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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.

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1. Durdle Door
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.

2. Lulworth Cove
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.

3. Stair Hole
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.

4. The Castle Inn
The Castle Inn is a 16th Century public house in West Lulworth, Dorset, England, which was originally called The Green Man.

5. Man of War Bay
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.

6. The Etches Collection
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.

7. Fossil Forest, Lulworth
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.

8. Bat's Head
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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Durdle Door

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Lulworth Cove

Lulworth Cove is a cove near the village of West Lulworth, on the

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Corfe Castle

Corfe Castle is a fortification standing above the village of the same

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Lulworth Castle

Lulworth Castle, in East Lulworth, Dorset, situated south of Wool, is

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Stair Hole

Stair Hole is a small cove located just west of Lulworth Cove in

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The Castle Inn

The Castle Inn is a 16th Century public house in West Lulworth,

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Man of War Bay

Man of War Bay encloses Man O'War Cove on the Dorset coast in southern

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Jordan Hill Roman Temple

Jordan Hill Roman Temple is a Roman ruin situated on Jordan Hill above

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Blue Pool

Blue Pool is a flooded, disused clay pit where Purbeck Ball Clay was

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Stone Pier

Stone Pier, also known as South Pier, is a pier located on the

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The Etches Collection

The Etches Collection (formerly known as the Museum of Jurassic Marine

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Clavell Tower

Clavell Tower, also known as Clavell Folly or the Kimmeridge Tower, is

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Fossil Forest, Lulworth

Fossil Forest is an evidence that about 145 million years ago during

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Bat's Head

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Kemps Country House

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The Countryman Inn

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Kingston Country Courtyard

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The Black Dog Inn

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New Inn Dorchester

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Mortons House Hotel

starting $221

Premier Inn Weymouth Seafront

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The Old Mill Bed and Breakfast

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