West Stafford
West Stafford is a Town in the county of Dorset.
There are great places to visit near West Stafford including some great towns, waterfalls, villages, historic buildings, historic monuments, ancient sites, hills, castles, ruins and airports.
Lyme Regis, Charmouth, Weymouth, Bridport, Beaminster, and Wareham are some of West Stafford best towns to visit near West Stafford.
West Stafford is near some unmissable waterfalls like Jericho Weir,
Uplyme, Bincombe, and Symondsbury are some of West Stafford best villages to visit near West Stafford.
Don't miss The Cobb's historic buildings if visiting the area around West Stafford.
King's Statue (King George III Statue) is a great place to visit close to West Stafford if you like historic monuments.
Don't miss Eggardon Hill's ancient sites if visiting the area around West Stafford.
The area around West Stafford's best hills can be found at Eggardon Hill.
The area close to West Stafford boasts some of the best castles including Corfe Castle.
Places near West Stafford feature a number of interesting ruins including Corfe Castle.
Bournemouth Airport is a great place to visit close to West Stafford if you like airports.
West Stafford History
There are some historic monuments around West Stafford:
- Three bowl barrows on Puddletown Heath, 550m south west of Beacon Corner
- Bell barrow 70m west of Fidler's Green
- Six barrows on Ridgeway Hill
- Two bowl barrows on Conygar Hill
- Preston Roman villa
- Bowl barrow on Pond Eweleaze 500m north east of Dole's Ash Farm
- Two bowl barrows 750m east of Clyffe House
- Oval barrow and three bowl barrows 250m and 330m south of Whitcombe Barn
- Three bowl barrows 530m and 350m north east of Whitcombe Barn
- Bowl barrow to the west of Five Marys: an outlier to the Five Marys round barrow cemetery
- Round barrow on Cheselbourne West Down
- Barrow 500yds (450m) E of village
- Settlement remains N of Maiden Castle
- Two bowl barrows 320m south west of Laycock Dairy Farm
- Tudor and 17th century farmstead and Romano-British settlement
- Sandy Barrow W of East Farm Dairy
- Settlement on Smacam Down
- Round barrow E of Bayard's Barn
- Group of barrows on West Hill
- Medieval settlement of Winterborne Farringdon and associated remains
- Sandy Barrow
- Two round barrows S of Ashton Farm
- Upton Fort, a coastal artillery battery and two searchlight emplacements
- Long barrow 400yds (360m) NW of Hill Barn
- Round barrow 1/4 mile (400m) N of Ridge Hill
- Two round barrows SW of Well House Cottage
- Four barrows on Moigns Down
- Medieval settlement immediately west of Waterston House
- Bowl barrow 615m north east of Hardy's Birthplace
- Bowl barrow on Burleston Down 840m south east of Crawthorne Farm
- Earthwork in Bowley's Plantation
- Group of round barrows on North Bincombe Hill, S of Came Wood
- Bowl barrow 650m south of Chaldon Down Buildings: part of the Chaldon Down round barrow cemetery
- Two bowl barrows 280m north of Clyffe House
- Deserted village of Bardolfeston
- Stable Barrow 230m NNE of Frogmore Farm
- Culliford Tree long barrow and group of round barrows
- Lord's Barrow: a bowl barrow 500m north of Northground Dairy
- Long barrow and four bowl barrows 500m north west of Whitfield Farm
- Bowl barrow 75m south east of Laycock Dairy Farm
- Bowl barrow on Whitcombe Hill, 600m west of Stafford Farm
- Bowl barrow on Wood Hill 310m north east of Cowden
- Medieval settlement remains at Whitcombe
- Poundbury Camp, associated monuments and section of Roman aqueduct.
