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Purbeck District

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Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Region
  
South West England

Admin HQ
  
Wareham

Constituent country
  
England

Non-metropolitan county
  
Dorset

Area
  
404.4 km²

Purbeck District wwwrelaxretreatcoukimagespurbeckcliffsjpg

Status
  
Non-metropolitan district

Points of interest
  
Isle of Purbeck, Old Harry Rocks, Durlston Country Park, Lulworth Cove, Brownsea Island

Destinations
  
Poole, Swanage, Wareham, West Lulworth, Corfe Castle

Purbeck is a local government district in Dorset, England. The district is named after the Isle of Purbeck, a peninsula that forms a large proportion of the district's area. However the district extends significantly further north and west than the traditional boundary of the Isle of Purbeck along the River Frome. The district council is based in the town of Wareham, which is itself north of the River Frome.

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Map of Purbeck District, UK

The district was formed under the Local Government Act 1972 on 1 April 1974, from the former municipal borough of Wareham, Swanage urban district and Wareham and Purbeck Rural District.

Its name is recorded in 948 AD as Anglo-Saxon Purbicinga = "of the people of Purbic", where Purbic may be a former Celtic name, or may contain a supposed Anglo-Saxon word *pur = "male lamb".

Settlements

Settlements with a population over 2,500 are in bold.
  • Affpuddle, Arne
  • Bere Regis, Bloxworth
  • Chaldon Herring, Church Knowle, Coombe Keynes, Corfe Castle
  • East Lulworth, East Stoke
  • Harman's Cross
  • Kingston, Kimmeridge
  • Langton Matravers, Lytchett Matravers, Lytchett Minster
  • Morden, Moreton
  • Ridge
  • Steeple, Stoborough, Stoborough Green, Studland, Swanage
  • Turners Puddle
  • Wareham, West Lulworth, Winfrith Newburgh, Wool, Worgret, Worth Matravers
  • Upton Lytchett Minster and Upton

    • Places of interest

  • Ballard Down, Blue Pool, Brownsea Island
  • Chaldon Down, Chapman's Pool, Clouds Hill, Corfe Castle
  • Dancing Ledge, Dunshay Manor, Durdle Door, Durlston Country Park
  • Godlingstone Heath, Godlingstone Manor
  • Hambury Tout
  • Jurassic Coast (A World Heritage Site)
  • Lulworth Castle, Lulworth Cove
  • Kimmeridge
  • Nine Barrow Down
  • Old Harry Rocks
  • Poole Harbour, Purbeck Heritage Coast
  • Smedmore Hill, South West Coast Path, St Aldhelm's Head, Studland Bay, Swanage Railway, Swyre Head
  • Tyneham
  • Worbarrow Tout, Wareham Forest, Winspit, Wytch Farm

    • References

    Purbeck District Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA