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# Shipton Gorge

Shipton Gorge is a village and civil parish in southwest Dorset, England, 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Bridport.

[Plan a trip to Shipton Gorge](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Shipton%20Gorge) [From Bristol](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Bristol&to=Shipton+Gorge)

## Every way there

- Bristol → Shipton Gorge 82 km · quickest by road, 1h 59m · £10–13 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/bristol-to-shipton-gorge) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Bristol&to=Shipton+Gorge)
- Cardiff → Shipton Gorge 90 km · quickest by road, 2h 37m · £16–21 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/cardiff-to-shipton-gorge) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Cardiff&to=Shipton+Gorge)
- London → Shipton Gorge 201 km · quickest by road, 3h 13m · £21–28 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/london-to-shipton-gorge) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=London&to=Shipton+Gorge)

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 Shipton Gorge, 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 Shipton Gorge](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/shipton-gorge)

What Shipton Gorge has

- Y Scheduled flights Bristol (BRS), 74 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, 21 km.

50.721°, -2.714°

Dorset County Council's 2013 mid-year estimate of the population of Shipton Gorge parish is 350. In the 2011 national census, results have been published for the parish of Shipton Gorge combined with the small neighbouring parish of Chilcombe to the east; the population of these areas was 381.

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


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