West Lulworth is the hamlet in
United Kingdom, located some 20 km to the east from
Weymouth. The capital city
London is in 240 km to the north-east. The population of West Lulworth is about 400 people (census of 2011). Many people visit West Lulworth each year to take a look at its famous natural arches and beaches.
Airport Bournemouth (IATA: BOH) is 50 km away from it and is the closest airport to it.
Best things to see in West Lulworth
Durdle Door is a natural limestone arch on the Jurassic Coast near Lulworth in Dorset, England. It is privately owned by the Welds, a wealthy landowning family who own 12, 000 acres of Dorset in the form of the Lulworth Estate. It is open to the public. The name Durdle is derived from an Old English word'thirl' meaning bore or drill.
Lulworth Cove is a cove near the village of West Lulworth, on the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site in Dorset, southern England. The cove is one of the world's finest examples of such a landform, and is a tourist location with over 1 million visitors a year[]. It is close to the rock arch of Durdle Door and other Jurassic Coast sites.
Stair Hole is a small cove located just west of Lulworth Cove in Dorset, southern England. The folded limestone strata known as the Lulworth crumple are particularly visible at Stair Hole. There are several caves visible from the seaward side of Stair Hole; Cathedral Cavern is supported by pillars of rock rising out of the water. The rock structure was created during the Alpine orogeny and exposed by subsequent erosion.
The Castle Inn is a 16th Century public house in West Lulworth, Dorset, England, which was originally called The Green Man.
Man of War Bay encloses Man O'War Cove on the Dorset coast in southern England, between the headlands of Durdle Door to the west and Man O War Head to the east.
The Etches Collection (formerly known as the Museum of Jurassic Marine Life) is a fossil museum in the village of Kimmeridge, Purbeck, Dorset, England. It is based on the lifetime collection of Steve Etches from the local area on the Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site, especially around Kimmeridge Bay and the Kimmeridge Ledges.
Fossil Forest is an evidence that about 145 million years ago during the Jurassic period, a forest grew here, to be covered by seas sometime later.
Bat's Head is a chalk headland on the Dorset coast in southern England, located between Swyre Head and Durdle Door to the east, and Chaldon Hill and White Nothe to the west.
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