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# Fortuneswell

Fortuneswell is a village in Underhill on the Isle of Portland, in Dorset, England.

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## Every way there

- Bristol → Fortuneswell 100 km · quickest by road, 2h 20m · £12–15 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/bristol-to-fortuneswell) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Bristol&to=Fortuneswell)
- Cardiff → Fortuneswell 115 km · quickest by road, 3h 3m · £19–25 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/cardiff-to-fortuneswell) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Cardiff&to=Fortuneswell)
- London → Fortuneswell 193 km · quickest by road, 3h 14m · £21–27 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/london-to-fortuneswell) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=London&to=Fortuneswell)

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

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What Fortuneswell has

- Y Scheduled flights Bristol (BRS), 93 km
- Y Trains and coaches Transitous carries 3 timetable feeds for this country, 2 with real-time
- 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.

50.561°, -2.444°

It lies on steeply sloping land on the northern edge of the island, known as Underhill, where Chesil Beach connects the island to the mainland. Adjoining Fortuneswell are Chiswell to the west and Castletown to the north. Fortuneswell occupies the steeper land above sea level, whereas Chiswell and Castletown occupy flat land close to sea level, next to Chesil Beach and Portland Harbour respectively. Fortuneswell has a main shopping street, and along with Easton, is the main hub of the island's activities.

How locals move

## Getting around Fortuneswell 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/Fortuneswell), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: ITookSomePhotos (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.


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