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Hamlet in Dorset, England · United Kingdom

North Poorton

North Poorton is a hamlet and civil parish in Dorset, England, situated in the Dorset unitary authority area about 4.5 miles (7.2 km) northeast of Bridport.

The place

North Poorton is a hamlet and civil parish in Dorset, England, situated in the Dorset unitary authority area about 4.5 miles (7.2 km) northeast of Bridport. Dorset County Council estimate the parish had a population of 20 in 2013.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around North Poorton

2 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
    All Saints' Church, Mapperton

    All Saints' Church is a private church, formerly belonging to the Church of England, in Mapperton, Dorset, England. The church is believed to have 12th century origins, with later additions and rebuilds.

    2.2 km · private church in Mapperton, Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Christ Church, Melplash

    Christ Church is a Church of England church in Melplash, Dorset, England. It was built in 1845–46 to the designs of Benjamin Ferrey and has been a Grade II* listed building since 1984.

    3.5 km · church in Melplash, Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to North Poorton

Airports
Bristol (BRS), 67 km · Cardiff (CWL), 83 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 173 km
Stations
Powerstock railway station, 2.8 km
  • Bristol → North Poorton
    75 km · quickest by road, 1h 58m · £9–12
  • Cardiff → North Poorton
    85 km · quickest by road, 2h 37m · £15–20
  • London → North Poorton
    196 km · quickest by road, 3h 25m · £21–27
  • From anywhere
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for North Poorton

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 North Poorton. 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

    98 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    146 km
  3. 03
    Inis Mór (Inishmore)IE

    8 ways of moving, 21 sources

    548 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 36 sources

    558 km
  5. 05
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    593 km

If you know how people move in North Poorton – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to North Poorton

  • Powerstockvillage and civil parish in Dorset, United Kingdom2 km
  • Hookevillage and civil parish in Dorset, England, UK2.5 km
  • Mappertonhamlet and civil parish in west Dorset, England, UK1.8 km
  • Melplashvillage in Dorset, United Kingdom3.3 km
  • Toller Whelmevillage in Dorset, United Kingdom3.4 km
  • West Miltonvillage in Dorset, United Kingdom2.3 km