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.

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

Waterfalls to visit near Waddon include Jericho Weir.

There are a several good villages in the Waddon area like Uplyme, Bincombe, and Symondsbury.

The Cobb is a great place to visit close to Waddon if you like historic buildings.

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

There are a number of ancient sites near to Waddon including Eggardon Hill.

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

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

Waddon is near some unmissable ruins like Corfe Castle,

Waddon is near some unmissable airports like Bournemouth Airport,

Waddon History

There are some historic monuments around Waddon:

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