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# Winfrith Newburgh

Winfrith Newburgh, commonly called just Winfrith, is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England.

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## Every way there

- Bristol → Winfrith Newburgh 91 km · quickest by road, 2h 13m · £11–15 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/bristol-to-winfrith-newburgh) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Bristol&to=Winfrith+Newburgh)
- Cardiff → Winfrith Newburgh 111 km · quickest by road, 2h 57m · £19–25 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/cardiff-to-winfrith-newburgh) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Cardiff&to=Winfrith+Newburgh)
- London → Winfrith Newburgh 177 km · quickest by road, 2h 53m · £18–24 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/london-to-winfrith-newburgh) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=London&to=Winfrith+Newburgh)

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The field note

What is in and around Winfrith Newburgh, 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 Winfrith Newburgh has

- Y Scheduled flights Bristol (BRS), 86 km
- N Trains and coaches no timetable feed known for this country
- Y Ferries Ro-Ro 3, 20 km, Brittany Ferries; sailings estimated
- 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, 14 km.

50.662°, -2.274°

It is about 8 miles (13 km) west of Wareham and 10 miles (16 km) east of the county town Dorchester. It was historically part of the Winfrith hundred. In the 2011 Census the civil parish – which includes the hamlet of East Knighton to the northeast – had 300 households and a population of 669. An electoral ward simply named "Winfrith" exists but extends northwards to Briantspuddle. The total population of this ward was 1,618.

How locals move

## Getting around Winfrith Newburgh the local way

- Get in Despite its history as a cross-Channel ferry port, these days the furthest you can get on a passenger vessel from Weymouth is Portland; ships from the Channel Islands and France dock at Poole.
- Get in Services to Poole from the Channel Islands of Guernsey and Jersey, as well as Cherbourg in Normandy and Saint-Malo in Brittany by fast or traditional ferry are provided by Brittany Ferries and Condor Ferries.
- Go next Isle of Portland – take the A354 south or a ferry to Portland, a tied island known for its stone.

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

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


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