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in the county of Dorset

About Kimmeridge

A popular place for surfers and diving enthusiasts, Kimmeridge is a small town along the Purbeck Coast in Dorset. The first place in England where oil was commercially extracted, Kimmeridge produced oil for over 25 years until recently. Lots of stone cottages and shipwrecks.

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Worbarrow Bay, Tyneham, Dorset

Tyneham (55 Pictures) a Picturesque Village in the county of Dorset

(2.5 miles, 4.0 km, direction W of Kimmeridge)

Known as the Ghost village of Dorset, the village of Tyneham was requisitioned by the War Office during 1943, with all 225 residents having to leave their homes. The army never.....

Swanage Railway Steam train approaching Corfe Castle.

Corfe Castle (194 Pictures) a Picturesque Village in the county of Dorset

(2.9 miles, 4.7 km, direction NE of Kimmeridge)

Below the castle, the village of Corfe shows picturesque stone houses of the 17th-century...

A picture of St. Aldhelm's Head & Chapel

Worth Matravers (26 Pictures) a Picturesque Village in the county of Dorset

(3.8 miles, 6.0 km, direction E of Kimmeridge)

Picturesque Dorset village with a history pre-dating Roman times as evidenced by the medieval lynchets cut into the steep hillsides...

Beautiful thatched building

West Lulworth (125 Pictures) in the county of Dorset

(5.8 miles, 9.4 km, direction W of Kimmeridge)

One of the most visited geological areas of Britain, Lulworth Cove has recently been placed into the World Heritage Jurassic Coastline...

Swanage, Dorset

Swanage (243 Pictures) a Seaside Town in the county of Dorset

(6.7 miles, 10.8 km, direction E of Kimmeridge)

The town is wedged between towering downs that result in lofty cliffs at both ends of the bay, from these high vantage points there are spectacular views across the sea...

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The Blue Pool

The Blue Pool (25 Pictures)

(2.6 miles, 4.2 km, direction N)

Between Wareham and Corfe Castle can be found the unique visitor attraction called the Blue Pool, which was once a clay pit. Tiny.....

Corfe Castle

Corfe Castle (116 Pictures)

(3.0 miles, 4.7 km, direction NE)

Standing in lofty splendour above the chimney pots of the village with the roaring ocean lapping the cliffs to the other side of.....

A picture of St. Aldhelm's Head & Chapel

St. Aldhelm's Head & Chapel (2 Pictures)

(3.8 miles, 6.1 km, direction SE)

One of the oldest churches in England, set on a 300ft cliff top in an area that is designated a Special Area of Conservation.....

St Andrew's Church

Lulworth Castle (24 Pictures)

(4.1 miles, 6.6 km, direction W)

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Local quarrey

Isle of Purbeck (21 Pictures)

(4.7 miles, 7.6 km, direction NE)

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Arne Autumn 2012

Arne RSPB Reserve (127 Pictures)

(6.6 miles, 10.6 km, direction NE)

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A picture of Monkey World Ape Rescue Centre

Monkey World Ape Rescue Centre (47 Pictures)

(7.1 miles, 11.5 km, direction NW)

This is a place where "Monkey Business" really is acceptable, for the centre is home to over 150 primates of 15 different.....


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