Corton Cutting

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Corton Cutting is one of 124 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Dorset. It is the smallest of them. It lies within Dorset National Landscape National Landscape.

For more of the same, Blackdown (Hardy Monument) and Chesil & The Fleet are close by. For arrivals by rail, Upwey Station is about 4.1 km to the south-east.

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