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Britford

Britford is a village and civil parish beside the River Avon about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south-east of Salisbury in Wiltshire, England.

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The place

Britford is a village and civil parish beside the River Avon about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south-east of Salisbury in Wiltshire, England. The village is just off the A338 Salisbury-Bournemouth road. The 2011 Census recorded a parish population of 592.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Britford

10 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.

  1. 01
    Salisbury

    Salisbury is a cathedral city and civil parish in Wiltshire, England with a population of 41,820, at the confluence of the rivers Avon, Nadder and Bourne. The city is approximately 20 miles from Southampton and 30 miles from Bath.

    2.7 km · cathedral city in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Salisbury Cathedral

    Salisbury Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is an Anglican cathedral in the city of Salisbury, England. The cathedral is regarded as one of the leading examples of Early English Gothic design.

    2.2 km · church of England cathedral in Salisbury, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Diocese of Salisbury

    The Diocese of Salisbury is a Church of England diocese in the south of England, within the ecclesiastical Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers the historic county of Dorset, most of Wiltshire, and the Channel Islands of Jersey and Guernsey.

    2.2 km · Church of England diocese in the south of England · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Longford Castle

    Longford Castle is a Grade I listed country house on the banks of the River Avon south of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. It is the seat of the Earl of Radnor and an example of the Elizabethan prodigy house.

    1.9 km · Grade I listed prodigy house in Odstock, Wiltshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Clarendon Palace

    Clarendon Palace is a medieval ruin 2+1⁄4 miles east of Salisbury in Wiltshire, England. The palace was a royal residence during the Middle Ages, and was the location of the Assize of Clarendon which developed the Constitutions of Clarendon.

    3 km · castle in Wiltshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Church of St Martin, Salisbury

    The Church of St Martin, also known as Sarum St Martin, is a Church of England parish church in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. The church has a chancel which was built c.1230, a 14th-century tower with spire, and a 15th-century nave with aisles.

    1.7 km · church in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    College of Matrons

    The College of Matrons is a residential building and charity within the Salisbury Cathedral Close, Wiltshire, England. It was constructed in 1682 by Seth Ward, bishop of Salisbury, as an almshouse for ten widows of clergy ordained within the diocese of Salisbury.

    2.3 km · Grade I listed building in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Wren Hall

    Wren Hall is a Grade I listed building in Salisbury Cathedral Close, Wiltshire, England. Situated on the west side of Choristers' Green, it was originally part of the attached Braybrook House.

    2.4 km · Grade I listed building in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Poultry Cross

    The Poultry Cross is a market cross in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, marking the site of former markets. Constructed in the 14th century and modified in the 18th century, it stands at the junction of Silver Street and Minster Street.

    2.4 km · Grade I listed market cross in Salisbury, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Hemingsby House

    Hemingsby House is a Grade I listed, 14th-century house in Salisbury, England, in the north-west corner of Salisbury Cathedral Close, overlooking Choristers' Green. Although constructed as one house, it has two parts in different architectural styles, giving the impression of two separate buildings.

    2.4 km · Grade I listed building in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Britford

Airports
Bristol (BRS), 75 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 102 km · London Gatwick (LGW), 111 km
Stations
Salisbury railway station, 3 km · Salisbury bus station, 2.4 km
  • Bristol → Britford
    70 km · quickest by road, 2h 23m · £8–10
  • London → Britford
    129 km · quickest by road, 3h 5m · £13–17
  • Cardiff → Britford
    106 km · quickest by road, 3h 1m · £14–19
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Britford

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 Britford. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inBournemouth airport is mostly served by charter flights, and a small number of short-haul scheduled flights.

From Wikivoyage: Salisbury (England), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    52 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    203 km
  3. 03
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    522 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    550 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    586 km

If you know how people move in Britford – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Britford

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  • Odstockvillage and civil parish in Wiltshire, United Kingdom2.2 km
  • Winterbourne Earlsvillage in Wiltshire, UK3.7 km
  • Bemertonsuburb of Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom3.7 km
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