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OS Ref: SY978768

Last Visited: 2004

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A 4.8km (3ml) walk along a stretch of coast that was once an important quarrying area.

Park in Worth Matravers village car park (can get very busy at times and, if its full, there is no real alternative)

From the village centre, take the footpath signposted to Seacombe Bottom.

Worth Matravers,Signpost,Signposts

Signpost

This crosses some fields, then drops steeply down into Seacombe Bottom itself. Keep to the right-hand (west) side of the valley and then turn right onto the coastal path.

All along this coast the cliffs riddled with the caverns of the old stone quarries. The stone (the so called "Purbeck Marble", actually a shelly limestone) was loaded into small boats on the ledges beneath you and taken to Swanage.

Here were it was transshipped to much larger boats for the trip to London and other great cities.

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Path to Winspit

When you reach Winspit, turn right and begin slow and steady climb back up the path to the village.

Once you get there, don't miss the splendid Square & Compasses (stone masonry museum, great range of real ales and ciders served through a hatch, but only limited food).

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