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Photograph: Swyre Head with Bat's Head beyond from Durdle Door
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108:and 14 miles (22.5 km) west of
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162:Swyre Head & Durdle Door walks
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20:. For the highest hill in the
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929:Kimmeridge Oil Field
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1154:Headlands of Dorset
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250:50.6238°N 2.2851°W
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689:Weymouth Bay
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747:Perry Ledge
712:Jordan Hill
707:Furzy Cliff
614:King's Pier
609:Durdle Pier
574:Pulpit Rock
564:Mutton Cove
539:Chesil Cove
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71:Durdle Door
39:White Nothe
1143:Categories
961:Swyre Head
924:Kimmeridge
914:Brandy Bay
884:Cow Corner
861:Arish Mell
826:Stair Hole
821:Dungy Head
791:Swyre Head
786:Bat's Head
742:Bran Point
732:Black Head
619:Folly Pier
521:Chickerell
511:Abbotsbury
478:Eype Mouth
463:Golden Cap
419:Lyme Regis
391:Pinhay Bay
366:Branscombe
341:Ladram Bay
326:Otter Cove
303:East Devon
238:50°37′26″N
149:References
139:dry valley
86:Bat's Head
67:Swyre Head
65:, between
59:dry valley
47:Swyre Head
43:Bat's Head
26:Swyre Head
939:Hen Cliff
904:Gad Cliff
752:Ringstead
722:Broadrock
694:Greenhill
624:Salt Pans
604:Jurassica
589:Cave Hole
544:Tar Rocks
516:Gore Cove
451:Charmouth
446:Black Ven
371:Beer Head
346:High Peak
316:Sandy Bay
241:2°17′06″W
223:Panoramio
141:known as
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986:West Man
856:Mupe Bay
649:Weymouth
559:Blacknor
549:Clay Ope
496:West Bay
436:Lyme Bay
351:Sidmouth
121:Kingston
106:Weymouth
94:Lulworth
84:between
41:towards
18:Lulworth
1031:Swanage
991:Winspit
909:Tyneham
468:Seatown
110:Swanage
102:England
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411:Dorset
386:Seaton
98:Dorset
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