Wimborne St Giles is a Village in the county of Dorset.

Wimborne St Giles postcode: BH21 5NF

Retail in Wimborne St Giles

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

Lyme Regis, Charmouth, Weymouth, Bridport, Beaminster, Wareham, and Blandford Forum are great places to visit near Wimborne St Giles if you like towns.

Waterfalls to visit near Wimborne St Giles include Jericho Weir.

There are a several good villages in the Wimborne St Giles area like Uplyme, Bincombe, Symondsbury, and Abbotsbury.

Historic Buildings to visit near Wimborne St Giles include The Cobb.

Historic Monuments to visit near Wimborne St Giles include King's Statue (King George III Statue).

Wimborne St Giles has some unmissable ancient sites nearby like Eggardon Hill, Hambledon Hill, Badbury Rings, Kingston Russell Stone Circle, The Nine Stones, and Maiden Castle.

Places near Wimborne St Giles feature a number of interesting hills including Eggardon Hill.

There are a several good castles in the area around Wimborne St Giles like Corfe Castle.

Corfe Castle is a great place to visit close to Wimborne St Giles if you like ruins.

There are a several good airports in the area around Wimborne St Giles like Bournemouth Airport.

Wimborne St Giles History

There are some historic monuments around Wimborne St Giles:

• Celtic fields on Pentridge Down
• Roman road along the south side of Vernditch Chase: part of the Roman road between Sorviodunum (Old Sarum) and Vindocladia (Badbury)
• The western of two linear earthworks north of West Woodyates Manor
• Two barrows near Ackling Dyke
• Sandalholme pottery works
• Marleycombe Hill round barrows
• Bowl barrow 270m north of Grim's Ditch, near Tidpit Common
• Bowl barrow on Little Toyd Down, 650m south west of Grims Lodge Farm
• Grans barrow: a long barrow 880m west of Down Farm
• Knap barrow: a long barrow 900m west of Down Farm
• Boundary banks on Rye Hill and in Maldry Wood
• Four bowl barrows 865m north east of Squirrel's Corner
• Round barrow cemetery and two associated enclosures, 550m west of Wimborne Lodge, associated with the Knowlton Circles
• Disc barrow and a bowl barrow 640m south west of Veiny Cheese Pond
• Part of Ackling Dyke (Roman road), including Roman road on Oakley Down
• Woodhouse Hanging round barrows
• Camp in Mistlebury Wood
• Barrows on Wyke Down
• Bokerley Dyke, and a section of Grim's Ditch, a section of a medieval boundary bank, and two bowl barrows on and north west of Martin Down
• Earth circles S of King Down
• Parts of Dorset Cursus on Bottlebush Down
• Medieval settlement at Brockington, immediately north east of Brockington Farm
• Bowl barrow 350m east of the shoulder angle of Bokerley Dyke on Martin Down
• Bowl barrow 120m north east of the junction of Grim's Ditch and Bokerley Dyke on Blagdon Hill
• Bowl barrow 210m north east of the junction of Grim's Ditch and Bokerley Dyke on Blagdon Hill
• Round barrow cemetery south of New Barn Farm, associated with the Knowlton Circles
• Two bowl barrows 165m west of Veiny Cheese Pond
• Long mound 1500yds (1370m) E of Higher Farm
• Barrows N of St Giles Park
• Bowl barrow in Barrow Coppice, 660m north of Wayside Cottage
• Long barrow 700m west of Bride's Farm
• Bowl barrow cemetery and a cross dyke on Horton Common 800m south of Bridge Farm
• Barrow on Parsonage Hill
• Two linear earthworks in Vernditch Chase
• Long barrow on Little Toyd Down, 760m south west of Grims Lodge Farm
• Medieval settlement 750m north west of Knowlton
• A cross-ridge dyke on South Down 500m north east of Chase Barn
• Group of round barrows on King Down
• Two sections of a linear earthwork north of West Woodyates Manor: part of the `Bokerley Line'
• Barrow near Burtts Harley
• Ring ditch on Blackheath Down 650m south west of North Allenford Farm
• Knighton Roman road (stretching from Reddish Gore to reservoir)
• Deer park pale in Stubb's Coppice, Hogstock Coppice and Sing Close Coppice
• Potteries at Prairie Farm
• Long barrow 3/4 mile (1200m) SW of St Rumbold's Church
• Two bowl barrows on Mount Ararat, 865m and 910m north east of Stephen's Castle
• Barrow W of village
• Bowl barrow 250m north west of Veiny Cheese Pond
