--- title: "Buckland Newton – what to see, and every way to get there | Mixroutes" description: "How to get to Buckland Newton from Bristol, Cardiff and London: every way compared, with today's quickest and its fare. Buckland Newton is a village and…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/places/buckland-newton" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/places/buckland-newton.md" image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/Bucklandnewtonchurch.jpg" --- ![Buckland Newton](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/Bucklandnewtonchurch.jpg) # Buckland Newton Buckland Newton is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England. [Plan a trip to Buckland Newton](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Buckland%20Newton) [From Bristol](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Bristol&to=Buckland+Newton) ## Every way there - Bristol → Buckland Newton 68 km · quickest by road, 1h 48m · £9–11 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/bristol-to-buckland-newton) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Bristol&to=Buckland+Newton) - Cardiff → Buckland Newton 87 km · quickest by road, 2h 34m · £15–20 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/cardiff-to-buckland-newton) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Cardiff&to=Buckland+Newton) - London → Buckland Newton 177 km · quickest by road, 2h 59m · £19–26 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/london-to-buckland-newton) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=London&to=Buckland+Newton) 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 Buckland Newton, 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 Buckland Newton](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/buckland-newton) What Buckland Newton has - Y Scheduled flights Bristol (BRS), 63 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: Yeovil, 17 km. 50.846°, -2.440° It is situated beneath the scarp slope of the Dorset Downs on the southern periphery of the Blackmore Vale, 7+1⁄2 miles (12.1 km) south of Sherborne. Approximately three quarters of the parish lies within the Dorset National Landscape area. Get in ## Getting to Buckland Newton A new park and ride service is now available, see National Park and Ride Directory Dorchester has two train stations. The tourism website has advice on https://www.visit-dorset.com/visitor-information/travel-information/getting-here/by-train/ travelling via rail\]. 1. Dorchester South Rail links to stations to Weymouth and London Waterloo. 2. Dorchester West Rail links to stations to Weymouth and Bristol. See ## Worth seeing 1. Maiden Castle Maiden Castle Road, DT2 9PP (About a one-hour walk or 15-min drive south from the town centre along Weymouth Avenue and Maiden Castle Road. 2. Shire Hall Historic Courthouse Brings over 200 years of justice and injustice to life. 3. Roman Town House The Grove and Northernhay (just north of High Street). 4. Hardy's Cottage Higher Bockhampton, DT2 8QJ (3 miles (5 km) east of Dorchester), hardyscottage@nationaltrust.org.uk. 5. Max Gate Alington Avenue, DT1 2FN, maxgate@nationaltrust.org.uk. 6. Cerne Abbas Giant Cerne Abbas, DT2 7AL, westdorset@nationaltrust.org.uk. Do ## Things to do Come on a Wednesday and experience the lively atmosphere of market day in town. On the first Saturday of the month you can take a trip to Prince Charles' internationally renowned Poundbury and enjoy the Farmers' Market. Eat ## Where to eat Dorchester has a varied selection of restaurants, but is fairly limited in quality. How locals move ## Getting around Buckland Newton the local way - Get in There are ferries from Jersey, Guernsey, Cherbourg, France, to Poole and Weymouth run by Brittany Ferries and Condor Ferries. From [Wikivoyage: Dorset](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Dorset), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2025-08. Text adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckland_Newton) and [Wikivoyage](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Dorchester), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons. --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/places/buckland-newton, 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