Waddon is a Village in the county of Dorset.

Waddon postcode: DT3 4ER

Retail in Waddon

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

There are a number of waterfalls near to Waddon including Jericho Weir.

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

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

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

Eggardon Hill, Hambledon Hill, Badbury Rings, Kingston Russell Stone Circle, The Nine Stones, and Maiden Castle are some of Waddon best ancient sites to visit near Waddon.

The area around Waddon's best hills can be found at Eggardon Hill.

The area around Waddon's best castles can be found at Corfe Castle.

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

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

Waddon History

There are some historic monuments around Waddon:

• Long barrow NE of Ashley
• Long mound 860m NNE of Whatcombe House, associated with the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Three bowl barrows 300m south west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
• St Catherine's Chapel, field system and quarries at Chapel Hill
• Three bowl barrows at Dry Wood, forming part of the Longlands round barrow cemetery
• Group of five round barrows on White Hill
• Bowl barrow 300m west of New Planting, forming part of the Three Barrow Clump round barrow cemetery
• Round barrows on Four Barrow Hill
• Bowl barrow 800m north east of Gorwell Farm
• Bowl barrow 400m north east of Look Farm
• Two bowl barrows 720m south east of Friar Waddon House
• Bowl barrow 800m south of Kingston Russell Farm, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Bowl barrow and pond barrow within Well Bottom Wood, part of the Winterbourne Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
• Round barrow on Rew Hill
• Bowl barrow 850m north west of Whitefriars Broiler Houses
• Bowl barrow 810m NNE of Whatcombe House, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Long barrow 400yds (360m) NW of Hill Barn
• Chambered tomb called The Grey Mare and her Colts
• Bowl barrow 600m west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 80m south east of the Hardy Monument
• Bowl barrow 400m north east of Manor Farm, part of the Pound Hill round barrow cemetery
• Group of barrows in Seven Barrow Plantation
• Duck decoy at Abbotsbury Swannery, 630m SSW of Horsepool Farm
• Three barrows S of Hart Hill Plantation
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 150m north west of the Hardy Monument
• Two bowl barrows 700m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
• Frampton Roman villa
• Wynford Wood boundary bank
• Four bowl barrows 500m west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
• Bell barrow 125m west of Longlands Farm, forming part of the Longlands round barrow cemetery
• Old Warren earthwork
• 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
• Bell barrow 850m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 355m north west of White Hill Barn, forming part of the White Hill round barrow cemetery
• Round barrow NE of Hog Hill Barn
• Disc barrow 200m north east of Winterbourne Poor Lot, forming part of the Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
• Settlement remains N of Maiden Castle
• The Nine Stones: a small concentric stone circle 750m west of Winterbourne Abbas
• Lynchets S of Stavordale Wood
• Round barrows W of Blagdon Barn
• Bowl barrow 680m north east of Whatcombe House, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Bowl barrow 780m north east of Hampton Farm
• Three round barrows E of Smitten Corner
• Group of round barrows on Shorn Hill and Bronkham Hill
• Six round barrows 200m west of New Planting, forming part of the Three Barrow Clump round barrow cemetery
• Round barrow cemetery immediately south east of Maiden Castle
• Round barrow on Pound Hill
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 870m north west of the Hardy Monument
• Group of round barrows on Bincombe Hill
• Hampton stone circle
• Cross in St Mary's churchyard
• Lime kiln 800ft (245m) NW of Langton Cross
