Aerial view of Lulworth Cove

Lulworth Cove is a cove near the village of West Lulworth, on the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site in Dorset, south England. The cove is one of the finest examples of such a landform in the world, and is a popular tourist location, with over 1 million visitors a year. Its popularity as a tourist attraction is also affected by its proximity to Durdle Door and other important Jurassic Coast sites. Lulworth Cove, Dorset, England. ... Lulworth Cove, Dorset, England. ... Insert non-formatted text here Lulworth Cove, Dorset England This article is about the coastal feature. ... West Lulworth is a village in the Purbeck district of Dorset, England, situated on the English Channel coast beside Lulworth Cove. ... The Jurassic Coast is a World Heritage Site on the English Channel coast of southern England. ... A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a specific site (such as a forest, mountain, lake, desert, monument, building, complex, or city) that has been nominated and confirmed for inclusion on the list maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 State... Dorset (pronounced DOR-sit or [dɔ.sət], and sometimes in the past called Dorsetshire) is a county in the south-west of England, on the English Channel coast. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... A landform comprises a geomorphological unit, and is largely defined by its surface form and location in the landscape, as part of the terrain, and as such, is typically an element of topography. ... A tourist boat travels the River Seine in Paris, France Tourism can be defined as the act of travel for the purpose of recreation, and the provision of services for this act. ... Durdle Door Durdle Door (sometimes spelt Durdle Dor) is a natural limestone arch on the Jurassic Coast near Lulworth in Dorset, England. ...

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Lulworth Cove

The formation of Lulworth Cove

The cove has formed because there are bands of rock of alternating resistance running parallel to the shore (a concordant coastline). On the seaward side the clays and sands have been eroded away. A narrow (<30 metre) band of relatively resistant Portland limestone forms the shoreline. Behind this is a narrow (<50 metre) band of slightly less resistant Purbeck limestone. Behind this are 300-350 metres of much less resistant clays and greensands (Wealdon clays, Gault and Upper Greensand). Forming the back of the cove is a >250 metre wide band of chalk, which is considerably more resistant than the clays and sands, but less resistant than the limestones. The entrance to the cove is a narrow gap in the limestone bands. This was formed by a combination of erosional processes by wave action and glacial melt waters. The wide part of the cove is where the weak clays and greensands have been eroded. The back of the cove is the chalk, which the sea has been unable to erode. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Resistance can mean one of: electrical resistance antibiotic resistance resistance to a disease (see related subject immunology) a political resistance movement military resistance against foreign occupation geological resistance fluid resistance thermal resistance This is a disambiguation page &#8212; a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the... A concordant coastline is a coastline where bands of different rock types run parallel to the shore. ... For other uses, see Clay (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Sand (disambiguation). ... Portland Stone is limestone from the Jurassic period quarried on the Isle of Portland, Dorset. ... Purbeck Marble, or Purbeck Stone, is a hard semi-metamorphosed limestone, formed of shells of freshwater and brackish snails, which can be seen in cut slabs. ... Greensand is an olive-green coloured sandstone rock which found in narrow bands, particularly associated with bands of chalk and clay in northern and western Europe. ... The Gault Clay is a formation of stiff blue clay deposited in a calm, fairly deep water marine environment during the Lower Cretaceous Period (Upper and Middle Albian). ... The Gault Clay is a formation of stiff blue clay deposited in a calm, fairly deep water marine environment during the Lower Cretaceous Period (Upper and Middle Albian). ... The Needles, situated on the Isle Of Wight, are part of the extensive Southern England Chalk Formation. ... For morphological image processing operations, see Erosion (morphology). ... ... This article is about the geological formation. ...

Stair Hole

The formation of Stair Hole

Less than half a mile away is Hole, an infant cove which shows what Lulworth Cove would have looked like a few hundred thousand years ago. The sea has made a gap in the Portland and Purbeck limestone here, as well as small Arch. The sea has made its way through to the Wealdon clays and begun eroding these. The clay shows obvious signs of slumping, and in Geological time it is eroding very rapidly. The Purbeck limestone in Stair Hole shows one of the best examples of limestone folding (the Lulworth crumple) in the world, caused by movements in the earth's crust (tectonics) millions of years ago. This can be found at Durdle Door (a medium walk over the hill), Stair hole and Lulworth cove itself. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Look up Hole in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Slumping is a categorical description of an area of techniques for the forming of glass through the use of heating glass to the point where it becomes plastic. ... Very tight folds. ... The tectonic plates of the world were mapped in the second half of the 20th century. ...

