--- title: "Whitchurch Canonicorum – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Whitchurch Canonicorum, United Kingdom: Whitchurch Canonicorum is a village and civil parish in southwest Dorset, England, situated in the Marshwood Vale…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/whitchurch-canonicorum" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/whitchurch-canonicorum.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/SHRINE_OF_ST_WITE.JPG/1920px-SHRINE_OF_ST_WITE.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail" --- Village in Dorset, England · United Kingdom # Whitchurch Canonicorum Whitchurch Canonicorum is a village and civil parish in southwest Dorset, England, situated in the Marshwood Vale 5 miles (8.0 km) west-northwest of Bridport. ![Whitchurch Canonicorum](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/SHRINE_OF_ST_WITE.JPG/1920px-SHRINE_OF_ST_WITE.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) Whitchurch Canonicorum · HARTLEPOOLMARINA2014 The place Whitchurch Canonicorum is a village and civil parish in southwest Dorset, England, situated in the Marshwood Vale 5 miles (8.0 km) west-northwest of Bridport. In the 2011 Census the parish – which includes the settlements of Morcombelake, Ryall and Fishpond Bottom – had a population of 684. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitchurch_Canonicorum), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Whitchurch Canonicorum 6 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. Golden Cap Golden Cap is a hill and cliff situated on the English Channel coast between Bridport and Charmouth in Dorset, England. At 191 metres, it is the highest point within a mile of the south coast of Great Britain from the coastline) and is visible for tens of miles along the coastline. 3.3 km · hill and cliff situated on the English Channel coast between Bridport and Charmouth in Dorset, England · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Cap) 2. Church of St Candida and Holy Cross, Whitchurch Canonicorum The Church of St Candida and Holy Cross is an Anglican church in Whitchurch Canonicorum, Dorset, England. A Saxon church stood on the site but nothing remains of that structure. 100 m · Grade I listed church in Whitchurch Canonicorum, Dorset, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_St_Candida_and_Holy_Cross) 3. Parish Church (St Mary) St Mary's Church is a Church of England parish church in Catherston Leweston, Dorset, England. It was designed by John Loughborough Pearson and built in 1857–58. 2.8 km · church in Catherston Leweston, Dorset, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mary%27s_Church,_Catherston_Leweston) 4. Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre The Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre is based in the upstairs floor of a long-disused cement factory on the foreshore of Charmouth in Dorset, England. The centre operates as an independent registered charity within the larger framework of the UNESCO Dorset and East Devon Coast World Heritage Site, known as the "Jurassic Coast". 3.9 km · heritage centre in Dorset, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charmouth_Heritage_Coast_Centre) 5. Marshwood Castle Marshwood Castle was a motte-and-bailey castle in Marshwood, Dorset, within the Vale of Marshwood. It was built by William de Mandeville following his elevation to Baron Marshwood in 1205 by King John, and is first recorded as a built castle in 1215. 2.5 km · castle in Marshwood, Dorset, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshwood_Castle) 6. Coney's Castle Coney's Castle is an Iron Age hillfort in Dorset, England. The name Coney is from the Old English for rabbit, suggesting medieval use as a domestic warren, as at nearby Pilsdon Pen. 3.3 km · Iron Age hill fort in Dorset, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coney%27s_Castle) 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 Whitchurch Canonicorum **Airports:** Bristol (BRS), 70 km · Cardiff (CWL), 79 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 185 km\ - Bristol → Whitchurch Canonicorum 80 km · quickest by road, 1h 55m · £11–14 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/bristol-to-whitchurch-canonicorum) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Bristol&to=Whitchurch+Canonicorum) - Cardiff → Whitchurch Canonicorum 84 km · quickest by road, 2h 26m · £15–20 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/cardiff-to-whitchurch-canonicorum) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Cardiff&to=Whitchurch+Canonicorum) - London → Whitchurch Canonicorum 208 km · quickest by road, 3h 27m · £22–29 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/london-to-whitchurch-canonicorum) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=London&to=Whitchurch+Canonicorum) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Whitchurch%20Canonicorum) 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 Whitchurch Canonicorum 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 Whitchurch Canonicorum. 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 110 km 2. [Lundy](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/lundy) GB 7 ways of moving, 11 sources 135 km 3. [Inis Mór (Inishmore)](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/inis-mor) IE 8 ways of moving, 21 sources 539 km 4. [Isle of Arran](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-arran) GB 10 ways of moving, 36 sources 557 km 5. [Tarbert, Loch Fyne and Kintyre](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/tarbert-loch-fyne) GB 9 ways of moving, 15 sources 593 km If you know how people move in Whitchurch Canonicorum – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cwhitchurch-canonicorum&title=Whitchurch+Canonicorum&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fwhitchurch-canonicorum), and the note gets an entry. 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