Links to Other Pages on this Site TOWNS & VILLAGES Corfe Castle   Dorset, England 3.7 km NE Harmans Cross   Dorset, England 1.7 km NW Kingston   Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, England 3.6 km NE Langton Matravers   Dorset, England 1.3 km NW Swanage   Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, England 3.6 km NW Worth Matravers   Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, England 1.6 km SE OTHER PLACES St Georges Close   Langton Matravers, Isle of Purbeck, Dorset Here you can enjoy the heritage of purbeck stone with displays of worked stone, tools and photographs, old pictures and displays of fossils, with authentic reconstruction of underground quarry working and capstan. 1.3 km NE Dunshay Manor   Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, England Benjamin Jesty who performed the first innoculation against smallpox, years before Jenner, farmed here 1.5 km NW David Strange   Worth Hill Observatory, Worth Matravers, Isle of Purbeck, Dorset Dorset BH19 3LF Worth Hill Observatory is a privately owned observatory on the Isle of Purbeck on the Dorset Coast with dark skies and an excellent horizon open to school parties and group visits. 1.6 km SW   This historic museum shows reconstructions of a period grocers shop, stone quarrying, Lloyds Dispensing Chemist and also has displays of maritime models. There is also a local studies centre which provides source material for local or family research. The 3.6 km NE Ken Wollaston   Corfe castle Museum, West Street, Corfe Castle, Isle of Purbeck, Dorset The museum is on the ground floor of the smallest Town Hall in England. Items on display include set of dinosaur footprints, local archaeological finds, domestic and commercial appliances, photographs and a copy of the old town mace. The Town Hall can a 3.7 km NW St Aldhelms Chapel   St Aldhelms Head, Isle Of Purbeck, Dorset, England 4 km SW Corfe Castle   Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, England Slighted by the Roundheads after the Civil War, the remains of the huge castle still dominate the area 4.9 km NW Agglestone. Isle of Purbeck   Dorset, England The strange ironstone rock within walking distance of Studland, formed by erosion of the softer rocks around it, has been the subject of several legends. 5.6 km NE Public Houses The King`s Arms 27 High St, Langton Matravers, Dorset   BH19 3HA 1 km NW The Ship Inn Langton Matravers, Dorset   BH19 3EU 1.4 km NW Square & Compass Worth Matravers, Dorset   BH19 3LF 1.5 km SE The Royal Oak 417 High St, Herston, Dorset   BH19 2NR 2.5 km NW The Globe Inn 3 Bell St, Swanage, Dorset   BH19 2RY 2.8 km NW The Village Inn Ulwell, Dorset   BH19 3DG 4 km NW Restaurants Golden Bengal 343-345 High St, Swanage, Dorset   BH19 2NW 2.8 km NW Ulwell Cottage Ulwell, Dorset   BH19 3DG 4 km NW