Photo of South Dorset Coast, a Site of Special Scientific Interest near Kingston, Dorset, south west England.

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South Dorset Coast

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South Dorset Coast is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Dorset of 16 km². It is one of 124 SSSIs in the county. Only one of the county's SSSIs is larger. It lies inside Dorset National Landscape National Landscape.

Purbeck Ridge (West) and Povington and Grange Heaths are among the SSSIs within 0.2 km. The nearest railway station is Weymouth, about 2.9 km to the west.

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

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.

South West Coast Path

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

adjoining · spans 4 counties

Photo of Mupe Bay, a cove near Osmington, Dorset, south west England.

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Cove near Osmington

A hidden cove of jagged rocks and rockpools east of Lulworth, reached over the cliffs past the fossil forest.

adjoining

Photo along the Hardy Way, a 217-mile long-distance path running from Higher Bockhampton to Stinsford, south west England.

Hardy Way

Long-distance path

Around Thomas Hardy's Wessex from his birthplace cottage to the churchyard at Stinsford, via Corfe Castle and Lulworth Cove.

adjoining · Dorset & Wiltshire

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

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

0.8 km NW

Photo of Swanage, a village in Dorset, south west England.

Swanage

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0.8 km E · Dorset