--- title: "West Bexington – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "West Bexington, United Kingdom: West Bexington is a village in south-west Dorset, England, sited just behind the Chesil Beach about 6 miles (10 km)…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/west-bexington" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/west-bexington.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- Human settlement in England · United Kingdom # West Bexington West Bexington is a village in south-west Dorset, England, sited just behind the Chesil Beach about 6 miles (10 km) southeast of Bridport. The place West Bexington is a village in south-west Dorset, England, sited just behind the Chesil Beach about 6 miles (10 km) southeast of Bridport. It forms part of the civil parish of Puncknowle. The coast here is part of the Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bexington), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around West Bexington 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. 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 km · botanical garden in Dorset, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbotsbury_Subtropical_Gardens) 2. Abbotsbury 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. 1.7 km · Iron Age hill fort in south west Dorset, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbotsbury_Castle) 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. 3.8 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 Holy Trinity Holy Trinity Church is a Church of England church in Swyre, Dorset, England. The oldest part of the church has been dated to the early 15th century, with a partial rebuild and additions later made in the 19th century. 1.9 km · Grade I listed church in Swyre, Dorset, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Trinity_Church,_Swyre) 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. See ## What Wikivoyage says to see 1. Abbotsbury Swannery Watch feeding time and see the cygnets hatching from mid May to late June. 2. Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens 3. Abbotsbury Abbey and Abbey Barn 4. Abbotsbury Castle 5. St Catherine's Chapel 6. Chesil Beach From [Wikivoyage: West Bexington](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Abbotsbury), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Go there ## Getting to West Bexington **Airports:** Bristol (BRS), 78 km · Cardiff (CWL), 93 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 177 km\ - Bristol → West Bexington 86 km · quickest by road, 2h 7m · £10–14 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/bristol-to-west-bexington) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Bristol&to=West+Bexington) - Cardiff → West Bexington 96 km · quickest by road, 2h 44m · £17–22 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/cardiff-to-west-bexington) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Cardiff&to=West+Bexington) - London → West Bexington 200 km · quickest by road, 3h 20m · £21–28 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/london-to-west-bexington) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=London&to=West+Bexington) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=West%20Bexington) 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 West Bexington 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 West Bexington. 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. [Isle of Wight](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-wight) GB 11 ways of moving, 22 sources 95 km 2. [Lundy](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/lundy) GB 7 ways of moving, 11 sources 152 km 3. [Inis Mór (Inishmore)](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/inis-mor) IE 8 ways of moving, 21 sources 556 km 4. [Isle of Arran](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-arran) GB 10 ways of moving, 36 sources 569 km 5. [Vlieland](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/vlieland) NL 10 ways of moving, 47 sources 597 km If you know how people move in West Bexington – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cwest-bexington&title=West+Bexington&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fwest-bexington), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to West Bexington - [Abbotsbury](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/abbotsbury) village and civil parish in Dorset, England 4 km - [Puncknowle](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/puncknowle) village and civil parish in Dorset, United Kingdom 2 km - [Litton Cheney](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/litton-cheney) village and civil parish in Dorset, United Kingdom 3.9 km - [Swyre](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/swyre) village and civil parish in Dorset, United Kingdom 1.9 km [The place page for West Bexington](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/west-bexington) [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/west-bexington, 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