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# Askerswell

Askerswell is a small village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southwest England.

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## Every way there

- Bristol → Askerswell 81 km · quickest by road, 2h 1m · £10–13 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/bristol-to-askerswell) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Bristol&to=Askerswell)
- Cardiff → Askerswell 91 km · quickest by road, 2h 39m · £16–21 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/cardiff-to-askerswell) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Cardiff&to=Askerswell)
- London → Askerswell 197 km · quickest by road, 3h 9m · £20–27 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/london-to-askerswell) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=London&to=Askerswell)

Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

The field note

What is in and around Askerswell, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move.

[Read the note on Askerswell](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/askerswell)

What Askerswell has

- Y Scheduled flights Bristol (BRS), 72 km
- N Trains and coaches no timetable feed known for this country
- N Ferries no crossing within 25 km
- Y Driving and taxi OpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
- N Bike and scooter share no share feed known
- N Cruises no open itinerary source anywhere

Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known. Nearest place with more: Weymouth, 20 km.

50.733°, -2.669°

It is sited on the small River Asker. It lies 11 miles (18 km) west of the county town Dorchester. The parish has an area of 1,724 acres and in the northeast includes the western slopes of Eggardon Hill, including part of the Iron Age hill fort close to its summit. In the 2011 census the civil parish had a population of 154.

Text adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Askerswell), CC BY-SA 4.0.


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