Bridport
Rope-making shaped Bridport for centuries, and this compact Dorset market town retains a dense concentration of listed historic buildings alongside a café and arts scene — including a theatre, cinema, and museum — that punches above its size. Saxon in origin, it sits near the confluence of the River Brit and the Asker, with the fishing harbour of West Bay within its boundary. Thomas Hardy used it as the model for Port Bredy in his Wessex novels.
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- Population12,295
- Nearest water from center 0.3 km0.2 mi
- Nearest mountain from center 0.5 km0.3 mi
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Bridport: quick answers
Where is Bridport?
Bridport is in United Kingdom, about 54 km34 miles in a straight line from Exeter.
How do you get to Bridport?
The nearest airport is Yeovil, Somerset (YEO), about 58 min away by road. The nearest train station is Axminster, about 25 min away by road.
What's the weather like in Bridport?
The warmest month is July, averaging 17°C62°F across day and night; the coolest is February, at 6°C42°F. The wettest month is October, with about 83 mm3.3 in of precipitation. (Monthly averages, 1991–2020.)
What's in Bridport?
OpenStreetMap lists 2 museums, 8 restaurants, 15 cafés and 11 places of worship within 2 km of the centre.
What's near Bridport?
Other Wandering Well picks within 60 km include Montacute, Glastonbury and Crewkerne. Bridport is listed among the day trips from Bath.