Whitcombe is a Village in the county of Dorset.

Retail in Whitcombe

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

Don't miss Lyme Regis, Charmouth, Weymouth, Bridport, Beaminster, and Wareham's towns if visiting the area around Whitcombe.

The area around Whitcombe's best waterfalls can be found at Jericho Weir.

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

Places near Whitcombe feature a number of interesting historic buildings including The Cobb.

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

Whitcombe is near some unmissable ancient sites like Eggardon Hill,

Don't miss Eggardon Hill's hills if visiting the area around Whitcombe.

Don't miss Corfe Castle's castles if visiting the area around Whitcombe.

There are a number of ruins near to Whitcombe including Corfe Castle.

Airports to visit near Whitcombe include Bournemouth Airport.

Whitcombe History

There are some historic monuments around Whitcombe:

• Two round barrows on Ridgeway
• Deserted village of Bardolfeston
• Barrow 500yds (450m) E of village
• Medieval settlement of Winterborne Farringdon and associated remains
• Group of round barrows W of Ridgeway Hill
• Bowl barrow on Puddletown Heath, 400m north east of Duck Dairy House
• Poundbury Camp, associated monuments and section of Roman aqueduct.
• Round barrow cemetery immediately south east of Maiden Castle
• Oval barrow and three bowl barrows 250m and 330m south of Whitcombe Barn
• Round barrow E of Forston Farm
• Medieval settlement immediately west of Waterston House
• Bowl barrow 450m north west of Duck Dairy House
• Six barrows on Ridgeway Hill
• Henge, Romano-British amphitheatre and Civil War fieldworks known collectively as Maumbury Rings
• Bowl barrow 75m south east of Laycock Dairy Farm
• Romano-Celtic temple and associated remains at Jordan Hill
• Earthwork in Bowley's Plantation
• Preston Roman villa
• Round barrow E of Bayard's Barn
• Sandsfoot Castle
• Medieval settlement 850m north of St Mary's Church
• Bowl barrow 615m north east of Hardy's Birthplace
• Two round barrows S of Ashton Farm
• The Clandon Barrow, 450m west of Clandon Farm
• Barrow on Galton Heath
• Long barrow and four bowl barrows 500m north west of Whitfield Farm
• Icehouse at Ringstead, 660m south west of Pit House
• Medieval settlement remains at Whitcombe
• Two round barrows N of Came Farm
• Bowl barrow 360m south west of Clandon Farm
• Barrow 200yds (180m) N of the White Horse
• Medieval settlement of North Louvard
• Group of round barrows near Eweleaze Barn
• Round barrow N of Boswell's Plantation
• Round barrow N of Forston Barn
• Bowl barrow 600m south of Whitcombe Farm
• Lord's Barrow: a bowl barrow 500m north of Northground Dairy
• Sandy Barrow W of East Farm Dairy
• Roman road in Kingston Park
• Kerbed cairn 590m south east of Poxwell Manor
• Group of barrows S of Goldsmith's Plantation
• Bowl barrow on Wood Hill 310m north east of Cowden
• Bowl barrow 500m north east of Clandon Farm
• Bowl barrow on Burleston Down 840m south east of Crawthorne Farm
• Bowl barrow 450m east of Dennet's Bottom Barn
• Cross-ridge dyke on Windsbatch
• Cross in St Mary's churchyard
• Round barrow S of Manor Farm
• Round barrow SW of Ashton Cottages
• Four bowl barrows immediately north west of Maiden Castle
• Four barrows on Moigns Down
• Bowl barrow to the west of Five Marys: an outlier to the Five Marys round barrow cemetery
• Round barrow on Stratton Down
• Court Close settlement remains
• Six round barrows on Bincombe Down
• Settlement remains N of Maiden Castle
• Two barrows on Little Puddle Hill
• Bowl barrow 660m south of Chaldon Down Buildings: part of the Chaldon Down round barrow cemetery
• Bowl barrow 550m south of Chaldon Down Buildings: part of the Chaldon Down round barrow cemetery
• Group of round barrows on Bincombe Hill
• Culliford Tree long barrow and group of round barrows
• Medieval settlement at West Ringstead
• Group of round barrows on Ridgeway
• Medieval settlement at Holworth
• Group of four round barrows in Cripton Wood
• Nothe Fort, tramway and searchlight battery at The Nothe
• Two bowl barrows on Conygar Hill
• Round barrow N of Ridgeway
• Herringston round barrows
• Two round barrows N of Bincombe Barn
