This is a fairly easy From the Spyway car park you can also walk towards the sea and cliff edge to either walk down the coastal paths or just enjoy the beautiful views. It is sometimes open to the public.Tilly Whim Caves were one of the many quarries along this coast, providing Purbeck limestone for building projects during the eighteenth century. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience.No one believed me when I announced we were going on a mission to discover dinosaur footprints at a place called Spyway. Best nearby.
It's a place I know and love and thought it'd be a great area to complete the #newyearplanthunt. Distance: 3.5 miles Start: Spyway Car Park, Langton Matravers, BH19 3HG Link; Dorset is full of amusingly named places, and Scratch Arse Ware has to be one of the best! Other engravings commissioned by Burt are on plaques dotted around the cliffs, and include quotes from Shakespeare and the Bible.Burt delivered local stone to London, and the ballast he picked up in the capital for his return journeys can be seen throughout Swanage. Your email address will not be published. The demand for the stone slumped at the end of the wars, however, and the caves have not been quarried since 1812.
This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. At the footpath cross roads, turn left onto Priests Way and follow for a short distance; Take the footpath signposted on your right, and follow alongside two fields (swapping sides of the field boundary part way through) Email. Find out more by clicking on the links below. At the end of the field, before you reach Tom's Field Camp Site, turn left and walk through the fields to the track at the end. For timetable information, zoom in on the interactive map and click on the bus stops, visit Reproduced by permission of Ordnance Survey on Instead we drove for 20 minutes to Dorchester to see the Dinosaur Museum. We parked at Spyway NT car park (we are members) & took the walk to Dancing Ledge thought the paths & fields. A “ware” is a local word for land used as rough grazing, and it’s been suggested that the name of this one has something to do with the large amounts of scratchy gorse found growing here! A fascinating walk in the springtime, when the many noisy seabirds nesting on the cliffs can be seen on the webcam in the Durlston Country Park and National Nature Reserve.
From Spyway Car Park, head up Durnford Drove towards the main road for a short distance until you come to a turning circle with a path leading off to the left. More than 570 species of wildflowers here have attracted 34 different species of butterflies and no fewer than 650 species of moth! In 1991 it was fully automated and is now under the central control of Trinity House. Park up at the Spyway car park, and take a walk towards Swanage or Worth along the South West Coastal Path and you won't regret it. Perhaps his prize acquisition, though, was the Wellington clock tower, originally built as a memorial to the Duke of Wellington but such a poor timekeeper that when it was realised that it was obstructing traffic around London Bridge in 1860, London was only too pleased to send it down to Swanage in one of Burt's ships!This is one of the most dangerous areas for shipping on the Dorset coast, and strong tides and underwater rock ledges have led to the loss of many ships over the years. The RNLI Swanage lifeboat station has 2 lifeboats, an All Weather 'Mersey' class and a 'D-Class' inshore lifeboat. We accept no liability (to the fullest extent permitted by law) for the quality of the activities provided or places listed or for the accuracy of any information given.This website uses analytics cookies to improve your experience. 96 Restaurants within 5 miles. Tourist information for England’s most popular seaside resort. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.No one believed me when I announced we were going on a mission to discover dinosaur footprints at a place called Spyway. 4 likes. Our mission took us through puddles, past a quarry and into some serious mud, finally ending at dinosaur footprints so enormous we could stand in them.Sadly, we didn’t have time to explore the rest of Spyway and discover what Scratched Arse Ware is or see Dancing Ledge but I will update this post after our next visit.