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Photo of Corfe Castle, a village in Dorset, south west England.

© Colin Park / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Corfe Castle

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The castle above Corfe was slighted — deliberately blown up — by Parliament in 1646 after two Civil War sieges, and much of the grey Purbeck stone in the village below was salvaged from its ruins. The cottages fill the gap in the Purbeck ridge with barely a modern building among them. The Swanage Railway’s steam trains stop right in the village, with Swanage at the far end of the line.

More places to visit near Corfe Castle

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 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

0.7 km N

Photo of Blue Pool, a Site of Special Scientific Interest near Corfe Castle, Dorset, south west England.Highlight

Blue Pool

SSSI near Corfe Castle

A flooded old clay pit near Wareham whose water shifts between turquoise and green as the light changes, ringed by Purbeck heathland

1.3 km NW

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.

4.4 km S · spans 4 counties

Photo of Chapman's Pool, a cove near Worth Matravers, Dorset, south west England.Highlight

Chapman's Pool

Cove near Worth Matravers

A remote horseshoe cove ringed by high, fossil-rich cliffs on the wild south Purbeck coast, reached only on foot.

5.1 km S

Photo of Winspit Quarry, a cave near Worth Matravers, Dorset, south west England.Highlight

Winspit Quarry

Cave near Worth Matravers

A dramatic disused sea-cliff quarry of galleries and caves opening straight onto the water below Worth Matravers.

5.9 km S