St Alban’s Head
St Alban's Head is a headland located 5 kilometres southwest of Swanage, on the coast of Dorset, England. It is the most southerly part of the Purbeck peninsula, and comprises an outcrop of Portland Stone from the overlying Lower Purbeck Stone.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: JimChampion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Cape
- Description: Headland in Dorset
- Also known as: “Saint Alabans Head”, “Saint Aldhelm’s Head”, “St Albans Head”, and “St Aldhelm’s Head”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St. Aldhelm’s Chapel and Radar Research Memorial.
St. Aldhelm’s Chapel
Church
Photo: Wulfrunian1, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Aldhelm's Chapel is a Norman chapel on St Aldhelm's Head in the parish of Worth Matravers, Swanage, Dorset. It stands close to the cliffs, 108 metres above sea level.
Encombe House
Manor estate
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Encombe House is a privately owned, Grade II* listed country house built in 1735 on the Encombe Estate near the village of Kingston and about 1-mile inland of Dorset's Jurassic Coast in southern England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Winspit and Worth Matravers.
Winspit
Locality
Photo: Charlesdrakew, Public domain.
Winspit is a disused quarry on the cliffs near Worth Matravers in the Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, England. To the west and east are the hills of West Man and East Man.
Worth Matravers
Village
Photo: Charlesdrakew, Public domain.
Worth Matravers is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset. The village is situated on the cliffs west of Swanage. It comprises limestone cottages and farm houses and is built around a pond, which is a regular feature on postcards of the Isle of Purbeck.
Acton
Hamlet
Photo: Huligan0, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Acton is a hamlet in the parish of Langton Matravers, on the Isle of Purbeck, in the county of Dorset in the south of England. Acton was built as living quarters for the quarrymen working at the local quarries.
St Alban’s Head
- Category: landform
- Location: Worth Matravers, Purbeck District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.57868° or 50° 34′ 43″ northLongitude
-2.05644° or 2° 3′ 23″ westElevation
328 feet (100 metres)Open location code
9C2VHWHV+FCOpenStreetMap ID
node 263554280OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“St Alban’s Head” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Saint Alban’s Head”
- German: “St Alban’s Head”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Saint Alban’s Head”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “St Alban’s Head”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “St. Alban’s Head”
- Polish: “St Alban’s Head”
- Spanish: “Cabo de St. Alban”
- Swedish: “Saint Alban’s Head”
- Welsh: “Pentir St Alban”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Seacombe Bottom and Seacombe Cliff.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Quarry Ruins and Tumulus.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “St Alban’s Head”. Photo: JimChampion, CC BY-SA 3.0.