Durdle Door To Lulworth Cove Walk | Jurassic Coast Dorset | England

Описание: This walk begins at Lulworth Cove on the coast of Dorset. The strata along the walking route consist of sedimentary rocks, with some spectacular folds seen along the walk. Both Lulworth Cove and Durdle Door are popular tourist destinations, so it is recommended that this walk is done in the early morning or outside of the tourist season.
This section of coastline forms part of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site.

South West Coast Path
As you leave the cove and cross the car park to walk east towards Durdle Door along a path named Lulworth Steps, you will walk along the top of the Holywell Nodule Chalk Formation that forms the back of the cove. The path now forms part of the South West Coast Path, which stretches from Poole in Dorset around Cornwall to Exmoor in Devon.
Once you reach the top of Lulworth Steps, you get great views of the English Channel and, as you keep walking, you will come to St Oswald’s Bay and Man O’ War Cove. The bay is wide and has become a beach, whereas Man O’ War Cove still holds its distinctive cove shape. The rocks here are the same as in Lulworth Cove and this can clearly be seen in the folded sandstones and mudstones at the tip of the cove – they follow on directly from Lulworth!

Durdle Door
Durdle Door is a limestone arch. At its thickest at Durdle Door, the Portland Stone Formation is 33 m, but the arch top itself is just 5 m thick. If you decide to walk down to the gravel beach, you would be walking down some of the near-vertically dipping limestone beds, but the views are best from atop the path.
If you were to extend your walk, you would no longer see the folded strata from Lulworth Cove or Durdle Door, only the large, rolling, chalk hills of the Dorset coast. Be careful, as they are uneven and steep — a good way to get your heart pumping!

Warnings
Do be careful when walking along the coast. Stick to the paths and keep away from the cliffs if you venture down to the water. These areas are known to have landslides and the sheer faces of the coastline can have rockfalls. Some people like to kayak under Durdle Door and other thin crevasses in the water, but do not attempt this because of the rockfall risk: remember, the erosion is still ongoing. Swimming around Durdle Door is extremely dangerous due to the swirling currents and waves.

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