• Round barrow in White Hill Plantation
• Herringston round barrows
• Bowl barrow 500m NNW of Topparts Dairy
• Round barrow in Grimstone Clumps
• Round barrow N of Ashton Cottages
• Bowl barrow 140m south east of Broadwater Cottage
• Round barrow on Ridgeway Hill
• Bell barrow 100m south of Winterbourne Poor Lot, part of the Winterbourne Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 300m WNW of White Hill Barn, forming part of the White Hill round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 450m NNE of West Hill Farm
• Medieval settlement 850m north of St Mary's Church
• Cross-ridge dyke on Windsbatch
• Round barrow E of The Buildings
• Round barrows on Sheep Down
• Abbotsbury Castle (camp)
• Group of round barrows on North Bincombe Hill, S of Came Wood
• 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
• Three barrows N of Penn Hill
• Two bowl barrows 1250m east of Notton Hill Barn
• Two round barrows on Wears Hill
• Two round barrows at crossroads N of village
• Four bowl barrows 725m ESE of Wears Farm
• Two conjoined bowl barrows 550m north east of Manor Farm
• Round barrow 230yds (210m) E of White Hill Plantation
• Bowl barrow 350m NNW of Topparts Dairy
• Bowl barrow 645m south west of North Barn Farm
• Four bowl barrows immediately north west of Maiden Castle
• Bowl barrow 120m east of White Hill Wood
• Bowl barrow 500m north east of Clandon Farm
• Bowl barrow 605m south west of Long Barrow Farm
• Chambered long barrow N of Loscombe Plantation
• Six round barrows W of Came Down
• 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
• Discontinuous surviving sections of Roman aqueduct
• Maiden Castle
• Long barrow NW of Red Barn
• Two round barrows at Down Wood
• Dyke on Long Barrow Hill
• Bowl barrow 450m NNW of Field Barn
• Round barrow on Hogcliff Hill
• Round barrow NW of Jackman's Cross
• Long barrow and four bowl barrows 500m north west of Whitfield Farm
• Two round barrows S of Ashton Farm
• Two fishponds in Oddens Wood
• Round barrow NE of Friar Waddon
• Bell barrow in Highfield Plantation and two bowl barrows immediately north west of Forty Acre Plantation
• Round barrow E of Bayard's Barn
• Earthwork N of Hampton Plantations
• Round barrow SW of Ashton Cottages
• Disc barrow 500m south east of Winterbourne Poor Lot
• Two round barrows on Ridgeway
• The Kingston Russell stone circle 750m north east of Gorwell Farm
• Two barrows at Rew
• Three barrows near Town Hill Barn
• Bowl barrow 700m NNW of Whitefriars Broiler Houses
• Bowl barrow in Well Bottom Wood
• Part of a Later Prehistoric or Romano-British field system 250m north of Eggardon Hill Farm
• Settlement E of Brow Copse
• Nothe Fort, tramway and searchlight battery at The Nothe
• Poundbury Camp, associated monuments and section of Roman aqueduct.
• Barrow S of Three-Cornered Plantation
• Group of round barrows on Ridgeway
• Round barrow N of Ridgeway
• Bowl barrow in New Planting, forming part of the Three Barrow Clump round barrow cemetery
• Barrow 650yds (600m) N of North Barn Farm
• Bowl barrow 550m north east of Pitcombe Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
• Long barrow, three bell barrows, fancy barrow and a linear earthwork 800m north of Maiden Castle
• Pigeon House long barrow
• Bowl barrow 380m west of Whitfield Farm
• St Peter's Abbey
• Round barrow N of Ballarat House
• Bowl barrow 750m SSE of Lower Kingston Russell Farm
• Long barrow W of Hampton Barn
• Round barrow 1/4 mile (400m) N of Ridge Hill
• Enclosure on Sheep Down 930m south east of Heart Clump
• Round barrow SW of village
• Long barrow immediately north west of Maiden Castle
• Round barrows on Ridgeway
• Standing stone called The Broad Stone
• Bowl barrow 165m NNW of White Hill Barn, forming part of the White Hill round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 550m WNW of Dowerfield House
• Standing stone 700m south east of North Barn Farm
• Round barrows on Grove Hill
• Helstone burial chamber
• Two round barrows N of Bincombe Barn
• Round barrow 250yds (230m) S of Chapel Coppice
• Twenty-one barrows forming part of a round barrow cemetery at Winterbourne Poor Lot
