--- title: "Portesham – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Portesham, United Kingdom: Portesham, sometimes also spelt Portisham, is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southwest England, situated…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/portesham" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/portesham.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Interior_of_St_Peter%27s_Church%2C_Portesham%2C_Dorset.jpg/1920px-Interior_of_St_Peter%27s_Church%2C_Portesham%2C_Dorset.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail" --- Village and civil parish in Dorset, England · United Kingdom # Portesham Portesham, sometimes also spelt Portisham, is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southwest England, situated in the Dorset Council administrative area approximately 6 miles (10 km) northwest of Weymouth, 6 miles (10 km) southwest of the county town Dorchester, and 2 miles (3 km) northeast of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site at Chesil Beach. ![Portesham](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Interior_of_St_Peter%27s_Church%2C_Portesham%2C_Dorset.jpg/1920px-Interior_of_St_Peter%27s_Church%2C_Portesham%2C_Dorset.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) Portesham · Ashley Smith The place Portesham, sometimes also spelt Portisham, is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southwest England, situated in the Dorset Council administrative area approximately 6 miles (10 km) northwest of Weymouth, 6 miles (10 km) southwest of the county town Dorchester, and 2 miles (3 km) northeast of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site at Chesil Beach. The parish is quite large, covering several outlying hamlets and what were once their manors. In the 2011 census it had a population of 685 in 316 households and 342 dwellings. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portesham), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Portesham 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. Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens The Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens is a visitor attraction near the village of Abbotsbury, Dorset, southern England. They are Grade I listed in the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. 3.9 km · botanical garden in Dorset, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbotsbury_Subtropical_Gardens) 2. Abbotsbury Abbey Abbotsbury Abbey, dedicated to Saint Peter, was a Benedictine monastery in the village of Abbotsbury in Dorset, England. The abbey was founded in the 11th century by King Cnut's thegn Orc and his wife Tola, who handsomely endowed the monastery with lands in the area. 2.5 km · Benedictine abbey in Dorset, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbotsbury_Abbey) 3. St Catherine's Chapel St Catherine's Chapel is a small chapel situated on a hill above the village of Abbotsbury in Dorset, England. It is dedicated to Saint Catherine. 3.2 km · chapel situated on a hill above the village of Abbotsbury in Dorset, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Catherine%27s_Chapel,_Abbotsbury) 4. Parish Church of St Nicholas St Nicholas' Church is a Church of England church in Abbotsbury, Dorset, England. The earliest parts of the church date to the 14th century origin, with later alterations and extensions over the following centuries, including the construction of the west tower and north chapel in the 15th century. 2.5 km · church in Abbotsbury, Dorset, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Nicholas%27_Church,_Abbotsbury) 5. St Peter's Church, Portesham St Peter's Church is an Anglican church, the parish church in the village of Portesham, Dorset. It is a Grade I listed building. 100 m · Grade I listed church in Portesham, Dorset, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Peter%27s_Church,_Portesham) 6. Chapel Of St Bartholomew St Bartholomew's Chapel is a Church of England chapel in Corton, near Weymouth, Dorset, England. The chapel has early 13th century origins, with later rebuilds and a restoration of 1897. 3.3 km · Chapel in Dorset, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Bartholomew%27s_Chapel,_Corton) 7. Parish 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. 3.6 km · church in Littlebredy, Dorset, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Michael_and_All_Angels_Church,_Littlebredy) 8. Parish Church of St Peter St Peter's Church is a Grade II listed church in the village of Langton Herring, Dorset, England. The church stands behind The Elm Tree Inn public house. 3.5 km · church building in Langton Herring, West Dorset, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Peter%27s_Church,_Langton_Herring) 9. Hardy Monument The Hardy Monument is a 72-foot-high monument on the summit of Black Down near Portesham in Dorset. It was erected in 1844 by public subscription in memory of Vice Admiral Sir Thomas Hardy, flag captain of Admiral Lord Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar. 2.1 km · monument in Dorset, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardy_Monument) 10. Q17533492 Waddon Manor is a grade I listed country house in Portesham, Dorset. An original house on the site was built by Bullen Rymes in around 1650, but the present house was built by Henry Chafin in around 1700. 1.8 km · Grade I listed building in Dorset, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waddon_Manor) 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 Portesham **Airports:** Bristol (BRS), 80 km · Cardiff (CWL), 97 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 172 km\ - Bristol → Portesham 87 km · quickest by road, 2h 4m · £10–13 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/bristol-to-portesham) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Bristol&to=Portesham) - Cardiff → Portesham 100 km · quickest by road, 2h 48m · £17–23 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/cardiff-to-portesham) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Cardiff&to=Portesham) - London → Portesham 194 km · quickest by road, 3h 7m · £20–27 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/london-to-portesham) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=London&to=Portesham) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Portesham) 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 Portesham 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 Portesham. 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 89 km 2. [Lundy](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/lundy) GB 7 ways of moving, 11 sources 158 km 3. [Inis Mór (Inishmore)](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/inis-mor) IE 8 ways of moving, 21 sources 562 km 4. [Isle of Arran](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-arran) GB 10 ways of moving, 36 sources 572 km 5. [Vlieland](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/vlieland) NL 10 ways of moving, 47 sources 592 km If you know how people move in Portesham – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cportesham&title=Portesham&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fportesham), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Portesham - [Abbotsbury](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/abbotsbury) village and civil parish in Dorset, England 2.6 km - [Littlebredy](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/littlebredy) village in Dorset, United Kingdom 3.5 km - [Langton Herring](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/langton-herring) village and civil parish in Dorset, United Kingdom 3.5 km - [Coryates](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/coryates) hamlet in Portesham, Dorset, England 2.7 km [The place page for Portesham](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/portesham) [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/portesham, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Index of every page: https://www.mixroutes.com/llms.txt