Towns & cities · South West England
Burton Bradstock
Burton Bradstock — village and civil parish in Dorset, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 3 h–6 h
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
About
Burton Bradstock is a town, city, village or settlement in the United Kingdom. Recent population estimates put it at around 602 people. Address: DT6. Wikidata describes it as: "village and civil parish in Dorset, United Kingdom". Coordinates: 50.7050°, -2.7240°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: West Dorset Coast SSSI
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Dorset
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
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. 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 (dedicated to St Mary the Virgin), 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.
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Background
History
The place was first recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Bridetone, it had 28 households and the lord of the manor was the Abbey of Saint-Wandrille. The toponym means the place (Old English tūn) on the River Bride, and therefore has a different origin from most places named "Burton", including Burton, Dorset. In 1286 land in the village was acquired by Bradenstoke Priory in Wiltshire. Bradenstoke, sometimes pronounced Bradstock, gave its name to the suffix "Bradstock". The local parish church of St Mary dates largely from the late 14th or early 15th century, though a Victorian restoration in 1897 made significant alterations. 950 yards south-east of the church is the Bronze Age burial…
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- Coordinates
- 50.7050, -2.7240
- District
- Dorset
- Parish
- Burton Bradstock
- Postcode
- DT6
- Parliamentary constituency
- West Dorset
- Population
- 602
- Official site
- www.burtonbradstock.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q985847 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Burton Bradstock (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Burton Bradstock village - geograph.org.uk - 46299.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Burton Bradstock?
- Burton Bradstock is in South-West England, United Kingdom (postcode DT6), in the parish of Burton Bradstock.
- Is Burton Bradstock a protected site?
- Yes — Burton Bradstock is part of the West Dorset Coast SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Dorset National Landscape (AONB).
- Is Burton Bradstock free to visit?
- Yes, Burton Bradstock is free to enter.
- How do I get to Burton Bradstock?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode DT6. It sits within the West Dorset parliamentary constituency.