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Upwey Quarries and Bincombe Down

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Upwey Quarries and Bincombe Down is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Dorset, covering 0.06 km². It is one of 124 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in the county. It lies inside Dorset National Landscape National Landscape.

Upwey Station is about 1.9 km away to the south. Nearby SSSIs include Chalbury Hill and Quarry, South Dorset Coast and Blackdown (Hardy Monument).

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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.

0.3 km NE · spans 4 counties

Photo of the Purbeck Heritage Coast, Dorset, south west England.Highlight

Purbeck

Heritage Coast near Wareham

Dorset's "Isle" of Purbeck, a peninsula of chalk and limestone on the Jurassic Coast, with sea stacks, quarried stone and a ruined castle

2.7 km E

Photo of Maiden Castle, a hillfort near Dorchester, Dorset, south west England.Iconic

Maiden Castle

Hillfort near Dorchester

Europe's largest Iron Age hillfort, ramparts intact.

3.1 km N

Photo of Osmington White Horse, a hill figure in Dorset, south west England.Highlight

Osmington White Horse

Hill figure near Osmington

The only English hill figure carrying a rider — King George III on horseback — cut above Weymouth in 1808.

4.2 km E

Photo of Dorchester, a village in Dorset, south west England.Highlight

Dorchester

Village

Dorset's county town of Roman origins, tree-lined walks on the old ramparts and streets thick with Thomas Hardy associations.

5.7 km N · Dorset