Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome
Getting here
50.64275, -2.21655
Open directionsv
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦52+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Blackbird
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦52+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Blue Tit and Blackbird
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Blue Tit, Blackbird, Robin +49 more · last seen 2024; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
Birds — Blue Tit, Blackbird, Robin +49 more · last seen 2024; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Grade I listed building: ROMAN CATHOLIC CHAPEL OF ST MARY
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Meadow Brown, Speckled Wood, Small White +170 more · last seen 2025; Traditional orchard — specialist orchard insects and lichens
Free
Traditional orchard — seasonal fruit, fungi and wild plants
Varies
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km9 signed routes nearby · 9 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
Purbeck WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 50: Ferrybridge to Lulworth Cove)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
South West Coast Path (Section 51: Lulworth Cove to Worth Matravers)Walking route▾
Named routeRef SWCPNational walking route
The Hardy WayWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
King Charles III England Coast Path: Portland to LulworthWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
11 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Route 2Cycling route▾
National Cycle Route 2 Christchurch to Axminster
Named routeRef 2National Cycle Network
Lawrence RideCycling route▾
Named routeRef 4Local cycle route
Priory RideCycling route▾
Named routeRef 1Local cycle route
Purbeck RideCycling route▾
Named routeRef 6Regional cycle route
East Lulworth RideCycling route▾
Named routeRef 5Local cycle route
Main RouteCycling route44 m▾
Named routeRef 2Length 44 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
2 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Grove of trees, Lulworth Park
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Wildlife to spot
32,333 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
32,333 records · National Biodiversity NetworkLesser Stag Beetle
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
Daisy · White Clover · Cleavers · Greater Pond-sedge · Common Nettle +138
- DaisyBellis perennis
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Greater Pond-sedgeCarex riparia
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium
- Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
- Common SorrelRumex acetosa
- RhododendronRhododendron ponticum
- Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
- Field-roseRosa arvensis
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
32,333 records · National Biodiversity NetworkLesser Stag Beetle
- Lesser Stag BeetleDorcus parallelipipedus
Daisy · White Clover · Cleavers · Greater Pond-sedge · Common Nettle +138
- DaisyBellis perennis
- White CloverTrifolium repens
- CleaversGalium aparine
- Greater Pond-sedgeCarex riparia
- Common NettleUrtica dioica
- Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium
- Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
- Common SorrelRumex acetosa
- RhododendronRhododendron ponticum
- Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
- Field-roseRosa arvensis
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas