Long Bredy
Long Bredy is a village in the civil parish of Long Bredy and Kingston Russell, in the county of Dorset in south-west England, situated approximately 7 miles (11 km) west of the county town Dorchester.
Long Bredy is a village in the civil parish of Long Bredy and Kingston Russell, in the county of Dorset in south-west England, situated approximately 7 miles (11 km) west of the county town Dorchester. It is sited in the valley of the small River Bride, beneath chalk hills of the Dorset Downs. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 208. On 1 April 2024 the parish was abolished and merged with Kingston Russell to form "Long Bredy and Kingston Russell".
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Worth seeing in and around Long Bredy
4 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.
- 01Abbotsbury Castle
Abbotsbury Castle is an Iron Age hillfort in south west Dorset, England, situated on Wears Hill above the village of Abbotsbury, seven miles west of Dorchester and the famous hill fort at Maiden Castle. It is situated on a high chalk hill overlooking the English Channel, and in its day was the front line of defence from invasion.
3.7 km · Iron Age hill fort in south west Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Winterbourne Poor Lot Barrows
Poor Lot Barrow Cemetery is an archaeological site, a group of Bronze Age round barrows, near the A35 road about 2 miles west of Winterbourne Abbas, in Dorset, England. It is an English Heritage site.
2.1 km · archaeological site in Dorset, England · Wikipedia - 03Parish Church of St Michael and All Angels
St Michael and All Angels Church is a Grade II listed Anglican church in the village of Littlebredy, Dorset, England.
2.1 km · church in Littlebredy, Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Kingston Russell House
Kingston Russell House is a large mansion house and manor near Long Bredy in Dorset, England, west of Dorchester. The present house dates from the late 17th century but in 1730 was clad in a white Georgian stone facade.
600 m · building in Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Long Bredy
- Airports
- Bristol (BRS), 75 km · Cardiff (CWL), 92 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 173 km
- Bristol → Long Bredy83 km · quickest by road, 2h 5m · £10–13
- Cardiff → Long Bredy95 km · quickest by road, 2h 44m · £16–22
- London → Long Bredy195 km · quickest by road, 3h 8m · £20–27
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No local-transport research exists yet for Long Bredy
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 Long Bredy. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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- Litton Cheneyvillage and civil parish in Dorset, United Kingdom1.8 km
- Kingston Russellsettlement in Long Bredy and Kingston Russell, Dorset, England1.9 km
- Compton Valencevillage in Dorset, United Kingdom4 km