Golden Cap
Golden Cap is a hill and cliff situated on the English Channel coast between Bridport and Charmouth in Dorset, England. At 191 metres, it is arguably the highest point near the south coast of Great Britain and is visible for tens of miles along the coastline.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Cape
- Description: hill and cliff situated on the English Channel coast between Bridport and Charmouth in Dorset, England
- Also known as: “Golden Cape”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chideock Parish Church (St Giles) and Church of St Gabriel.
Chideock Parish Church (St Giles)
Church
Photo: Nigel Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chideock Parish Church (St Giles) is situated 1½ miles northeast of Golden Cap.
Church of St Gabriel
Church
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Gabriel is situated 1½ miles north of Golden Cap.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Seatown and Morcombelake.
Seatown
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Seatown is a coastal hamlet in Dorset, England, on the English Channel approximately 3 miles west-southwest of Bridport. It lies within the civil parish of Chideock.
Morcombelake
Village
Photo: Nigel Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Morcombelake is a small village near Bridport in Dorset, England, within the ancient parish of Whitchurch Canonicorum. Golden Cap, part of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site, is nearby. Morcombelake is situated 2 miles north of Golden Cap.
Ryall
Hamlet
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ryall is a small village in the county of Dorset, on the south coast of Great Britain. It is situated roughly midway between the towns of Bridport and Lyme Regis, with the county town of Dorchester about 20 miles to the east. Ryall is situated 2½ miles north of Golden Cap.
Golden Cap
- Categories: hill, cliff, and landform
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Golden Cap” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Golden Cap”
- Cebuano: “Golden Cape”
- Czech: “Golden Cap”
- Dutch: “Golden Cap”
- German: “Golden Cap”
- Indonesian: “Golden Cap”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Golden Cap”
- Polish: “Golden Cap”
- Spanish: “Golden Cap”
- Swedish: “Golden Cap”
- Swedish: “Golden Cape”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Langdon Hill and Chideock.
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About Mapcarta. 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 “Golden Cap”. Photo: Kevin Walsh, CC BY 2.0.