Chapman’s Pool
Chapman's Pool is a small cove to the west of Worth Matravers on the Isle of Purbeck, in Dorset, England.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Tanya Hart, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Bay
- Description: cove in Dorset, England, UK
- Also known as: “Chapman Pool” and “Chapmans Pool”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St. Aldhelm’s Chapel and Encombe House.
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 Worth Matravers and Winspit.
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.
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.
Kingston
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kingston is a small village on the Isle of Purbeck in the county of Dorset in southern England.
Chapman’s Pool
- Categories: cove and body of water
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.59257° or 50° 35′ 33″ northLongitude
-2.06444° or 2° 3′ 52″ westOpen location code
9C2VHWVP+26OpenStreetMap ID
node 1326857960OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
2653349Wikidata ID
Q258829
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Chapman’s Pool” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Chapman’s Pool”
- Cebuano: “Chapmans Pool”
- German: “Chapman’s Pool”
- Swedish: “Chapman’s Pool”
- Swedish: “Chapmans Pool”
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