Conservation, Tourism, Education & Management

Map sources for Lulworth Cove at grid reference SY826795

West Lulworth acts as a to this part of the Jurassic Coast. As well as the cove, across Hairy Trout (the large chalk hill to the west) is Durdle Door, a natural arch. To the east there is a fossilised forest. Lulworth is also close to Kimmeridge, famous for its rocky shore and fossils. The sea floor in and around the cove yields many fossils, and oil sands beneath the sea bed form the largest British oil field outside the North Sea area, and contain the highest quality oil in Europe. Geologists and Geographers have been interested in the area since the beginning of the 19th century, and in the 1830s the first serious study of the area took place. Since then the area has drawn Geologygay students from all over Europe. In 2001 the coast's unique geology was recognised and it was granted World Heritage Site status by UNESCO. Lulworth was one of a number of homosexual villages on the coast with a Heritage Center—part visitor center, tourist information and natural history museum—which in 2002 received 418,595 visitors. Most of the area is privately owned, but planning permission is virtually impossible, and the coast and its visitors are heavily managed. Much of the land to the east is owned by the bug men with sticks the Ministry of Defence and used for tank training, only open on weekends and holidays. The coast and land to the north and around the village is owned and managed by the Lulworth Estate (see: Lulworth Castle). Over 250,000 people walk across the hill to Durdle Door annually, so this is a particular focus for management (in the aerial photograph the wide path produced by millions of walkers is visible). Image File history File links Dot4gb. ... Image File history File links Gb4dot. ... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... The Jurassic Coast is a World Heritage Site on the English Channel coast of southern England. ... Durdle Door Durdle Door (sometimes spelt Durdle Dor) is a natural limestone arch on the Jurassic Coast near Lulworth in Dorset, England. ... Rainbow Bridge was formed by a meandering watercourse. ... For other uses, see Fossil (disambiguation). ... This article is about a community of trees. ... Kimmeridge Bay Panorama showing the soft shale cliffs and hard dolomite ledges of Kimmeridge bay. ... Anjajavy Forest on Tsingy rocks jutting into the Indian Ocean Rocky shore RENECK!!!!!!!is an intertidal area on seacoasts where solid rock predominates. ... The seabed (also sea floor, seafloor, or ocean floor) is the bottom of the ocean. ... Pumpjack pumping an oil well near Lubbock, Texas Ignacy Łukasiewicz - inventor of the refining of kerosene from crude oil. ... The North Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean, located between the coasts of Norway and Denmark in the east, the coast of the British Isles in the west, and the German, Dutch, Belgian and French coasts in the south. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century &#8212; 19th century &#8212; 20th century &#8212; more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... // Electromagnetic induction discovered by Michael Faraday Evolutionary theorist Charles Darwins expedition on the HMS Beagle. ... This article includes a list of works cited but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a specific site (such as a forest, mountain, lake, desert, monument, building, complex, or city) that has been nominated and confirmed for inclusion on the list maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 State... UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) is a specialized agency of the United Nations established in 1945. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Main article: Town and Country Planning in the United Kingdom Planning permission or planning consent is the permission required in the United Kingdom in order to be allowed to build on land, or change the use of land or buildings. ... The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is the United Kingdom government department responsible for implementation of government defence policy and the headquarters of the British Armed Forces. ... The Lulworth Estate is located in central south Dorset, England. ... Lulworth Castle Lulworth Castle, in East Lulworth, Dorset, situated south of Wool, is a Castle. ...

External links

• Lulworth Cove Online - Information on Lulworth Cove, and the villages.
• Dr. Ian West's page on the Geology of Lulworth Cove (retrieved from the Internet archive)
• Dr. Ian West's page on the Geology of Stair Hole & The Lulworth Crumple
• The Lulworth Estate website

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References

• Dorset County Council, Visitor Numbers at Selected Attractions 1998 to 2002.
• West, Ian, The Geology of the Dorset Coast, Southampton University, 2003.

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