• Group of henge monuments, an associated group of round barrows, a Saxon cemetery, and a Norman church at Knowlton
• Badbury Rings
• Bowl barrow 45m south west of Bowldish Pond
• Round barrow NW of High Lea Farm
• Wor Barrow and two bowl barrows on Handley Down
• Bowl barrow on Mount Ararat, 550m east of Burrows Farm
• Two linear earthworks, two barrows and Iron Age and Romano-British settlements on Tidpit Common Down
• The eastern of two linear earthworks north of West Woodyates Manor
• Long barrows and group of round barrows on Bokerly Down
• Bradford Barrow
• Part of Dorset Cursus
• Barrows in Salisbury Plantation
• Knoll Camp hillfort, cross dyke, linear earthwork and hollow ways near Damerham Knoll
• Barrows in and near The Drive Plantation
• Length of Roman road near King Down Farm
• Barrows near Dorset Cursus
• Penbury Knoll camp on Pentridge Hill
• Barrow on Pentridge Down
• Two round barrows on Gussage Down
• Soldier's Ring
• Earthworks on Gussage Down
• Bowl barrow 250m north east of Monmouth's Ash Farm
• Woodminton Down round barrow
• Three bowl barrows on Cannon Hill
• Iron Age and Romano-British settlement remains on Woodcutts Common, 850m south east and 845m SSE of Arundell Cottages
• Scrubbity Barrows: a round barrow cemetery in Scrubbity Coppice
• Bowl barrow on Pistle Down, 800m north east of Burrows Farm
• A linear earthwork north east of West Woodyates Manor: part of the `Bokerley Line'
• Bowl barrow 170m north east of the Horton Inn
• Remains of medieval buildings ('Abbey buildings')
• Group of round barrows on Oakley Down
• Site of the medieval manor house and associated buildings of Kingston Lacy
• Marleycombe Hill earthworks
• Stephen's Castle, a bowl barrow 720m east of Eastworth Farm
• Roman buildings N of Witchampton Mill
• Romano-British settlement SW of Badbury Rings
• Two bowl barrows 200m north of Grim's Ditch, near Tidpit Common
• Section of Roman road near Badbury Rings
• Roman road north east of Vernditch Chase: part of the Roman road between Sorviodunum (Old Sarum) and Vindocladia (Badbury)
• Enclosure in Brookes Coppice, 600m north west of Five Elms
• Long barrow south-west of Vernditch Chase
• Wayside cross 70m north of St Michael's Church
• Vernditch Chase long barrow
• Western end of Dorset Cursus
• Bowl barrow 520m north east of the shoulder angle of Bokerley Dyke on Martin Down
• Barrows at junction of parish boundaries
• Three bowl barrows on Trow Down 520m north west and 545m west of Bigley Buildings
• Bowl barrow 240m north east of Martin's Farm Bungalow
• Bronze Age and Romano-British enclosure on Martin Down, east of Bokerley Junction
• Bowl barrow 330m north of Grim's Ditch, near Tidpit Common
• Roman building SE of Abbeycroft Coppice
• A linear earthwork and two bowl barrows east of Bokerley Dyke on Blagdon Hill
• Round barrows near Thickthorn Farm
• A bell barrow and a bowl barrow at St Michael's Middle School 60m west of the school buildings
• Camp at Nine Yews
• Bowl barrow on Summerlug Hill 250m south of Mannington Farm
• Bowl barrow 90m north east of Monmouth's Ash Farm
• Bowl barrow 290m north east of the junction of Bokerley Dyke and a linear earthwork on Martin Down
• Grim's Ditch: Old Lodge Copse to Toyd Clump
• Barrows in and near St Giles Park
• Two bowl barrows on South Down 660m north west of Chase Barn
• Bull Barrow on Holt Heath
• Middle Chase buildings round barrow
• Length of Roman road on Sovell Down
• Disc barrow W of Harley Gap, Gussage Down
• Long barrows SE of Thickthorn Farm
• Great Ditch banks
• Castle mound (or Castle Hill)
• Earthworks on Thickthorn Down
• Two long barrows on Gussage Hill
• Bowl barrow on Redman's Hill 450m south west of Bridge Farm
• Garden earthworks south of West Woodyates Manor
• Middle Chase Farm ditch
• Two round barrows S of Cranborne Farm
• Enclosure S of Humby's Stock Coppice
• Three associated linear earthworks on Martin Down
• Oval barrow on Pistle Down, 1010m north east of Stephen's Castle
• Barrow 30yds (27m) E of Dorset Cursus
• Three adjoining linear earthworks and three bowl barrows north of Bokerley Dyke on Martin Down
• Lengths of Roman road in Norwood Coppice and in The Rookery
• Wermere pond
• Long Barrow 800m north-west of Paradise