Little Bindon Abbey

Little Bindon Abbey is a historical site in West Lulworth, Purbeck District, England. Little Bindon Abbey is situated nearby to Fossil Forest, as well as near the archaeological site Bindon Hill.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fossil Forest and Bindon Hill.

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. Fossil Forest is situated 690 feet south of Little Bindon Abbey.

Bindon Hill

Archaeological site

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.

Bindon Hill is an extensive Iron Age earthwork, enclosing a coastal hill area on the Jurassic Coast near Lulworth Cove in Dorset, England. It is about 19 kilometres west of Swanage, about 6 kilometres south west of Wareham, and about 17 kilometres southeast of Dorchester. Bindon Hill is situated 2,000 feet northeast of Little Bindon Abbey.

Parish Church of the Holy Trinity

Church

Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Parish Church of the Holy Trinity is situated 3,800 feet northwest of Little Bindon Abbey.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lulworth and Stair Hole.

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.

Stair Hole

Locality

Photo: ian freeman, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Stair Hole is a small cove located just west of Lulworth Cove in Dorset, southern England. The folded limestone strata known as the Lulworth crumple are particularly visible at Stair Hole.

Dungy Head

Locality

Dungy Head is a coastal promontory located west of Lulworth Cove on the Jurassic Coast in Dorset, England. It forms the eastern end of St Oswald's Bay.

Little Bindon Abbey

Type: Historical site
Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: West Lulworth, Purbeck District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.61817° or 50° 37′ 5″ north

Longitude

-2.24147° or 2° 14′ 29″ west

Elevation

75 feet (23 metres)

Open location code

9C2VJQ95+7C

GeoNames ID

11593918

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