Sherborne is a Town in the county of Dorset.

Retail in Sherborne

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

Lyme Regis, Charmouth, Weymouth, Bridport, Beaminster, Wareham, and Blandford Forum are great places to visit near Sherborne if you like towns.

Don't miss Jericho Weir's waterfalls if visiting the area around Sherborne.

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

Sherborne is near some unmissable historic buildings like The Cobb,

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

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

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

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

The area close to Sherborne boasts some of the best ruins including Corfe Castle.

Bournemouth Airport is a great place to visit close to Sherborne if you like airports.

Sherborne History

There are some historic monuments around Sherborne:

• Medieval standing cross 6m north west of the west front of St Mary's Church
• Moated site at Hinton Farm
• Roman villa 900yds (820m) NW of parish church
• Roman temporary camp at East Farm
• Large multivallate hillfort and associated earthworks at South Cadbury
• Romano-British settlement immediately south west of Camel Hill Farm
• Sherborne Old Castle
• Maperton medieval settlement
• Early Medieval and Medieval urban remains, Milborne Port
• Wyke barns
• Fishpond
• Promontory fort on Barrow Hill
• Remains of St Mary Magdalene's Church
• The earthwork remains of a turf mizmaze 250m south east of White Hall Farm
• Deserted medieval village of Nether Adber
• Bowl barrow on Charn Hill
• Medieval standing cross 320m east of St Andrew's Church
• Sherborne Abbey, remains of
• The Conduit Cross
• Village cross
• Hillfort and later strip lynchets on Dungeon Hill, 500m north of Castle Hill Cottages
• Marston Magna moated site and associated earthworks
• Roman site by Pinford Lane
• Roman villa SE of East Farm
• Lower Woolston medieval settlement