Dorset
Purbeck District
West Lulworth

St Oswald’s Bay

St Oswald's Bay is located near on the in , England. The bay has a narrow beach of shingle with high chalk cliffs. The beach is cut off at high tide at the western end.
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Wikipedia
Photo: Arpingstone, Public domain.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Durdle Door and Hambury Tout.

Photo: jacob, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a natural limestone arch on the near in , England. It is privately owned by the Weld family, who own the , but it is also open to the public.

Peak
Photo: ian saunders, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a large chalk hill by the coast near , , . It overlooks to the west. is the site of an ancient burial mound.

Church
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dungy Head and Stair Hole.

Locality
is a coastal promontory located west of on the in , England. It forms the eastern end of St Oswald's Bay.

Locality
Photo: ian freeman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a small cove located just west of in , southern England. The folded limestone strata known as the Lulworth crumple are particularly visible at .

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the popular name for an area on the coast of , notable for its castle and cove. However, there is no actual place or feature called simply "Lulworth", the villages are East and West and the coastal feature is Cove.

St Oswald’s Bay

Latitude
50.62023° or 50° 37′ 13″ north
Longitude
-2.26822° or 2° 16′ 6″ west
Open location code
9C2VJPCJ+3P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1325592092
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bay
Geo­Names ID
11102863
Wiki­data ID
Q7595004
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“St Oswald’s Bay” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “خليج سانت أوزوالد”
  • Cebuano: “St Oswald’s Bay”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “St Oswald’s Bay”
  • Swedish: “St Oswald’s Bay”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Red Hole and The Man o‘ War.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Man O‘ War Cove and Visitor Services.

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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 Oswald’s Bay”. Photo: Arpingstone, Public domain.