--- title: "Broadwey – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Broadwey, United Kingdom: Broadwey was a former village in the northern suburbs of Weymouth, Dorset, England. Nearby: Radipole Lake, Bob Lucas Stadium…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/broadwey" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/broadwey.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Broadwey.jpg/3840px-Broadwey.jpg" --- Village in Dorset, England · United Kingdom # Broadwey Broadwey was a former village in the northern suburbs of Weymouth, Dorset, England. ![Broadwey](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Broadwey.jpg/3840px-Broadwey.jpg) Broadwey · Wikimedia Commons 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadwey), 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. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radipole_Lake) 2. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Lucas_Stadium) 3. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_Hill,_Dorset) 4. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Trinity_Church,_Bincombe) 5. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_Hill_Roman_Temple) 6. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lodmoor) 7. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Ann%27s_Church,_Radipole) 8. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_John%27s_Church,_Weymouth) 9. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Queen_Victoria,_Weymouth) 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Laurence%27s_Church,_Upwey) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. 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 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/bristol-to-broadwey) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Bristol&to=Broadwey) - Cardiff → Broadwey 105 km · quickest by road, 2h 48m · £18–24 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/cardiff-to-broadwey) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Cardiff&to=Broadwey) - London → Broadwey 190 km · quickest by road, 2h 59m · £19–26 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/london-to-broadwey) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=London&to=Broadwey) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Broadwey) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. 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 in Despite 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 in Services 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 next Isle of Portland – take the A354 south or a ferry to Portland, a tied island known for its stone. From [Wikivoyage: Weymouth](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/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. [Isle of Wight](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-wight) GB 11 ways of moving, 22 sources 82 km 2. [Lundy](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/lundy) GB 7 ways of moving, 11 sources 165 km 3. [Inis Mór (Inishmore)](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/inis-mor) IE 8 ways of moving, 21 sources 569 km 4. [Isle of Arran](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-arran) GB 10 ways of moving, 36 sources 576 km 5. [Vlieland](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/vlieland) NL 10 ways of moving, 47 sources 587 km If you know how people move in Broadwey – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cbroadwey&title=Broadwey&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fbroadwey), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Broadwey - [Bincombe](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/bincombe) village in Dorset, England, UK 1.9 km - [Winterborne Monkton](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/winterborne-monkton) village and civil parish in Dorset, UK 3.9 km - [Preston](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/preston) village in Dorset, England 3.5 km - [Radipole](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/radipole) village in Dorset, England, UK 3.7 km - [Upwey](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/upwey) village in Dorset, England, United Kingdom 2.2 km - [Overcombe](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/overcombe) village in Dorset, England, UK 3 km [The place page for Broadwey](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/broadwey) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on United Kingdom](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-GB) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/broadwey, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. 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