670m south of the Friary of St Francis
• Bowl barrow on East Hill near Sydling Woods
• Chapel W of Manor Farm
• Field system and settlement on West Hill, Plush
• Medieval standing cross 320m east of St Andrew's Church
• Two bowl barrows on Ridge Hill 770m south of Revels Farm
• The earthwork remains of a turf mizmaze 250m south east of White Hall Farm
• Bowl barrow on Batcombe Down 450m south west of The Friary of St Francis
• Field system on Seldon Hill
• Platform barrow 300m south west of Lane Cottages
• High Cank, a hengi-form monument 520m north of Up Cerne Manor House
• Bowl barrow on East Hill near Sydling Woods
• Roman temporary camp at East Farm
• Bowl barrow on Wancombe Hill 380m south west of southern corner of Sherriffs Wood
• Deserted medieval village of Nether Adber
• Field system and settlement on Watcombe Plain
• Medieval standing cross 6m north west of the west front of St Mary's Church
• Bowl barrow on Little Minterne Hill, 1km north east of Minterne Parva Farm
• Bowl barrow on Charn Hill
• Fishpond
• Promontory fort on Barrow Hill
• The Conduit Cross
• Roman site by Pinford Lane
• Wyke barns
• Remains of St Mary Magdalene's Church
• Early Medieval and Medieval urban remains, Milborne Port
• Bowl barrow on Farm Hill 620m west of Minterne Parva Farm
• Earthwork in Dogbury Plantation
• Roman villa 900yds (820m) NW of parish church
• Round barrow on Church Hill
• Roman villa SE of East Farm
• Bowl barrow 900m north west of Lower Farm