Uploders is a small village in

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. It consists mainly of houses, and has a pub, the ''Crown'', a Grade II

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Methodist chapel and a playing field. The River Asker runs through the village. It is a

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, surrounding the minor road between

Bridport Bridport is a market town in Dorset, England, inland from the English Channel near the confluence of the River Brit and its tributary the Asker. Its origins are Saxon and it has a long history as a rope-making centre. On the coast and wit ...

and

Askerswell Askerswell () is a small village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southwest England. It is sited on the small River Asker. It lies west of the county town Dorchester. The parish has an area of and in the northeast includes the wes ...

. It is around from Loders, and around from Bridport, the nearest town. The A35 trunk road also passes by around south of the village. There are several places of interest to visit, such as the

market town A market town is a settlement most common in Europe that obtained by custom or royal charter, in the Middle Ages, a market right, which allowed it to host a regular market; this distinguished it from a village or city. In Britain, small rural ...

of Bridport, the harbour at West Bay, the beaches along the

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Burton Bradstock Burton Bradstock is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England, approximately southeast of Bridport and inland from the English Channel at Chesil Beach. In the 2011 United Kingdom census, 2011 Census the parish had a population of 948. The v ...

and West Bay being the nearest, and the

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Eggardon Hill Eggardon Hill is a prehistoric hillfort on a hill in Dorset, England. It is located on chalk uplands approximately four miles to the east of the town of Bridport. The Hill Eggardon Hill stands above sea level and is classified as a Hump (hi ...

Which is about To the east.

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