Dungy Head
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.Places of Interest
Highlights include Durdle Door and Hambury Tout.
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.
Hambury Tout
Peak
Photo: ian saunders, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hambury Tout is a large chalk hill by the coast near Lulworth, Dorset, England. It overlooks Lulworth Cove to the west. Hambury Tout is the site of an ancient burial mound.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stair Hole and Lulworth.
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.
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 2½ miles northwest of Dungy Head.
Dungy Head
- Type: Locality
- Categories: promontory and cape
- Location: West Lulworth, Purbeck District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.61889° or 50° 37′ 8″ northLongitude
-2.26118° or 2° 15′ 40″ westOpen location code
9C2VJP9Q+HGOpenStreetMap ID
node 3262234717OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeOpenStreetMap feature
place=localityWikidata ID
Q5315237
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Dungy Head” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “رأس دنغي”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Dungy Head”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lulworth Visitor Centre and Coastguard Cottages.
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