Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (England Wales & N Ireland)
England, Wales and Northern Ireland has 46 Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, covering 18% of the countryside, over a fifth of the English coast, and including 12,000 miles of footpaths and bridleways.
St Aldhelms Head - Dorset
St Aldhelms Head, is located southwest of Swanage. The headland is an outcrop of Portland Stone from the overlying Lower Purbeck Stone and is the most southerly part of the Purbeck peninsula and has been heavily quarried - a defunct sea cliff quarry exists underneath the coast guard station and a still working quarry, called "St Aldhelms Quarry". An un-quarried limestone pillar has been left on the cliff edge, by the 19th century quarrymen, presumably as a curiosity. The "Pond Freestone" which makes up the stem of the monolith was the main stone worked at the site.
UNESCO World Heritage SiteJurassic CoastArea of Outstanding Natural Beautyheadlandpeninsulacliffsseacoastalcoastlinewild flowersgeologyseascapeSouth West Coast Path
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