Lulworth, Durdle Door and Kimmeridge
South West, England
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Lulworth, Durdle Door and Kimmeridge
325 XP
The Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site runs 95 miles from Exmouth to Studland, and its best-known stretch is here: the cliff path from Lulworth Cove to Durdle Door, a natural limestone arch, and the Fossil Forest ledge east of the cove, with fossilised tree stumps about 144 million years old. At Kimmeridge the Etches Collection shows Jurassic marine fossils found on the ledges of the bay. Between the two lies Tyneham, a village abandoned when the army took it and the land around for firing ranges just before Christmas 1943.
Required Activities
1
of 4
Walk from Lulworth Cove over the cliff path to Durdle Door, the natural limestone arch, on the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site that runs 95 miles from Exmouth to Studland
2
of 4
Look at the Fossil Forest ledge east of Lulworth Cove, fossilised tree stumps about 144 million years old
3
of 4
Visit the Etches Collection at Kimmeridge, the museum of Jurassic marine fossils, and walk the ledges of Kimmeridge Bay
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of 4
Walk into Tyneham, the village abandoned to the army in 1943, when the Lulworth ranges are open
Walk from Lulworth Cove over the cliff path to Durdle Door, the natural limestone arch, on the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site that runs 95 miles from Exmouth to Studland
Look at the Fossil Forest ledge east of Lulworth Cove, fossilised tree stumps about 144 million years old
Visit the Etches Collection at Kimmeridge, the museum of Jurassic marine fossils, and walk the ledges of Kimmeridge Bay
Walk into Tyneham, the village abandoned to the army in 1943, when the Lulworth ranges are open
Before you go
Tyneham and the Fossil Forest are inside the Lulworth Ranges and can only be reached when the ranges are open to the public.
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