English Heritage sites near Burton Bradstock Parish

Kingston Russell Stone Circle

KINGSTON RUSSELL STONE CIRCLE

5 miles from Burton Bradstock Parish

A late Neolithic or early Bronze Age circle of 18 fallen stones, on a hilltop overlooking Abbotsbury and the sea.

Winterbourne Poor Lot Barrows

WINTERBOURNE POOR LOT BARROWS

5 miles from Burton Bradstock Parish

A 'cemetery' of 44 Bronze Age burial mounds of varying types and sizes, straddling the A35 main road.

Abbotsbury, St Catherine's Chapel

ABBOTSBURY, ST CATHERINE'S CHAPEL

6 miles from Burton Bradstock Parish

Set high on a hilltop overlooking Abbotsbury Abbey, this sturdily buttressed and barrel-vaulted 14th-century chapel was built by monks as a place of pilgrimage and retreat.

Abbotsbury Abbey Remains

ABBOTSBURY ABBEY REMAINS

6 miles from Burton Bradstock Parish

Part of a monastic building, perhaps the abbot’s lodging, of Benedictine Abbotsbury Abbey, Henry VIII ordered its destruction during the Dissolution in 1538. St Catherine's Chapel is nearby.

The Nine Stones

THE NINE STONES

7 miles from Burton Bradstock Parish

Now in a wooded glade, this small prehistoric circle of nine standing stones was constructed around 4,000 years ago and is surrounded by a mysterious air. Winterbourne Poor Lot Barrows are nearby.

Maiden Castle

MAIDEN CASTLE

10 miles from Burton Bradstock Parish

Among the largest and most complex of Iron Age hillforts in Europe, Maiden Castle’s huge multiple ramparts enclose an area the size of 50 football pitches and once protected hundreds of residents.


Churches in Burton Bradstock Parish

Burton Bradstock: St Mary

Pubs in Burton Bradstock Parish

Anchor Inn

High Street, Burton Bradstock, DT6 4QF
(01308) 897228
anchorinn.pub/

Well maintained 2 bar pub in centre of village. Superb food menu, fish recommended. Up to four changing beers selected from Dartmoor Jail Ale, Dorset Jurassic, Exmoor Gold, Sharp's Cornish Coaster/Doom Bar and St Austell Tribute.
Three Horseshoes

Mill Street, Burton Bradstock, DT6 4QZ
(01308) 897259
threehorseshoesburtonbradstock.co.uk/

Lovely thatched pub with suntrap seats at the front. Very good food. Popular with families using the beach. Carries the full Palmer's range and one of few Palmer pubs that regularly stocks Tally Ho! Open all day June to September.