Upwey
Upwey is a Village in the county of Dorset.
Upwey postcode: DT3 5QG
There are great places to visit near Upwey including some great towns, waterfalls, villages, historic buildings, historic monuments, ancient sites, hills, castles, ruins and airports.
Upwey has some unmissable towns nearby like Lyme Regis, Charmouth, Weymouth, Bridport, Beaminster, and Wareham.
The area close to Upwey boasts some of the best waterfalls including Jericho Weir.
Upwey has some unmissable villages nearby like Uplyme, Bincombe, and Symondsbury.
There are a number of historic buildings near to Upwey including The Cobb.
King's Statue (King George III Statue) is one of Upwey's best, nearby historic monuments to visit in Upwey.
The area close to Upwey boasts some of the best ancient sites including Eggardon Hill.
Don't miss Eggardon Hill's hills if visiting the area around Upwey.
Don't miss Corfe Castle's castles if visiting the area around Upwey.
Places near Upwey feature a number of interesting ruins including Corfe Castle.
The area around Upwey's best airports can be found at Bournemouth Airport.
Upwey History
There are some historic monuments around Upwey:
- Lime kiln 800ft (245m) NW of Langton Cross
- Bowl barrow on Black Down, 400m north west of the Hardy Monument
- Round barrow on Rew Hill
- Group of barrows in Seven Barrow Plantation
- Maiden Castle
- Two round barrows on North Hill
- Bell barrow in Highfield Plantation and two bowl barrows immediately north west of Forty Acre Plantation
- Long barrow 200m north west of Longlands Farm
- Two round barrows on Ridgeway
- Three barrows N of Penn Hill
- Part of Roman, Saxon, and medieval town in grounds of Wollaston House
- Romano-Celtic temple and associated remains at Jordan Hill
- Oval barrow and three bowl barrows 250m and 330m south of Whitcombe Barn
- Bowl barrow 450m north west of Duck Dairy House
- Two bowl barrows 320m south west of Laycock Dairy Farm
- Barrow E of Red Barn
- Round barrows N of Pound Hill
- Bowl barrow on Black Down, 50m south of the Hardy Monument
- Round barrow N of Ashton Cottages
- Round barrow 1/4 mile (400m) N of Ridge Hill
- Dorchester Roman walls
- Bowl barrow 780m north east of Hampton Farm
- Poundbury Camp, associated monuments and section of Roman aqueduct.
- Group of round barrows W of Ridgeway Hill
- Round barrow on Shorn Hill
- Six round barrows on Bincombe Down
- Langton Cross: a wayside cross 850m south west of Tatton House
- 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
- Herringston round barrows
- Chambered long barrow N of Loscombe Plantation
- Two barrows W of Little Piddle Down
- Frampton Roman villa
- Barrow on parish boundary
- Bowl barrow on Black Down, 80m south east of the Hardy Monument
- Two bowl barrows immediately south of Bayard Dairy
- Bowl barrow 600m south of Whitcombe Farm
- Round barrow NE of Friar Waddon
- Group of barrows E of Northdown Barn
- Round barrow N of Ballarat House
- Group of round barrows on Bincombe Hill
- Barrow S of Wolfeton Clump
- Group of three round barrows SW of Longlands Barn
- Henge Enclosure, Conquer Barrow and Barrow Cemetery
- Round barrow SW of village
- Bowl barrow 700m NNW of Whitefriars Broiler Houses
- Two barrows on Little Puddle Hill
- Bowl barrow 850m north west of Whitefriars Broiler Houses
- Three bowl barrows at the western end of Waterston Ridge, 360m north west of Fidler's Green Farm
- Settlement remains N of Maiden Castle
- Two bowl barrows on Black Down immediately east of the Hardy Monument
- Six barrows on Ridgeway Hill
- Two round barrows N of Bincombe Barn
- Mayne stone circle (at Little Mayne Farm)
- Round barrows on Four Barrow Hill
- Bowl barrow on Little Puddle Hill, 920m north west of Fidler's Green Farm
- Bowl barrow on Wood Hill 310m north east of Cowden
- Bowl barrow in New Planting, forming part of the Three Barrow Clump round barrow cemetery
- Battery 200yds (180m) E of the Naval cemetery
- Round barrows W of Blagdon Barn
