--- title: "West Knighton, Dorset – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "West Knighton, Dorset, United Kingdom: West Knighton is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England, situated 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of the county…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/west-knighton" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/west-knighton.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- Village and civil parish in Dorset, England · United Kingdom # West Knighton, Dorset West Knighton is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England, situated 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of the county town Dorchester. The place West Knighton is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England, situated 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of the county town Dorchester. It has an 11th-century church and a village pub. In the 2011 census the civil parish had a population of 375. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Knighton%2C_Dorset), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around West Knighton, Dorset 7 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. Mount Pleasant henge Mount Pleasant henge is a Neolithic henge enclosure in the English county of Dorset. It lies southeast of Dorchester in the civil parish of West Stafford. 3.2 km · Neolithic henge monument in Dorset, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Pleasant_henge) 2. Kingston Maurward House Kingston Maurward House is a large Grade I listed Georgian English country house set in a 750-acre estate in Dorset situated in the Frome valley two miles east of Dorchester. 3.8 km · Grade I listed English country house in West Dorset, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingston_Maurward_House) 3. Whitcombe Church Whitcombe Church in Whitcombe, Dorset, England was built in the 12th century. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is now a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. 1.7 km · church in Whitcombe, Dorset, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitcombe_Church) 4. Church of Saint Michael St Michael's Church is a Church of England parish church at Stinsford, Dorset, England. The church has 13th century origins and is a Grade I listed building. 3.9 km · church in Stinsford, Dorset, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Michael%27s_Church,_Stinsford) 5. Came House Came House is a privately owned country house next to the village of Winterborne Came, in Dorset, England. Built in the mid-18th century, it is a Grade I listed building. 2.8 km · Grade I listed house in West Dorset, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Came_House) 6. Max Gate Max Gate is the former home of Thomas Hardy and is located on the outskirts of Dorchester, Dorset, England. It was designed and built by Thomas Hardy for his own use in 1885 and he lived there until his death in 1928. 3.6 km · Grade I historic house in Dorchester, Dorset, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Gate) 7. St Peter's Church, Winterborne Came St Peter's Church in Winterborne Came, Dorset, England was built in the 14th century. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is now a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. 2.9 km · church in Winterborne Came, Dorset, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Peter%27s_Church,_Winterborne_Came) 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 West Knighton, Dorset **Airports:** Bristol (BRS), 81 km · Cardiff (CWL), 104 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 160 km\ - Bristol → West Knighton, Dorset 86 km · quickest by road, 2h 7m · £10–14 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/bristol-to-west-knighton-dorset) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Bristol&to=West+Knighton%2C+Dorset) - Cardiff → West Knighton, Dorset 104 km · quickest by road, 2h 51m · £18–24 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/cardiff-to-west-knighton-dorset) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Cardiff&to=West+Knighton%2C+Dorset) - London → West Knighton, Dorset 181 km · quickest by road, 2h 58m · £19–25 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/london-to-west-knighton-dorset) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=London&to=West+Knighton%2C+Dorset) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=West%20Knighton%2C%20Dorset) 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 Knighton, Dorset 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 Knighton, Dorset. 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 76 km 2. [Lundy](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/lundy) GB 7 ways of moving, 11 sources 170 km 3. [Inis Mór (Inishmore)](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/inis-mor) IE 8 ways of moving, 21 sources 572 km 4. [Isle of Arran](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-arran) GB 10 ways of moving, 36 sources 574 km 5. [Vlieland](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/vlieland) NL 10 ways of moving, 47 sources 580 km If you know how people move in West Knighton, Dorset – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cwest-knighton&title=West+Knighton%2C+Dorset&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fwest-knighton), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to West Knighton, Dorset - [Broadmayne](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/broadmayne) village in Dorset, England, UK 1.2 km - [Crossways](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/crossways) village in Dorset, England, UK 3.8 km - [Winterborne Came](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/winterborne-came) village and civil parish in Dorset, UK 2.7 km - [Warmwell](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/warmwell) village and civil parish in Dorset, United Kingdom 3.3 km - [Stinsford](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/stinsford) village in Dorset, England, UK 4 km - [West Stafford](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/west-stafford) village and civil parish in Dorset, United Kingdom 2.1 km [The place page for West Knighton, Dorset](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/west-knighton) [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-knighton, for search crawlers and AI assistants. 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