• Bowl barrow1050m WNW of Manor Farm
• Outer defences of Roman town, W of St Genevieve's Convent
• Barrows in Came Wood
• Barrow S of Wolfeton Clump
• Two bowl barrows 320m south west of Laycock Dairy Farm
• Two round barrows in Doles Hill Plantation
• Round barrow N of Ashton Cottages
• Barrow S of Common Plantation
• Medieval settlement of Little Piddle
• Round barrow NE of Hog Hill Barn
• Four bowl barrows on Hog Hill, west and north west of Maiden Castle
• Upton Fort, a coastal artillery battery and two searchlight emplacements
• Four bowl barrows at the eastern end of Waterston Ridge, 490m south west and 500m south east of Ridge Farm
• Two bowl barrows immediately south of Bayard Dairy
• Long barrow, three bell barrows, fancy barrow and a linear earthwork 800m north of Maiden Castle
• Round barrow W of Druce Higher Barn
• Two barrows W of Little Piddle Down
• Three bowl barrows on Puddletown Heath, 550m south west of Beacon Corner
• Two round barrows SW of Well House Cottage
• Bowl barrow on Whitcombe Hill, 600m west of Stafford Farm
• Bowl barrow on Puddletown Heath, 800m south west of Coombe Barn
• Bowl barrow 550m WNW of West End Barn
• Bell barrow 70m west of Fidler's Green
• Three bowl barrows 530m and 350m north east of Whitcombe Barn
• Two round barrows at Down Wood
• Round barrow on Ridgeway Hill
• The Rainbarrows, a group of three bowl barrows on Duddle Heath
• Two bowl barrows on Lord's Down 580m south east of Crawthorne Farm
• Long barrow 400yds (360m) NW of Hill Barn
• Fishpond at West Ringstead, 590m south of Pit House
• Round barrow on Hog Leaze
• Round barrow 250yds (230m) W of Fryer Mayne manor house
• Three bowl barrows 380m west of West End Barn
• Four bowl barows 710m north, 750m north west and 950m north west of Clyffe House
• Disc barrow 715m west of Bayard Farm
• Barrow S of Tinker's Barrow Plantation
• Bowl barrow 470m south east of Down Barn: an outlier of the Chaldon Down barrow group
• Round barrow SW of Wolfeton Clump
• Roman road over Thorncombe Wood and Black Heath
• Tudor and 17th century farmstead and Romano-British settlement
• Henge Enclosure, Conquer Barrow and Barrow Cemetery
• Part of Roman, Saxon, and medieval town in grounds of Wollaston House
• Group of three round barrows NE of Jackman's Cross
• Group of round barrows on North Bincombe Hill, S of Came Wood
• Ancient settlement SW of Incombe Wood
• Long barrow immediately north west of Maiden Castle
• Round barrow N of Heave Coppice
• Maiden Castle
• Round barrow 1/4 mile (400m) N of Ridge Hill
• Round barrow on Cheselbourne West Down
• Bowl barrow on Little Puddle Hill, 920m north west of Fidler's Green Farm
• Bowl barrow on Whitcombe Hill 500m north of Whitcombe Farm
• Bell barrow in Highfield Plantation and two bowl barrows immediately north west of Forty Acre Plantation
• Bowl barrow 200m south east of Hill Barn: one of a group of three barrows
• Group of barrows E of Northdown Barn
• Huck Barrow in Knighton Heath Wood
• 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
• Bell barrow and bowl barrow 580m east of Clyffe House
• 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
• Three barrows S of Poxwell Big Wood
• Bowl barrow 650m south of Chaldon Down Buildings: part of the Chaldon Down round barrow cemetery
• Round barrows on Four Barrow Hill
• Three round barrows on Puddletown Down
• Barrow S of Three-Cornered Plantation
• Discontinuous surviving sections of Roman aqueduct
• Group of barrows on West Hill
• Six round barrows W of Came Down
• Round barrows on Ridgeway
• Dorchester Roman walls
• Round barrow SW of Bourne Farm
• Two bowl barrows 200m south east of Hill Barn: two of a group of three barrows
• Mayne stone circle (at Little Mayne Farm)
• Group of barrows on the golf course, Came Down
• George III, chalk-cut hill side figure
• Two bowl barrows 280m north of Clyffe House
• Bowl barrow 380m west of Whitfield Farm
• Humpty Dumpty Field, Radipole
• Three bowl barrows at the western end of Waterston Ridge, 360m north west of Fidler's Green Farm
• Two barrows 600yds (550m) N of Halls Farm
• Sandy Barrow
• Barrow on College Down
• Two bowl barrows 560m south east of Hill Barn
• Colliton Park Roman house
• Settlement on Smacam Down