West Lulworth
West Lulworth is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset, situated on the English Channel beside Lulworth Cove. In the 2011 census the civil parish—which includes most of Lulworth Camp army base—had 291 households and a population of 714.Places of Interest
Highlights include Durdle Door and Lulworth Castle.
Durdle Door
Photo: jacob, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Durdle Door is a natural limestone arch on the Jurassic Coast near Lulworth in Dorset, England. It is privately owned by the Weld family, who own the Lulworth Estate, but it is also open to the public.
Lulworth Castle
Castle
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lulworth Castle, in East Lulworth, Dorset, England, situated south of the village of Wool, is an early 17th-century hunting lodge erected in the style of a revival fortified castle, one of only five extant Elizabethan or Jacobean buildings of this type.
Fossil Forest
Photo: Julian Dowse, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Fossil Forest is the remains of an ancient submerged forest from Jurassic times, located to the east of Lulworth Cove on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lulworth and Chaldon Herring.
Lulworth
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lulworth is the popular name for an area on the coast of Dorset, South West England notable for its castle and cove. However, there is no actual place or feature called simply "Lulworth", the villages are East and West Lulworth and the coastal feature is Lulworth Cove.
Chaldon Herring
Village
Photo: Eugene Birchall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chaldon Herring or East Chaldon is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset, about 8 miles south-east of the county town of Dorchester. Chaldon Herring is situated 2 miles northwest of West Lulworth.
East Lulworth
Village
Photo: Nigel Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
East Lulworth is a village and civil parish nine miles east of Dorchester, near Lulworth Cove, in the county of Dorset, England. The village, which consists of 17th-century thatched cottages, is dominated by the barracks of the Royal Armoured Corps Gunnery School who use a portion of the Purbeck Hills as a gunnery range. East Lulworth is situated 2 miles east of West Lulworth.
West Lulworth
- Type: Locality
- Location: Purbeck District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.6343° or 50° 38′ 3″ northLongitude
-2.2508° or 2° 15′ 3″ westElevation
502 feet (153 metres)Open location code
9C2VJPMX+PMGeoNames ID
7297603
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