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Dodford, Worcestershire

Dodford is a village in the Bromsgrove district of Worcestershire, England, approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Bromsgrove, officially founded on 2 July 1849 by members of the Chartist movement.

The place

Dodford is a village in the Bromsgrove district of Worcestershire, England, approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Bromsgrove, officially founded on 2 July 1849 by members of the Chartist movement. It was one of five settlements created in the land scheme and retains a characteristic grid street plan, along with narrow lanes and many plum and pear trees from its market gardening past. The civil parish of Dodford with Grafton had a population of 792 in 2021.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Dodford, Worcestershire

5 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
    Church of St John the Baptist, Bromsgrove

    The Church of St John the Baptist, Bromsgrove is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Bromsgrove.

    3 km · church in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Grafton Manor

    Grafton Manor was established before the Norman Conquest. Grafton means "settlement at or near the wood" and may indicate a role in woodland management within a larger estate, for instance.

    3.3 km · manor house in Dodford with Grafton, Bromsgrove District, England, UK · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Rosedene

    Rosedene is a cottage built as part of the Great Dodford Chartist settlement. It is the best preserved example of a Chartist cottage built by the National Land Company is a listed building, and is owned by the National Trust.

    700 m · house museum in Dodford, Worcestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Badge Court

    Badge Court is an estate in Worcestershire, England. Originally known as Batchcott, the home's most famous occupant was Helena Wintour, daughter of Gunpowder Plot conspirator Robert Wintour.

    3.7 km · house and estate in Cooksey Green, Worcestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Christ Church

    Christ Church, Catshill is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Catshill, Worcestershire.

    2.9 km · church building in Catshill, Worcestershire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Dodford, Worcestershire

Airports
Birmingham (BHX), 27 km · East Midlands (EMA), 75 km · Manchester (MAN), 112 km
  • Nottingham, Leicestershire → Dodford, Worcestershire
    93 km · quickest by road, 2h 8m · £10–13
  • London → Dodford, Worcestershire
    165 km · quickest by road, 3h 14m · £17–23
  • Manchester, Greater Manchester → Dodford, Worcestershire
    125 km · quickest by road, 2h 33m · £14–19
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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 Dodford, Worcestershire. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    193 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    220 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    410 km
  4. 04
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    446 km
  5. 05
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    470 km

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Around it

Next door to Dodford, Worcestershire

Dodford, Worcestershire is 20 km from Birmingham, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

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  • Fairfieldvillage near Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England, UK3 km
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