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Povington and Grange Heaths

Open accessin a National Nature Reserve open to the public

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Povington and Grange Heaths is one of 124 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Dorset. Only three of the county's SSSIs are larger. The surrounding countryside is part of Dorset National Landscape National Landscape.

Nearby SSSIs include Purbeck Ridge (West), South Dorset Coast and Stoborough & Creech Heaths. Wareham Station is about 2.6 km away to the north-east.

More places to visit near Povington and Grange Heaths

Photo of the Dorset National Landscape, a National Landscape in Dorset, south west England.Highlight

Dorset National Landscape

You’re inside itNational Landscape near Dorchester

Chalk ridges, quiet combes and one of the finest coastlines in England, from Lyme Bay to Purbeck

Photo along the South West Coast Path, a 630-mile National Trail running from Minehead to Poole, south west England.Highlight

South West Coast Path

National Trail

630 miles around England's toe — the longest and most demanding of the National Trails.

0.9 km SW · spans 4 counties

Photo of Tyneham, a landmark near Kingston, Dorset, south west England.Highlight

Tyneham

Landmark near Kingston

A deserted Purbeck village requisitioned in 1943 and never returned, its roofless cottages, school and church preserved on the army ranges.

1.1 km S

Photo of Worbarrow Bay, a beach near Kingston, Dorset, south west England.Highlight

Worbarrow Bay

Beach near Kingston

A wide, empty crescent of shingle and cliff below the abandoned Tyneham valley, open only when the Lulworth ranges are quiet.

1.5 km S

Photo of Lulworth Castle, a ruined castle near Wareham, Dorset, south west England.Highlight

Lulworth Castle

Castle near Wareham

A 17th-century mock castle built as a grand hunting lodge, gutted by fire and now an open shell in the Dorset parkland

1.5 km SW

Photo of Lulworth Cove, a swimming spot near Osmington, Dorset, south west England.Iconic

Lulworth Cove

Designated bathing water near Osmington

Near-perfect circular bay scooped from folded limestone.

4.6 km SW