Woodyates is a Village in the county of Dorset.

Woodyates postcode: SP5 5QY

Retail in Woodyates

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

Woodyates is near some unmissable waterfalls like Jericho Weir,

Villages to visit near Woodyates include Uplyme, Bincombe, Symondsbury, and Abbotsbury.

There are a number of historic buildings near to Woodyates including The Cobb.

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

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

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

The area close to Woodyates boasts some of the best castles including Corfe Castle.

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

Airports to visit near Woodyates include Bournemouth Airport.

Woodyates History

There are some historic monuments around Woodyates:

• Barrow W of village
• Round barrow cemetery and two associated enclosures, 550m west of Wimborne Lodge, associated with the Knowlton Circles
• Bowl barrow in Barrow Coppice, 660m north of Wayside Cottage
• Bowl barrow 270m north of Grim's Ditch, near Tidpit Common
• Faulston pigeon house
• Earthworks on Thickthorn Down
• Neale's Barrow, round barrow
• Middle Chase Farm ditch
• Scrubbity Barrows: a round barrow cemetery in Scrubbity Coppice
• Camp at Nine Yews
• Barrow on Fifield Down 700yds (640m) ESE of North Barn
• Chiselbury Camp hillfort, cross dykes and site of turnpike toll house
• Knap barrow: a long barrow 900m west of Down Farm
• Middle Chase buildings round barrow
• Vernditch Chase long barrow
• Bowl barrow 45m south west of Bowldish Pond
• Four bowl barrows 865m north east of Squirrel's Corner
• Western end of Dorset Cursus
• Swallowcliffe Down settlement
• Bowl barrow 210m north east of the junction of Grim's Ditch and Bokerley Dyke on Blagdon Hill
• A linear earthwork north east of West Woodyates Manor: part of the `Bokerley Line'
• Marleycombe Hill earthworks
• Oval barrow on Pistle Down, 1010m north east of Stephen's Castle
• Church Bottom earthwork enclosure
• Hare Warren Control Station
• Knowle Hill round barrow
• Long Barrow 800m north-west of Paradise
• Wayside cross 70m north of St Michael's Church
• Two linear earthworks in Vernditch Chase
• Part of Ackling Dyke (Roman road), including Roman road on Oakley Down
• Buxbury round barrow, Buxbury Hill
• Hydon Hill round barrows
• Three bowl barrows on Trow Down 520m north west and 545m west of Bigley Buildings
• Two barrows W of Stoke Down
• Bowl barrow 290m north east of the junction of Bokerley Dyke and a linear earthwork on Martin Down
• Ring ditch on Blackheath Down 650m south west of North Allenford Farm
• Round barrows S of Hare Warren
• Two round barrows S of Cranborne Farm
• Group of round barrows on Oakley Down
• Medieval settlement 750m north west of Knowlton
• Barrows in Salisbury Plantation
• Long barrows SE of Thickthorn Farm
• The western of two linear earthworks north of West Woodyates Manor
• Barrow 30yds (27m) E of Dorset Cursus
• Round barrow cemetery south of New Barn Farm, associated with the Knowlton Circles
• 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
• Knighton Roman road (stretching from Reddish Gore to reservoir)
• Bowl barrow 350m east of the shoulder angle of Bokerley Dyke on Martin Down
• Long mound 1500yds (1370m) E of Higher Farm
• Bowl barrow on Mount Ararat, 550m east of Burrows Farm
• Three adjoining linear earthworks and three bowl barrows north of Bokerley Dyke on Martin Down
• Bowl barrow on Pistle Down, 800m north east of Burrows Farm
• Two bowl barrows on Stoke Down 650m south west of Foxhole Cottage
• Knighton Hill round barrow
• Long barrow 3/4 mile (1200m) SW of St Rumbold's Church
• Barrows in and near St Giles Park
• Two bowl barrows 165m west of Veiny Cheese Pond
• Earthworks S of Knighton Hill Buildings
• Group of henge monuments, an associated group of round barrows, a Saxon cemetery, and a Norman church at Knowlton
