Powerstock
Powerstock is a village and civil parish in south west Dorset, England, situated in a steep valley on the edge of the Dorset Downs, 5 miles (8 km) north-east of the market town of Bridport.
Powerstock is a village and civil parish in south west Dorset, England, situated in a steep valley on the edge of the Dorset Downs, 5 miles (8 km) north-east of the market town of Bridport. The civil parish includes the village of West Milton to the west and the summit and northern slopes of Eggardon Hill to the south-east. Powerstock village contains many cottages and two inns: The Three Horseshoes near the church and The Marquis of Lorne Inn on the other side of the valley in a small hamlet called Nettlecombe. The small Mangerton River runs through the valley.
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Worth seeing in and around Powerstock
3 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.
- 01All 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.
3.7 km · private church in Mapperton, Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Christ 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 - 03Eggardon Hill
Eggardon Hill is a prehistoric hillfort on a hill in Dorset, England. It is located on chalk uplands approximately four miles to the east of the town of Bridport.
2.9 km · hill in Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Powerstock
- Airports
- Bristol (BRS), 69 km · Cardiff (CWL), 84 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 174 km
- Stations
- Powerstock railway station, 1 km
- Bristol → Powerstock77 km · quickest by road, 2h 2m · £9–12
- Cardiff → Powerstock87 km · quickest by road, 2h 40m · £15–21
- London → Powerstock197 km · quickest by road, 3h 25m · £21–28
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No local-transport research exists yet for Powerstock
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 Powerstock. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Powerstock
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- Mappertonhamlet and civil parish in west Dorset, England, UK3.5 km
- North Poortonvillage and civil parish in West Dorset, Dorset, England1.9 km
- Melplashvillage in Dorset, United Kingdom3.8 km
- Uplodersvillage in Dorset, United Kingdom3.5 km