--- title: "Wyke Regis – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Wyke Regis, United Kingdom: Wyke Regis is a village in the civil parish of Weymouth, in south Dorset, England. Nearby: Chesil Beach, Portland Castle…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/wyke-regis" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/wyke-regis.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/All_Saints_Church%2C_Wyke_Regis%2C_Dorset.jpg/3840px-All_Saints_Church%2C_Wyke_Regis%2C_Dorset.jpg" --- Village in Dorset, England · United Kingdom # Wyke Regis Wyke Regis is a village in the civil parish of Weymouth, in south Dorset, England. ![Wyke Regis](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/All_Saints_Church%2C_Wyke_Regis%2C_Dorset.jpg/3840px-All_Saints_Church%2C_Wyke_Regis%2C_Dorset.jpg) Wyke Regis · Wikimedia Commons The place Wyke Regis is a village in the civil parish of Weymouth, in south Dorset, England. The village is part of the south western suburbs of Weymouth, on the northern shore of Portland Harbour and the south-eastern end of Chesil Beach. Wyke is 15 kilometres (9 mi) south of the county town, Dorchester. The village has a population of around 5,500. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyke_Regis), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Wyke Regis 10 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. Chesil Beach Chesil Beach is a major shingle beach structure in Dorset, England. Behind the beach is the Fleet, a shallow tidal lagoon. 3.2 km · shingle beach in Dorset, southern England · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesil_Beach) 2. Portland Castle Portland Castle is an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, between 1539 and 1541. It formed part of the King's Device programme to protect against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire, and defended the Portland Roads anchorage. 3.3 km · Grade I listed Device Fort in Dorset, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland_Castle) 3. Sandsfoot Castle Sandsfoot Castle, also known historically as Weymouth Castle, is an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII near Weymouth, Dorset, England. It formed part of the King's Device programme to protect against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire, and defended the Weymouth Bay anchorage. 1.1 km · castle in Weymouth, Dorset, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandsfoot_Castle) 4. Radipole Lake Radipole Lake is a lake on the River Wey, now in the English coastal town of Weymouth, Dorset, once in Radipole, the village and parish of the same name. Along the western shore of the lake, and between Radipole and the town centre of Weymouth, now lies the modern suburb of Southill. 3.7 km · lake in Dorset, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radipole_Lake) 5. Bob Lucas Stadium The Bob Lucas Stadium is a football stadium in Weymouth, England. It has been the home ground of Weymouth F.C. since 1987. 3.2 km · stadium · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Lucas_Stadium) 6. Weymouth Beach Weymouth Beach is a gently curving arc of sand in Weymouth Bay, beside the town of Weymouth in Dorset, England. Immediately adjacent to the beach is The Esplanade. 2.7 km · beach in Weymouth, Dorset, England · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weymouth_Beach) 7. Weymouth Pavilion The Weymouth Pavilion, formerly the Ritz, is a theatre in Weymouth, Dorset, England. The complex contains a 988-seat theatre, 600-capacity ballroom known as the Ocean Room, the Piano Bar restaurant, Ritz Cafe, and other function and meeting rooms. 2.7 km · theatre in Weymouth, Dorset, England (1960-) · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weymouth_Pavilion) 8. Church of St Joseph (Catholic) St Joseph's Church is a Roman Catholic church in Weymouth, Dorset, England. It was designed by George Drysdale and built in 1933–34. 2.5 km · church building in Weymouth and Portland, Dorset, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Joseph%27s_Church,_Weymouth) 9. Bennetts Water Gardens Bennetts Water Gardens is an 8-acre garden in Chickerell, near Weymouth, Dorset, in southern England. It holds national and international collections of water lilies which flower from late May through to September. 3.2 km · Garden in Dorset, England · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennetts_Water_Gardens) 10. Nothe Fort Nothe Fort is a fort in Weymouth, Dorset, England, situated at the end of the Nothe Peninsula, which juts eastwards from the town of Weymouth, and Weymouth Harbour, into the sea to the north of the ex-military Portland Harbour. The fort is located next to Nothe Gardens. 2.8 km · fort in Weymouth, Dorset, England, United Kingdom · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothe_Fort) 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 Wyke Regis **Airports:** Bristol (BRS), 89 km · Cardiff (CWL), 108 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 171 km\ **Stations:** Portland Harbour, 2.3 km · Weymouth Quay railway station, 2.6 km · Weymouth Harbour, 2.4 km\ - Bristol → Wyke Regis 96 km · quickest by road, 2h 13m · £11–15 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/bristol-to-wyke-regis) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Bristol&to=Wyke+Regis) - Cardiff → Wyke Regis 110 km · quickest by road, 2h 57m · £19–25 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/cardiff-to-wyke-regis) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Cardiff&to=Wyke+Regis) - London → Wyke Regis 193 km · quickest by road, 3h 8m · £20–27 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/london-to-wyke-regis) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=London&to=Wyke+Regis) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Wyke%20Regis) 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 Wyke Regis 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 Wyke Regis. 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 83 km 2. [Lundy](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/lundy) GB 7 ways of moving, 11 sources 167 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 582 km 5. [Vlieland](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/vlieland) NL 10 ways of moving, 47 sources 591 km If you know how people move in Wyke Regis – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cwyke-regis&title=Wyke+Regis&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fwyke-regis), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Wyke Regis - [Weymouth](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/weymouth) town in Dorset, England 2.4 km - [Radipole](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/radipole) village in Dorset, England, UK 2.8 km - [Chiswell](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/chiswell) village in Dorset, England, UK 3.8 km - [Castletown](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/castletown) village in Dorset, England, UK 3.4 km - [Greenhill](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/greenhill) suburb of Weymouth, in Dorset, England, UK 3.7 km - [Southill](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/southill) suburb in Weymouth, Dorset, England, UK 3.6 km [The place page for Wyke Regis](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/wyke-regis) [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/wyke-regis, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. 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