Tolpuddle
Tolpuddle is a village in the civil parish of Burleston and Tolpuddle, in Dorset, England, on the River Piddle from which it takes its name, 8 miles (13 km) east of Dorchester, the county town, and 12 miles (19 km) west of Poole.
Tolpuddle is a village in the civil parish of Burleston and Tolpuddle, in Dorset, England, on the River Piddle from which it takes its name, 8 miles (13 km) east of Dorchester, the county town, and 12 miles (19 km) west of Poole. The estimated population of the parish in 2013 was 420.
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Worth seeing in and around Tolpuddle
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.
- 01Dewlish House
Dewlish House is a country house near Dewlish in Dorset. It is a Grade I Listed building.
3.6 km · Grade I listed building in West Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Church of Saint John, Tolpuddle
The Church of Saint John the Evangelist is a Church of England parish church in Tolpuddle, Dorset. The church is a Grade I listed building.
100 m · Grade I listed building in Tolpuddle, Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Church of Saint John the Evangelist
St John's Church is a Church of England church in Tincleton, Dorset, England. It was designed by Benjamin Ferrey and built in 1849–50.
3.1 km · church building in Tincleton, West Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Tolpuddle
- Airports
- Bristol (BRS), 76 km · Cardiff (CWL), 103 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 151 km
- Bristol → Tolpuddle81 km · quickest by road, 2h 7m · £10–13
- Cardiff → Tolpuddle102 km · quickest by road, 2h 50m · £16–21
- London → Tolpuddle173 km · quickest by road, 2h 43m · £18–24
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Tolpuddle
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 Tolpuddle. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThere are ferries from Jersey, Guernsey, Cherbourg, France, to Poole and Weymouth run by Brittany Ferries and Condor Ferries.
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Next door to Tolpuddle
- Puddletownvillage in Dorset, England, UK3.4 km
- Milborne St Andrewvillage and civil parish in Dorset, England, UK3.6 km
- Affpuddlevillage in Dorset, England, UK1.8 km
- Tincletonvillage and civil parish in Dorset, United Kingdom3.2 km
- Dewlishvillage and civil parish in Dorset, United Kingdom3.8 km
- Burlestonvillage in Burleston and Tolpuddle, Dorset, England, UK2 km