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Broadwey

Broadwey was a former village in the northern suburbs of Weymouth, Dorset, England.

Broadwey
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The place

Broadwey was a former village in the northern suburbs of Weymouth, Dorset, England. It lies on the B3159 road. In 2001, Broadwey and Upwey ward had a population of 4,349. St Nicholas' Church serves the suburb, as did Broadwey Methodist Church until 2021.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Broadwey

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
    Radipole Lake

    Radipole Lake is a lake on the River Wey, now in the English coastal town of Weymouth, Dorset, once in Radipole, the village and parish of the same name. Along the western shore of the lake, and between Radipole and the town centre of Weymouth, now lies the modern suburb of Southill.

    2.7 km · lake in Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Bob Lucas Stadium

    The Bob Lucas Stadium is a football stadium in Weymouth, England. It has been the home ground of Weymouth F.C. since 1987.

    3.6 km · stadium · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Jordan Hill

    Jordan Hill is located near the coast close to the village of Preston, just to the east of Weymouth, Dorset, England.

    3 km · hill in Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Parish Church of Holy Trinity

    Holy Trinity Church is a Church of England parish church located in Bincombe, Dorset, England. The church dates back to the late 12th century, with subsequent additions and a restoration in 1865.

    1.9 km · Grade I listed church in Bincombe, Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Romano-Celtic temple and associated remains at Jordan Hill

    Jordan Hill Roman Temple is a Romano-Celtic temple and Roman ruin situated on Jordan Hill above Bowleaze Cove in the eastern suburbs of Weymouth in Dorset, England. Original amateur archaeological excavations on the site were carried out by J. Medhurst in 1843-6.

    3.1 km · archaeological site in Overcombe, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Lodmoor

    Lodmoor is a Site of Special Scientific Interest, RSPB reserve and country park in Dorset, England. The country park features a visitor centre, model railway and pitch and putt golf course.

    2.7 km · park in England · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Church of St Ann

    St Ann's Church is a Church of England parish church in Radipole, Weymouth, Dorset, England. The church dates to the 13th century, with later additions, and is a Grade II* listed building.

    2.1 km · church in Dorset, Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Church of St John the Evangelist

    St John's Church is a large evangelical Church of England church in Weymouth, Dorset, England. It was built in 1850–1854 to the designs of Talbot Bury and is a Grade II* listed building.

    3.6 km · church in Melcombe Regis, Weymouth, Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Statue of Queen Victoria

    Queen Victoria Statue is a statue of Queen Victoria, located at Weymouth, Dorset in England. Designed by George Blackall Simonds, the statue was erected to commemorate the Queen's reign.

    3.7 km · statue in Weymouth, Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Church of St Laurence

    St Laurence's Church is a Church of England parish church in Upwey, Dorset, England. Much of the existing church dates to the late 15th century, with some earlier fabric and later additions of the 19th and 20th centuries.

    2.1 km · church in Upwey, Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Go there

Getting to Broadwey

Airports
Bristol (BRS), 83 km · Cardiff (CWL), 103 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 167 km
Stations
Upwey railway station, 200 m · Upwey Wishing Well Halt railway station, 1.7 km
  • Bristol → Broadwey
    90 km · quickest by road, 2h 3m · £11–14
  • Cardiff → Broadwey
    105 km · quickest by road, 2h 48m · £18–24
  • London → Broadwey
    190 km · quickest by road, 2h 59m · £19–26
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Broadwey

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

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inDespite its history as a cross-Channel ferry port, these days the furthest you can get on a passenger vessel from Weymouth is Portland; ships from the Channel Islands and France dock at Poole.
  • Get inServices to Poole from the Channel Islands of Guernsey and Jersey, as well as Cherbourg in Normandy and Saint-Malo in Brittany by fast or traditional ferry are provided by Brittany Ferries and Condor Ferries.
  • Go nextIsle of Portland – take the A354 south or a ferry to Portland, a tied island known for its stone.

From Wikivoyage: Weymouth, 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

    82 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    165 km
  3. 03
    Inis Mór (Inishmore)IE

    8 ways of moving, 21 sources

    569 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 36 sources

    576 km
  5. 05
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    587 km

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Around it

Next door to Broadwey

  • Bincombevillage in Dorset, England, UK1.9 km
  • Winterborne Monktonvillage and civil parish in Dorset, UK3.9 km
  • Prestonvillage in Dorset, England3.5 km
  • Radipolevillage in Dorset, England, UK3.7 km
  • Upweyvillage in Dorset, England, United Kingdom2.2 km
  • Overcombevillage in Dorset, England, UK3 km