Burton Bradstock

Burton Bradstock
High Street, Burton Bradstock
Burton Bradstock is located in Dorset
Burton Bradstock
Burton Bradstock
Location within Dorset
Population948 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceSY4889
• London145 miles (233 km) ENE
Civil parish
  • Burton Bradstock
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBRIDPORT
Postcode districtDT6
Dialling code01308
PoliceDorset
FireDorset and Wiltshire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
WebsiteVillage website
List of places
UK
England
Dorset
50°42′12″N 2°43′36″W / 50.7034°N 2.7268°W / 50.7034; -2.7268

Burton Bradstock is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England, approximately 2+12 miles (4 km) southeast of Bridport and 12 mile (0.8 km) inland from the English Channel at Chesil Beach. In the 2011 Census the parish had a population of 948.[1] 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.

  1. ^ a b "Area: Burton Bradstock (Parish). Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 14 January 2014.