Lulworth Castle

Lulworth Castle, in , , England, situated south of the village of , 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.
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  • Type: Castle
  • Description: Grade I listed historic house museum in Purbeck, Dorset, England, UK
  • Address: East Lulworth, Wareham, BH20 5QS

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lulworth Estate and Tyneham.

The is a 12,000-acre country estate located in central south , England. Its most notable landscape feature is a five-mile stretch of coastline on the , a World Heritage Site, including and . is situated 550 feet northeast of Lulworth Castle.

Museum
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is a ghost village abandoned in 1943 and former civil parish, now in the parish of Steeple with , in the district, in the south of , England, near on the . is situated 2 miles southeast of Lulworth Castle.

Archaeological site
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is an Iron Age hillfort, built over 2500 years ago, above in on the south coast of . is located about 11 miles west of and about 6.25 miles south-west of . is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Lulworth Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East Lulworth and Lulworth.

Village
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is a village and civil parish nine miles east of , near , in the county of , 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 as a gunnery range.

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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.

Locality
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is a small cove located just west of in , southern England. The folded limestone strata known as the Lulworth crumple are particularly visible at . is situated 2½ miles southwest of Lulworth Castle.

Lulworth Castle

Latitude
50.63907° or 50° 38′ 21″ north
Longitude
-2.20882° or 2° 12′ 32″ west
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Uzbek—“Lulworth Castle” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “路咼夫城堡”
  • Danish: “Lulworth Castle”
  • French: “château de Lulworth”
  • French: “Château de Lulworth”
  • German: “Lulworth Castle”
  • Italian: “castello di Lulworth”
  • Persian: “دژ لولورث”
  • Persian: “قلعه لولورث”
  • Russian: “Замок Лалворт”
  • Turkish: “Lulworth Kalesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Замок Лалворт”
  • Uzbek: “Lulvort qasri”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include St Andrew’s Church and St. Andrew’s Church Cemetery.

Nearby Places

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