Buckhorn Weston is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset, situated in the Blackmore Vale about 3 miles (5 kilometres) west of the town of Gillingham.

It lies on the western edge of the former royal hunting ground of Gillingham Forest.

[1] In Saxon times the area was known as Bokere Waston, which meant 'hamlet in the wilderness near the dyke'.

[3] Saxons invaded the area around 450 AD, driving out existing inhabitants and possibly erecting a heathen temple on the site of a previous place of worship.

The Parish Church of St John the Baptist is a Grade II listed building.