Athelhampton
Athelhampton is a settlement in the civil parish of Athelhampton and Puddletown, in Dorset, England, situated approximately 5 miles (8 km) east of Dorchester.
Athelhampton is a settlement in the civil parish of Athelhampton and Puddletown, in Dorset, England, situated approximately 5 miles (8 km) east of Dorchester. It consists of a manor house and a former Church of England parish church. Dorset County Council's 2013 mid-year estimate of the population of the civil parish is 30. On 1 April 2024 the parish was abolished and merged with Puddletown to form "Athelhampton and Puddletown".
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Worth seeing in and around Athelhampton
4 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Dewlish House
Dewlish House is a country house near Dewlish in Dorset. It is a Grade I Listed building.
3.2 km · Grade I listed building in West Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Church of Saint John, Tolpuddle
The Church of Saint John the Evangelist is a Church of England parish church in Tolpuddle, Dorset. The church is a Grade I listed building.
2 km · Grade I listed building in Tolpuddle, Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Waterston Manor
Waterston Manor, Puddletown, Dorset is a manor house with 17th century origins, that was extensively rebuilt after a fire in 1863 and remodelled in 1911. The manor was the inspiration for Weatherbury Farm in Thomas Hardy's novel, Far from the Madding Crowd.
3.6 km · Grade I listed manor house in West Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Church of Saint John the Evangelist
St John's Church is a Church of England church in Tincleton, Dorset, England. It was designed by Benjamin Ferrey and built in 1849–50.
2.5 km · church building in Tincleton, West Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Athelhampton
- Airports
- Bristol (BRS), 76 km · Cardiff (CWL), 101 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 153 km
- Bristol → Athelhampton81 km · quickest by road, 2h 6m · £10–13
- Cardiff → Athelhampton101 km · quickest by road, 2h 50m · £16–22
- London → Athelhampton175 km · quickest by road, 2h 46m · £18–24
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No local-transport research exists yet for Athelhampton
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Athelhampton. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThere are ferries from Jersey, Guernsey, Cherbourg, France, to Poole and Weymouth run by Brittany Ferries and Condor Ferries.
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Next door to Athelhampton
- Puddletownvillage in Dorset, England, UK1.2 km
- Tolpuddlevillage in Burleston and Tolpuddle, Dorset, England, UK2.2 km
- Woodsfordhamlet in south west Dorset, England3.9 km
- Affpuddlevillage in Dorset, England, UK3.7 km
- Tincletonvillage and civil parish in Dorset, United Kingdom2.3 km
- Burlestonvillage in Burleston and Tolpuddle, Dorset, England, UK1 km