Broadwey was a former
village
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in the northern
suburb
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s of
Weymouth,
Dorset
Dorset ( ; archaically: Dorsetshire , ) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the unitary authority areas of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and Dorset (unitary authority), Dors ...
,
England
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. It lies on the
B3159 road. In 2001, Broadwey and
Upwey ward had a
population
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of 4,349.
St Nicholas' Church serves the suburb, as did
Broadwey Methodist Church
Broadwey Methodist Church is a Methodist Church of Great Britain, Methodist church in Broadwey, Weymouth, Dorset, Weymouth, Dorset, England. It was built in 1928 and was active as part of the Dorset South & West Methodist Circuit until 2021.
Hist ...
until 2021.
References
External links
Census data
Villages in Dorset
Geography of Weymouth, Dorset
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