East Lulworth

Worth seeing in and around East Lulworth

8 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Lulworth Castle

   Lulworth Castle, in East Lulworth, Dorset, England, situated south of the village of Wool, is an early 17th-century hunting lodge erected in the style of a revival fortified castle, one of only five extant Elizabethan or Jacobean buildings of this type. It is listed with Historic England as a scheduled monument.

   700 m · Grade I listed historic house museum in Purbeck, Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Lulworth Abbey

   Lulworth Abbey was a Trappist monastery at East Lulworth in Dorset, England, established as a priory in 1796 by Thomas Weld for refugee French Trappist monks moving on from temporary shelter in the abandoned La Valsainte Charterhouse in Switzerland. The monastery at Lulworth was raised to the status of an abbey in 1813 by Pope Pius VII. In 1817 it was abandoned, as the monks were able to return to France, to the newly-re-established Melleray Abbey near Nantes.

   3.8 km · trappist monastery in Dorset, England · Wikipedia
3. 03
   St Mary's Church, Tyneham

   St Mary's Church is a former Church of England parish church in Tyneham, Dorset, England. The church, which is a Grade II listed building, has 13th-century origins, with later additions, alterations and restorations.

   2.8 km · church in Tyneham, Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Povington Hill

   Povington Hill, at 198 metres high, is one of the highest points on the chain of the Purbeck Hills in south Dorset on the southern coast of England. Its prominence of 107 metres means it is listed as one of the Tumps, although map sources suggest this honour should go to Ridgeway Hill further east.

   3 km · Hill in Dorset, England · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Tyneham House

   Tyneham House is a ruined Elizabethan detached house, located in Tyneham, Dorset, England. It was built by Henry Williams between 1563 and 1583 and was for over 250 years occupied by the Bond family, who were the landowners of Tyneham.

   3.5 km · house in Tyneham, Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Former Church of the Holy Rood (Now Redundant)

   Holy Rood Church is a former Church of England church in Coombe Keynes, Dorset, England. Most of the church dates to a rebuild of 1860–61, but the tower and chancel arch is 13th-century.

   2.6 km · church building in Coombe Keynes, Purbeck, Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Flower's Barrow

   Flower's Barrow is an Iron Age hillfort, built over 2,500 years ago on Rings Hill, above Worbarrow Bay in Dorset on the south coast of England. It is located about 11 miles west of Swanage and about 6.25 miles southwest of Wareham.

   1.7 km · Iron Age hill fort in Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   The Castle Inn

   The Castle Inn is a public house in West Lulworth, Dorset, England, which dates from the 16th century. It was originally called The Green Man, and later The Jolly Sailor.

   3.6 km · public house in West Lulworth, Dorset, England, which dates from the 16th century · Wikipedia

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