• Bowl barrow 200m south of Winterbourne Poor Lot forming part of the Winterbourne Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
• Colliton Park Roman house
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 450m north west of the Hardy Monument
• Group of barrows S of Goldsmith's Plantation
• Group of three round barrows SW of Longlands Barn
• Henge, Romano-British amphitheatre and Civil War fieldworks known collectively as Maumbury Rings
• Two bell barrows 15m north of Well Bottom Wood, part of the Poor Lot round barrow cemetery
• Langton Cross: a wayside cross 850m south west of Tatton House
• Barrow E of Red Barn
• Two long barrows and round barrows on Long Barrow Hill
• Round barrow NW of Long Bottom Plantation
• Bowl barrow on Wood Hill 310m north east of Cowden
• Two bowl barrows 283m SSE of the Grey Mare and her Colts
• Six round barrows on Bincombe Down
• Two round barrows on Ridgeway
• Penannular ditched enclosure, 150m south of Turner's Farm Barn
• Friar Waddon Hill round barrows
• Long barrow 200m north west of Longlands Farm
• Group of barrows near Big Wood
• Barrow on parish boundary
• Four round barrows NW of Blagdon Barn
• Group of round barrows W of Ridgeway Hill
• Two bowl barrows on Black Down immediately east of the Hardy Monument
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 770m north west of the Hardy Monument
• Group of round barrows near Eweleaze Barn
• Part of a Later Iron Age or Romano-British settlement 590m north west of Compton Barn
• Group of round barrows on and to E of Great Hill
• Field system in Valley of Stones (including earthwork N of Crow Hill)
• Bell barrow and five bowl barrows 1000m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
• The Clandon Barrow, 450m west of Clandon Farm
• Bowl barrow 770m north of Whatcombe House, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Round barrow on Stratton Down
• Bowl barrow 360m south of Compton Barn
• Dyke on Wears Hill
• Bowl barrow 450m north east of Manor Farm, part of the Pound Hill round barrow cemetery
• Round barrow on Shorn Hill
• Sandsfoot Castle
• 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
• Bronze Age enclosure, associated linear earthworks and field system, and a later dewpond on Tenants Hill
• Round barrows N of Pound Hill
• Bowl barrow and disc barrow 900m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down round barrow cemetery
• Round barrow E of Two Gates
• Bowl barrow 360m south west of Clandon Farm
• Bowl barrow 500m west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 50m south of the Hardy Monument
• Barrow 300yds (280m) SW of Kingston Farm
• Four bowl barrows on Hog Hill, west and north west of Maiden Castle
• Round barrow N of Forston Barn
• Long barrow E of Northfield Plantation
• Bowl barrow 800m NNE of Whatcombe House, forming part of the round barrow cemetery on the south western part of Black Down
• Six barrows on Ridgeway Hill
• Bowl barrow 265m north west of White Hill Barn, forming part of the White Hill round barrow cemetery
• Group of three round barrows NE of Jackman's Cross
• Bowl barrow 220m NNW of Topparts Dairy
• Group of barrows on the golf course, Came Down
• Two bowl barrows immediately south of Bayard Dairy
• Bowl barrow 340m north west of White Hill Barn, forming part of the White Hill round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 600m west of Well Bottom Wood, forming part of the Pitcombe Down round barrow cemetery
• Cross dyke 600m north of Pitcombe Farm
• Bowl barrow on Sheep Down, 600m east of Home Farm Cottages
• Bowl barrow185m WSW of Higher Skippet Farm
• Bowl barrow and pond barrow 880m south east of Kingston Russell Farm, part of the Black Down barrow cemetery
• Disc barrow 715m west of Bayard Farm
• Bowl barrow180m east of Hogleaze Bungalow
• Two bowl barrows 400m west of Longlands Farm, forming part of the Longlands round barrow cemetery
• Round barrow SW of Pigeon House Cottages
• Two round barrows on North Hill
• Bowl barrow on Black Down, 400m north west of the Hardy Monument
• Round barrow E of Forston Farm
• Chambered tomb 900m south west of Manor Farm
• Humpty Dumpty Field, Radipole