• Castle Ditches camp
• Two bowl barrows on South Down 660m north west of Chase Barn
• Croucheston Down Barn round barrow
• Disc barrow and a bowl barrow 640m south west of Veiny Cheese Pond
• Roman road along the south side of Vernditch Chase: part of the Roman road between Sorviodunum (Old Sarum) and Vindocladia (Badbury)
• Stephen's Castle, a bowl barrow 720m east of Eastworth Farm
• Great Ditch banks
• Bowl barrow 520m north east of the shoulder angle of Bokerley Dyke on Martin Down
• Barrow on Parsonage Hill
• Two round barrows on Gussage Down
• A linear earthwork and two bowl barrows east of Bokerley Dyke on Blagdon Hill
• Round barrow on Swallowcliffe Down
• Marleycombe Hill round barrows
• The eastern of two linear earthworks north of West Woodyates Manor
• Two chalk military badges 380m and 550m west of Sheep Well
• Knoll Camp hillfort, cross dyke, linear earthwork and hollow ways near Damerham Knoll
• Round barrow 860yds (786m) SE of Knighton Hill Buildings
• Parts of Dorset Cursus on Bottlebush Down
• Bowl barrow 170m north east of the Horton Inn
• Three associated linear earthworks on Martin Down
• Bronze Age and Romano-British enclosure on Martin Down, east of Bokerley Junction
• Bowl barrow 330m north of Grim's Ditch, near Tidpit Common
• Woodminton Down round barrow
• Two bowl barrows 200m north of Grim's Ditch, near Tidpit Common
• Boundary banks on Rye Hill and in Maldry Wood
• Barrows on Wyke Down
• Garden earthworks south of West Woodyates Manor
• Celtic fields on Pentridge Down
• Long barrow 700m west of Bride's Farm
• Two long barrows on Gussage Hill
• Roman road north east of Vernditch Chase: part of the Roman road between Sorviodunum (Old Sarum) and Vindocladia (Badbury)
• Grim's Ditch: Old Lodge Copse to Toyd Clump
• Knighton Hill earthwork
• Barrow near Burtts Harley
• Part of Dorset Cursus
• Long barrow on Little Toyd Down, 760m south west of Grims Lodge Farm
• Barrows N of St Giles Park
• Disc barrow W of Harley Gap, Gussage Down
• Barrows near Dorset Cursus
• Chalk military badges on Fovant Down
• Barrows at junction of parish boundaries
• Wor Barrow and two bowl barrows on Handley Down
• Grans barrow: a long barrow 880m west of Down Farm
• Barrow on Pentridge Down
• Two barrows near Ackling Dyke
• Iron Age and Romano-British settlement remains on Woodcutts Common, 850m south east and 845m SSE of Arundell Cottages
• Soldier's Ring
• Bowl barrow 250m north west of Veiny Cheese Pond
• Punch Bowl round barrow
• Bury Orchard ditch
• Two sections of a linear earthwork north of West Woodyates Manor: part of the `Bokerley Line'
• Two linear earthworks, two barrows and Iron Age and Romano-British settlements on Tidpit Common Down
• Castle mound (or Castle Hill)
• Chalk map of Australia 925m south west of Upper Hurdcott Farm
• Enclosure in Brookes Coppice, 600m north west of Five Elms
• Two bowl barrows on Mount Ararat, 865m and 910m north east of Stephen's Castle
• Woodhouse Hanging round barrows
• Bowl barrow on Little Toyd Down, 650m south west of Grims Lodge Farm
• Hoop Side round barrows
• Cross-ridge dyke on Buxbury Hill
• Penbury Knoll camp on Pentridge Hill
• Medieval settlement at Brockington, immediately north east of Brockington Farm
• Round barrows near Thickthorn Farm
• Potteries at Prairie Farm
• Field system on Stoke Down
• Bowl barrow 120m north east of the junction of Grim's Ditch and Bokerley Dyke on Blagdon Hill
• Earthworks on Gussage Down
• Camp in Mistlebury Wood
• A cross-ridge dyke on South Down 500m north east of Chase Barn
• Length of Roman road on Sovell Down
• Long barrows and group of round barrows on Bokerly Down
• Barrows in and near The Drive Plantation
• Sandalholme pottery works
• Bowl barrow 240m north east of Martin's Farm Bungalow
• Enclosure S of Humby's Stock Coppice
• Hut Bottom round barrow
• Wermere pond
• Long barrow south-west of Vernditch Chase
• Barrow 230yds (210m) W of Sutton Ivers, on Sutton Down