--- title: "Burton Bradstock – what to see, and every way to get there | Mixroutes" description: "How to get to Burton Bradstock from Bristol, Cardiff and London: every way compared, with today's quickest and its fare. Burton Bradstock is a village and…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/places/burton-bradstock" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/places/burton-bradstock.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- # Burton Bradstock Burton Bradstock is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England, approximately 2+1⁄2 miles (4 km) southeast of Bridport and 1⁄2 mile (0.8 km) inland from the English Channel at Chesil Beach. [Plan a trip to Burton Bradstock](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Burton%20Bradstock) [From Bristol](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Bristol&to=Burton+Bradstock) ## Every way there - Bristol → Burton Bradstock 84 km · quickest by road, 1h 59m · £10–13 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/bristol-to-burton-bradstock) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Bristol&to=Burton+Bradstock) - Cardiff → Burton Bradstock 92 km · quickest by road, 2h 37m · £16–21 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/cardiff-to-burton-bradstock) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Cardiff&to=Burton+Bradstock) - London → Burton Bradstock 203 km · quickest by road, 3h 17m · £21–28 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/london-to-burton-bradstock) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=London&to=Burton+Bradstock) 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 Burton Bradstock, 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 Burton Bradstock](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/burton-bradstock) What Burton Bradstock has - Y Scheduled flights Bristol (BRS), 75 km - F Trains and coaches Transitous carries 3 timetable feeds for this country, 2 with real-time; a stop for a place this small is unverified - 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, 21 km. 50.703°, -2.727° In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 948. The village lies in the Bride Valley, close to the mouth of the small River Bride. It comprises 16th- and 17th-century thatched cottages, a parish church, two pubs, a primary school, shop, post office stores, beach café, hotel, garage, village hall, reading room a library. The parish has a National Coastwatch Institution station, Lyme Bay Station. Get in ## Getting to Burton Bradstock The nearest airports are Exeter, approximately 30 miles to the west and Bournemouth, approximately 50 mi (80 km) to the east. The nearest train stations are in Maiden Newton (14 miles), Crewkerne (14 miles), Axminster (15 miles), Dorchester (17 miles), Weymouth (18 miles). Connecting bus services are available but infrequent. See ## Worth seeing West Bay Wallow - take a plunge into the harbour on Boxing Day. Filming locations of the television drama series Harbour Lights and Broadchurch. Burton Bradstock. Beach and cliffs West Bay Discovery Centre - a visitors centre with a treasure trove of stories, activities and information Do ## Things to do Sunbathe Crabbing off the pier Angling, off the pier or beach Walk along the South West Coast Path Boat trip Children's playground - near the Spar shop on West Bay Road. RNLI Raft Race - a race down the River Brit on home-made rafts, in fancy-dress. Annual in July. Torchlight Procession - closing Bridport Carnival week. From Bridport to West Bay. Annual in August. Melplash Agricultural Show. Eat ## Where to eat Fish and chips - from one of the many local kiosks Riverside Restaurant. Sitting in a loop of the River Brit, reached via a footbridge beside The George. Watch House Cafe. Behind the Methodist Chapel, on East Beach. Text adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burton_Bradstock) and [Wikivoyage](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/West_Bay), CC BY-SA 4.0. --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/places/burton-bradstock, 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