- Bowl barrow 660m south of Chaldon Down Buildings: part of the Chaldon Down round barrow cemetery
- Group of round barrows on Bincombe Hill
- Herringston round barrows
- Round barrow on Dickley Hill
- Bowl barrow at Five Marys: an outlier to the Five Marys round barrow cemetery
- Colliton Park Roman house
- Disc barrow 715m west of Bayard Farm
- Maiden Castle
- Settlement and field system on Black Hill
- Two bowl barrows 640m north of Squibbs Farm
- Bowl barrow 470m south east of Down Barn: an outlier of the Chaldon Down barrow group
- Two barrows on Little Puddle Hill
- The Rainbarrows, a group of three bowl barrows on Duddle Heath
- Two bowl barrows 200m south east of Hill Barn: two of a group of three barrows
- Humpty Dumpty Field, Radipole
- Barrow S of Tinker's Barrow Plantation
- Two bowl barrows c.280m north-east of Chaldon Herring: part of a barrow group north of Chaldon Herring village
- Bowl barrow1050m WNW of Manor Farm
- Bowl barrow c.240m north of Chaldon Herring: part of a barrow group north of Chaldon Herring village
- Bowl barrow on Green Hill 400m north of Pound Farm
- Medieval settlement at Holworth
- Outer defences of Roman town, W of St Genevieve's Convent
- Barrow 200yds (180m) N of the White Horse
- Dorchester Roman walls
- Two barrows W of Little Piddle Down
- Round barrow SW of Wolfeton Clump
- Bowl barrow on Little Puddle Hill, 920m north west of Fidler's Green Farm
- Round barrow E of Forston Farm
- Medieval settlement of Little Piddle
- Mayne stone circle (at Little Mayne Farm)
- Roman road in Kingston Park
- Cross-ridge dyke on Windsbatch
- George III, chalk-cut hill side figure
- Bowl barrow 480m south east of West End Barn
- Six round barrows on Bincombe Down
- Four bowl barrows immediately north west of Maiden Castle
- Court Close settlement remains
- Barrows in Came Wood
- Four bowl barrows at the eastern end of Waterston Ridge, 490m south west and 500m south east of Ridge Farm
- Medieval settlement of North Louvard
- Romano-Celtic temple and associated remains at Jordan Hill
- Three bowl barrows 380m west of West End Barn
- Bowl barrow 70m south east of West End Barn
- Round barrow N of Boswell's Plantation
- Round barrow SW of Bourne Farm
- Round barrow on Hog Leaze
- Bell barrow and bowl barrow 580m east of Clyffe House
- Round barrow S of Manor Farm
- Bowl barrow 550m south of Chaldon Down Buildings: part of the Chaldon Down round barrow cemetery
- Barrow S of Common Plantation
- Four bowl barows 710m north, 750m north west and 950m north west of Clyffe House
- Bowl barrow on Whitcombe Hill 500m north of Whitcombe Farm
- The Five Marys round barrow cemetery
- Fishpond at West Ringstead, 590m south of Pit House
- Long barrow immediately north west of Maiden Castle
- Bowl barrow 500m north east of Clandon Farm
- Bowl barrow 420m north west of Frogmore Farm
- Barrow on College Down
- Nothe Fort, tramway and searchlight battery at The Nothe
- Bowl barrow on Puddletown Heath, 400m north east of Duck Dairy House
- Medieval settlement at West Ringstead
- Two round barrows N of Bincombe Barn
- 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
- Round barrow W of Druce Higher Barn
- Group of round barrows W of Ridgeway Hill
- Two bowl barrows immediately south of Bayard Dairy
- Two round barrows in Doles Hill Plantation
- Tadnoll Barrow
- Round barrow on Black Hill
- Round barrow N of Heave Coppice
- Kerbed cairn 590m south east of Poxwell Manor
- Bell barrow in Highfield Plantation and two bowl barrows immediately north west of Forty Acre Plantation
- Six round barrows W of Came Down
- Bowl barrow 360m south west of Clandon Farm
- Bowl barrow 200m south east of Hill Barn: one of a group of three barrows
- Group of round barrows NE of Hog Leaze
- Long barrow, three bell barrows, fancy barrow and a linear earthwork 800m north of Maiden Castle
- Two bowl barrows on Green Hill 450m north of Pound Farm
- Huck Barrow in Knighton Heath Wood
- Roman road over Thorncombe Wood and Black Heath
- Bowl barrow on Puddletown Heath, 800m south west of Coombe Barn
- Henge Enclosure, Conquer Barrow and Barrow Cemetery
- Henge, Romano-British amphitheatre and Civil War fieldworks known collectively as Maumbury Rings
- Ancient settlement SW of Incombe Wood
- The Clandon Barrow, 450m west of Clandon Farm
- Bowl barrow 550m WNW of West End Barn
- Medieval settlement 850m north of St Mary's Church
- Two round barrows at Down Wood
- Wardstone Barrow: a bowl barrow on the Dorset coastal ridge 300m south of Chideock Farm
- Bowl barrow 380m west of Whitfield Farm
- Two barrows 600yds (550m) N of Halls Farm
- Round barrow N of Ashton Cottages
- Round barrows on Ridgeway
- Bowl barrow c.200m NNW of Chaldon Herring: part of a barrow group north of Chaldon Herring village
- Icehouse at Ringstead, 660m south west of Pit House
- Barrow on Galton Heath
- Bowl barrow 450m north west of Duck Dairy House
- Round barrow on Ridgeway Hill
- Round barrow 250yds (230m) W of Fryer Mayne manor house
- Discontinuous surviving sections of Roman aqueduct
- Group of barrows E of Northdown Barn
- Part of Roman, Saxon, and medieval town in grounds of Wollaston House
- Bowl barrow 600m south of Whitcombe Farm
- Barrow S of Wolfeton Clump
- Bowl barrow 450m east of Dennet's Bottom Barn
- Group of barrows on the golf course, Came Down
- Group of four round barrows in Cripton Wood
- Two round barrows on Ridgeway
- Medieval standing cross 6m north east of St Martin's Church
- Four bowl barrows on Hog Hill, west and north west of Maiden Castle
- Round barrow SW of Ashton Cottages
- Two bowl barrows 560m south east of Hill Barn
- Round barrow cemetery immediately south east of Maiden Castle
- Three barrows S of Poxwell Big Wood
- Two bowl barrows on Lord's Down 580m south east of Crawthorne Farm
- Round barrow N of Forston Barn
- Three round barrows on Puddletown Down
- Three bowl barrows at the western end of Waterston Ridge, 360m north west of Fidler's Green Farm
- Two round barrows N of Came Farm
Places to see near West Stafford
Lakes near West Stafford
Rivers near West Stafford
- 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