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# Chiswell

Chiswell, sometimes, is a small village at the southern end of Chesil Beach, in Underhill, on the Isle of Portland in Dorset.

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## Every way there

- Bristol → Chiswell 100 km · quickest by road, 2h 19m · £12–15 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/bristol-to-chiswell) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Bristol&to=Chiswell)
- Cardiff → Chiswell 114 km · quickest by road, 3h 2m · £19–25 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/cardiff-to-chiswell) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Cardiff&to=Chiswell)
- London → Chiswell 194 km · quickest by road, 3h 14m · £20–27 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/london-to-chiswell) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=London&to=Chiswell)

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 Chiswell, 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 Chiswell](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/chiswell)

What Chiswell has

- Y Scheduled flights Bristol (BRS), 93 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, 6 km.

50.562°, -2.449°

It is the oldest settlement on the island, having formerly been known as Chesilton. The small bay at Chiswell is called Chesil Cove, and the beach promenade and sea wall which form Chiswell's coastal defences are a prominent feature.

How locals move

## Getting around Chiswell the local way

- Get in A ferry service by Coastline Cruises operates between Brewer's Quay in Weymouth and both Crabbers Wharf and Portland Marina in Portland, the average journey time is 45 minutes each way.

From [Wikivoyage: Isle of Portland](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Isle_of_Portland), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiswell), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Department of the Interior (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.


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