--- title: "Chickerell – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Chickerell, United Kingdom: Chickerell is a town and parish in south Dorset, England, situated 2 miles (3 km) north-west of Weymouth. Nearby: Chesil…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/chickerell" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/chickerell.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/VW_T1_Van_%281957%29_%2836053594532%29.jpg/1920px-VW_T1_Van_%281957%29_%2836053594532%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail" --- Town in Dorset, England · United Kingdom # Chickerell Chickerell is a town and parish in south Dorset, England, situated 2 miles (3 km) north-west of Weymouth. ![Chickerell](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/VW_T1_Van_%281957%29_%2836053594532%29.jpg/1920px-VW_T1_Van_%281957%29_%2836053594532%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) Chickerell · Andrew Bone from Weymouth, England The place 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. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chickerell), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## 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. 1. Chesil 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesil_Beach) 2. Sandsfoot 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandsfoot_Castle) 3. 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) 4. 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. 1.4 km · stadium · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Lucas_Stadium) 5. Jordan 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_Hill,_Dorset) 6. Weymouth 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weymouth_Beach) 7. Weymouth 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weymouth_Pavilion) 8. Church 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Joseph%27s_Church,_Weymouth) 9. Bennetts 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennetts_Water_Gardens) 10. 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. 5.7 km · archaeological site in Overcombe, United Kingdom · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_Hill_Roman_Temple) 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 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 → Chickerell 93 km · quickest by road, 2h 10m · £11–15 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/bristol-to-chickerell) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Bristol&to=Chickerell) - Cardiff → Chickerell 106 km · quickest by road, 2h 54m · £19–25 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/cardiff-to-chickerell) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Cardiff&to=Chickerell) - London → Chickerell 193 km · quickest by road, 3h 5m · £20–27 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/london-to-chickerell) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=London&to=Chickerell) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Chickerell) 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 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. 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 85 km 2. [Lundy](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/lundy) GB 7 ways of moving, 11 sources 164 km 3. [Inis Mór (Inishmore)](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/inis-mor) IE 8 ways of moving, 21 sources 568 km 4. [Isle of Arran](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-arran) GB 10 ways of moving, 36 sources 578 km 5. [Vlieland](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/vlieland) NL 10 ways of moving, 47 sources 591 km If you know how people move in Chickerell – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cchickerell&title=Chickerell&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fchickerell), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Chickerell - [Weymouth](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/weymouth) town in Dorset, England 3.9 km - [Fleet](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/fleet) village and civil parish in Dorset, England 1.5 km - [Langton Herring](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/langton-herring) village and civil parish in Dorset, United Kingdom 3.5 km - [Bincombe](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/bincombe) village in Dorset, England, UK 5.8 km - [Wyke Regis](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/wyke-regis) village in Dorset, United Kingdom 4.1 km - [Radipole](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/radipole) village in Dorset, England, UK 2.8 km [The place page for Chickerell](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/chickerell) [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/chickerell, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. 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