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Ridgeway Hill

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There is a free car park on the ridgeline west of the summit just off the Grange Hill road known as Steeple Hill Car Park, from where there are panoramic views of the area.
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standing at 199 metres (653 ft), is one of the only hills with a prominence of over a hundred metres,
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Steeple Pit - Steeple Hill, Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, UK - Places of Geologic Significance
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The long wooded back of Ridgeway Hill seen from Creech Barrow Hill to the North East
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A Visitation of the Seats and Arms of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain
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lies at its southern foot. To the west is the better-known, but slightly lower,
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The footpath up the western slope of Ridgeway Hill from the car park
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on Dorset's Jurassic Coast and 2.8 miles (4.5 km) west of
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Ridgeway Hill (right) on the Purbeck Ridge, Dorset, seen from
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at www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk. Accessed on 26 May 2013.
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which is now a nature reserve. There are also good views of
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listing at English Heritage website. Accessed on 9 Jun 2013
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Index


Povington Hill
Elevation
Prominence
Parent peak
Swyre Head
Listing
HuMP
Coordinates
50°38′09″N 2°07′20″W / 50.6358°N 2.1221°W / 50.6358; -2.1221
Dorset
Parent range
Purbeck Hills
OS grid
SY914817
Topo map
OS
Purbeck Hills
Dorset
HuMPs
folly
Grange Arch
Creech Grange
Stonehill Down
Swyre Head
Jurassic Coast
Kimmeridge Bay
Corfe Castle
Steeple
Povington Hill

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