- Bowl barrow 615m north east of Hardy's Birthplace
- Four bowl barrows immediately north west of Maiden Castle
- Round barrow on Stratton Down
- Two round barrows at Down Wood
- Round barrows on Ridgeway
- Long barrow immediately north west of Maiden Castle
- Three barrows near Town Hill Barn
- Round barrows on Grove Hill
- Bell barrow 125m west of Longlands Farm, forming part of the Longlands round barrow cemetery
- Long barrow and four bowl barrows 500m north west of Whitfield Farm
- Three bowl barrows 530m and 350m north east of Whitcombe Barn
- Round barrow E of Forston Farm
- Round barrow on Ridgeway Hill
- Three barrows S of Hart Hill Plantation
- Round barrow cemetery immediately south east of Maiden Castle
- Round barrow NW of Long Bottom Plantation
- Earthwork N of Hampton Plantations
- Long barrow NW of Red Barn
- Bowl barrow on Black Down, 870m north west of the Hardy Monument
- The Verne Citadel
- Medieval settlement of North Louvard
- Helstone burial chamber
- Bowl barrow on Sheep Down, 600m east of Home Farm Cottages
- 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
- Barrows in Came Wood
- Two bowl barrows on Conygar Hill
- George III, chalk-cut hill side figure
- Bowl barrow 500m north east of Clandon Farm
- Preston Roman villa
- Long barrow E of Northfield Plantation
- Roman road in Kingston Park
- Round barrow E of The Buildings
- Two bowl barrows 720m south east of Friar Waddon House
- Round barrow SW of Ashton Cottages
- Two conjoined bowl barrows 550m north east of Manor Farm
- The Clandon Barrow, 450m west of Clandon Farm
- Bowl barrow 75m south east of Laycock Dairy Farm
- Enclosure on Sheep Down 930m south east of Heart Clump
- Bowl barrow 380m west of Whitfield Farm
- Bowl barrow on Whitcombe Hill, 600m west of Stafford Farm
- Three round barrows E of Smitten Corner
- Outer defences of Roman town, W of St Genevieve's Convent
- Two bowl barrows 1250m east of Notton Hill Barn
- Four bowl barrows at the eastern end of Waterston Ridge, 490m south west and 500m south east of Ridge Farm
- Henge, Romano-British amphitheatre and Civil War fieldworks known collectively as Maumbury Rings
- Sandy Barrow
- Cross in St Mary's churchyard
- Round barrow in Grimstone Clumps
- Medieval settlement remains at Whitcombe
- Four bowl barrows on Hog Hill, west and north west of Maiden Castle
- Friar Waddon Hill round barrows
- Medieval settlement 850m north of St Mary's Church
- Long barrow, three bell barrows, fancy barrow and a linear earthwork 800m north of Maiden Castle
- Four round barrows NW of Blagdon Barn
- Field system in Valley of Stones (including earthwork N of Crow Hill)
- Culliford Tree long barrow and group of round barrows
- Barrow S of Three-Cornered Plantation
- Group of barrows on the golf course, Came Down
- Bowl barrow on Black Down, 770m north west of the Hardy Monument
- Round barrow E of Bayard's Barn
- Bowl barrow on Black Down, 150m north west of the Hardy Monument
- Long barrow 400yds (360m) NW of Hill Barn
- Sandsfoot Castle
- Bowl barrow185m WSW of Higher Skippet Farm
- Pigeon House long barrow
- Six round barrows W of Came Down
- Round barrow 250yds (230m) W of Fryer Mayne manor house
- Humpty Dumpty Field, Radipole
- Group of round barrows on Ridgeway
- Round barrow N of Ridgeway
- Sandy Barrow W of East Farm Dairy
- Bowl barrow on Black Down, 450m north west of the Hardy Monument
- The Nine Stones: a small concentric stone circle 750m west of Winterbourne Abbas
- Round barrow SW of Pigeon House Cottages
- Group of four round barrows in Cripton Wood
- Round barrow on Pound Hill
- Bowl barrow180m east of Hogleaze Bungalow
- Round barrow NE of Hog Hill Barn
- Group of barrows S of Goldsmith's Plantation
- Medieval settlement of Winterborne Farringdon and associated remains
- Two round barrows N of Came Farm
- Bowl barrow on Whitcombe Hill 500m north of Whitcombe Farm
- Round barrows on Sheep Down
