Rooksdown is a Town in the county of Hampshire.

Retail in Rooksdown

There are great places to visit near Rooksdown including some great cities, villages, lakes, towns, historic buildings, shopping centres and airports.

There are a number of cities near Rooksdown including Portsmouth, and Winchester.

There are a number of villages near Rooksdown including Southwick, and Milford-on-Sea.

The area around Rooksdown's best lakes can be found at Southwick Park Lake.

Don't miss Aldershot, Lymington, Gosport, Basingstoke, and Southampton's towns if visiting the area around Rooksdown.

Don't miss Fort Blockhouse's historic buildings if visiting the area around Rooksdown.

Rooksdown has some unmissable shopping centres nearby like The Malls - Basingstoke, and Westquay.

Rooksdown has some unmissable airports nearby like Southampton Airport, and Blackbushe Airport.

Rooksdown History

There are some historic monuments around Rooksdown:

• Linear earthwork in Bridle's Copse, south west of Silchester
• Ellisfield camp W of Upper Common
• Winklebury camp
• Bulls Down camp
• The Late Iron Age oppidum and Roman town of Calleva Atrebatum and associated features
• Oliver's Battery: a motte and bailey castle at Old Basing
• Hillfort south west of Pond Farm, near Silchester
• Bell barrow 250m north-west of Larkwhistle Farm
• Pyotts Hill entrenchment
• Moated site and associated fishponds 100m south of Clappers Farm
• Woodgarston ring motte
• Grim's Bank: section extending 880yds (795m) in Old Warren
• Keyhole enclosure SE of Field Barn Farm
• Round barrow cemetery at Brimpton Common
• Linear earthwork in Gravelpit Copse and near Byes Lane, south west of Silchester
• Bowl barrow in Stephen's Firs: an outlier to a barrow cemetery in Holden's Firs
• Basing House and the Grange Field
• Round barrow cemetery beside Seymour Road
• Holy Ghost Chapel
• Three round barrows near Bulls Bushes Farm
• Windmill mound at Farleigh House
• Flex Ditch
• Roman site NW of Woodgarston Farm
• Moated site west of Cufaude Farm
• Grim's Bank: section extending 470yds (430m) in Little Heath
• Three sections of a linear earthwork between Churchlane Copse and Early Bridge Copse, south of Silchester
• Moated site, fishponds, icehouse and associated earthworks at Wyeford Farm.
• Bell barrow: part of the Brimpton Common barrow cemetery
• White Barrow
• Iron Age settlement 400m SE of Battle Down Farm