Lulworth Cove on the Jurassic Coast
Wednesday, 20 March 2024 - 11:00 am (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: Great Britain / Großbritannien General , UNESCO World Heritage
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Lulworth Cove © Nilfanion/cc-by-sa-4.0
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Lulworth Cove is a
cove near the village of
West Lulworth , on the
Jurassic Coast in
Dorset , southern England. The cove is one of the world’s finest examples of such a
landform , and is a
World Heritage Site and tourist location with approximately 500,000 visitors every year, of whom about 30 per cent visit in July and August. It is close to the rock arch of
Durdle Door and other Jurassic Coast sites.
As well as the cove, across Hambury Tout (the large chalk hill to the west) is Durdle Door , a natural arch. To the east there is a fossilised forest. Lulworth is also close to Kimmeridge , famous for its rocky shore and fossils. Geologists and geographers have been interested in the area since the beginning of the 19th century, and in the 1830s the first serious study of the area took place. Since then the area has drawn students from all over the world.
Cliffs at entrance to Lulworth Cove © geograph.org.uk - Nick Mutton/cc-by-sa-2.0
In 2001 the coast was granted
World Heritage Site status by
UNESCO . Experts at UNESCO have been working on preserving the shape of Lulworth Cove. Lulworth was one of a number of gateway villages on the coast with a Heritage Centre—part visitor centre, tourist information and natural history museum; in 2002 the last received 418,595 visitors.
The coast and land to the north and around the village is privately owned and managed by the
Lulworth Estate . Land to the east, including
Tyneham , is owned by the
Ministry of Defence and used for tank training; it is open only at weekends and holidays.
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