- Bowl barrow 450m north east of Manor Farm, part of the Pound Hill round barrow cemetery
- Cross-ridge dyke on Windsbatch
- Group of round barrows on Shorn Hill and Bronkham Hill
- Disc barrow 715m west of Bayard Farm
- Group of round barrows on North Bincombe Hill, S of Came Wood
- Nothe Fort, tramway and searchlight battery at The Nothe
- Group of round barrows on and to E of Great Hill
- Barrow S of Common Plantation
- Bell barrow 70m west of Fidler's Green
- Round barrow SW of Wolfeton Clump
- Two barrows 600yds (550m) N of Halls Farm
- Bowl barrow 450m NNE of West Hill Farm
- Two bowl barrows 400m west of Longlands Farm, forming part of the Longlands round barrow cemetery
- Two barrows at Rew
- Bowl barrow 360m south west of Clandon Farm
- Medieval settlement immediately west of Waterston House
- Group of round barrows near Eweleaze Barn
- Three bowl barrows at Dry Wood, forming part of the Longlands round barrow cemetery
- Colliton Park Roman house
- Group of barrows on West Hill
- Portland Castle
- Barrow 200yds (180m) N of the White Horse
- Two round barrows on Ridgeway
- The Rainbarrows, a group of three bowl barrows on Duddle Heath
- Bowl barrow 400m north east of Manor Farm, part of the Pound Hill round barrow cemetery
- Two round barrows S of Ashton Farm
- Discontinuous surviving sections of Roman aqueduct
- Group of barrows near Big Wood
Places to see near Upwey
Lakes near Upwey
Rivers near Upwey
- Bow Brook South
- Henstridge Stream
- Allen Trib (Gussage Stream)
- Stour (Headwaters)
- Lydden (Lower)
- Cale
- Caundle Trib (Caundle Marsh)
- Caundle Brook (Upper)
- Stour (Middle u/s Pimperne Brook)
- Bow Brook North
- Divelish
- Tarrant
- Mannington Brook
- Lodden
- Crane (Dorset)
- Stour (Middle d/s Pimperne Brook)
- Lydden (Upper)
- Allen Trib (Crichel Stream)
- Stour Trib (Pimperne Brook)
- Moors
- North Winterbourne
- Allen (Lower)
- Cam (Dorset)
- Stirchell Brook
- Key Brook
- Stour (Upper)
- Bourne Stream
- Lydden (Middle)
- Stour Trib (Bibbern Brook)
- Wonston Brook
- Caundle Brook (Lower)
- Stour (Lower)
- Allen (Headwaters)
- Iwerne
- Manston Brook
- Shreen Water (including Ashfield Water)
- Uddens Water
- Fontmell Brook
- Char
- Monkton Wyld Stream
- Bride
- Mangerton Brook
- Simene
- Swan (Swanage)
- Brit (Upper)
- Asker
- Wey
- Brit (Lower)
- Wraxall Brook
- Sydling Water
- Bere Stream
- Frome Dorset (Lower) u/s Louds Mill Dorchester
- Wareham Forest Stream
- Corfe River
- South Winterbourne
- Piddle (Upper)
- Frome Trib (Luckford Lake)
- Tadnoll Brook (including Empool Bottom)
- Devils Brook
- Frome Dorset (Lower) d/s Louds Mill Dorchester
- Frome Dorset (Upper)
- Cerne
- Hooke
- Piddle (Lower)
- Frome Dorset Trib (River Win)
- Sherford River
- Frome Dorset (Headwaters)
- Wellhams Brook
- Broad
- Stockland Bristol Stream
- Wriggle
- Fivehead River
- Isle - Upper
- Currypool Stream
- Yeo Ds Over Compton
- Corton Denham Stream
- Hornsey Brook
- Closworth Stream
- Ding
- Parrett - R Isle to R Yeo
- Durleigh Brook
- Merriot Stream
- Parrett - headwaters to Broad River
- Parrett - Lopen Bk to R Isle
- Bearley Brook
- Yeo
- Wriggle River
- North Moor Main Drain
- Sutton Bingham Stream - East Arm
- Cary - source to conf with KSD
- Lopen Brook
- Sutton Bingham Stream - upstream conf Closworth Str
- Cannington Bk - Lower
- Isle - Upper to conf Cad Bk
- Fiddington Brook
- Cannington Bk - Upper
- Sutton Bingham Stream - West Arm
- Isle
- West Sedgemoor Main Drain
- Eighteen Feet Rhyne
- Parrett - R Yeo to West Sedgemoor Drain
- Parrett - Broad River to Lopen Bk
- Beer Hackett Stream
- Westmoor Main Drain
- Chinnock BK
- Yeo Us Over Compton
- Isle - Cad Bk to Fivehead River
- Dodham Brook (Yeo (Somset))
- Dowlish Brook
- King's Moor Main Drain (Yeo (Somset)
- Cam - Lower
- Lam Brook
- Stogursey BK
- Petherton Stream
- Cam - Upper
- Cam Tributary
- King's Sedgemoor Drain - Henley Sluice to mouth
- Upper River Otter
- Love
- Tale
- Middle River Otter
- Wolf (Otter)
- Sid
- Lower River Otter
