Chickerell
Chickerell is a town and parish in south Dorset, England, situated 2 miles (3 km) north-west of Weymouth.
Chickerell is a town and parish in south Dorset, England, situated 2 miles (3 km) north-west of Weymouth. In the 2021 census the parish had a population of 6,283. The parish includes the Charlestown neighbourhood and Buckland Ripers hamlet.
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Worth seeing in and around Chickerell
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.
- 01Chesil Beach
Chesil Beach is a major shingle beach structure in Dorset, England. Behind the beach is the Fleet, a shallow tidal lagoon.
2.4 km · shingle beach in Dorset, southern England · Wikipedia - 02Sandsfoot Castle
Sandsfoot Castle, also known historically as Weymouth Castle, is an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII near Weymouth, Dorset, England. It formed part of the King's Device programme to protect against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire, and defended the Weymouth Bay anchorage.
4.4 km · castle in Weymouth, Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Radipole 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 - 04Bob 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.
1.4 km · stadium · Wikipedia - 05Jordan Hill
Jordan Hill is located near the coast close to the village of Preston, just to the east of Weymouth, Dorset, England.
5.7 km · hill in Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Weymouth Beach
Weymouth Beach is a gently curving arc of sand in Weymouth Bay, beside the town of Weymouth in Dorset, England. Immediately adjacent to the beach is The Esplanade.
3.9 km · beach in Weymouth, Dorset, England · Wikipedia - 07Weymouth Pavilion
The Weymouth Pavilion, formerly the Ritz, is a theatre in Weymouth, Dorset, England. The complex contains a 988-seat theatre, 600-capacity ballroom known as the Ocean Room, the Piano Bar restaurant, Ritz Cafe, and other function and meeting rooms.
4.3 km · theatre in Weymouth, Dorset, England (1960-) · Wikipedia - 08Church of St Joseph (Catholic)
St Joseph's Church is a Roman Catholic church in Weymouth, Dorset, England. It was designed by George Drysdale and built in 1933–34.
3.5 km · church building in Weymouth and Portland, Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Bennetts Water Gardens
Bennetts Water Gardens is an 8-acre garden in Chickerell, near Weymouth, Dorset, in southern England. It holds national and international collections of water lilies which flower from late May through to September.
1 km · Garden in Dorset, England · Wikipedia - 10Romano-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.
5.7 km · archaeological site in Overcombe, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Chickerell
- Airports
- Bristol (BRS), 86 km · Cardiff (CWL), 104 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 171 km
- Stations
- Upwey railway station, 3.8 km · Weymouth Quay railway station, 4.3 km · Weymouth Harbour, 4.2 km
- Bristol → Chickerell93 km · quickest by road, 2h 10m · £11–15
- Cardiff → Chickerell106 km · quickest by road, 2h 54m · £19–25
- London → Chickerell193 km · quickest by road, 3h 5m · £20–27
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Chickerell
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 Chickerell. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- 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.
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Next door to Chickerell
- Weymouthtown in Dorset, England3.9 km
- Fleetvillage and civil parish in Dorset, England1.5 km
- Langton Herringvillage and civil parish in Dorset, United Kingdom3.5 km
- Bincombevillage in Dorset, England, UK5.8 km
- Wyke Regisvillage in Dorset, United Kingdom4.1 km
- Radipolevillage in Dorset, England, UK2.8 km