Isle of Purbeck
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The Isle of Purbeck is a peninsula in Dorset, England. It is bordered by the English Channel to the south and east, where steep cliffs fall to the sea; and by the marshy lands of the River Frome and P
Corfe Castle
Ophrys sphegodes, the Early Spider Orchid
Swanage, the main town and resort of Purbeck, with the Purbeck Hills in the background.
Brownsea Island
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Brownsea Island is the largest of the islands in Poole Harbour, in the county of Dorset, England. The island is owned by the National Trust, with the northern half managed by the Dorset Wildlife Trust
Isle of Purbeck
…are the chalk stacks named Old Harry Rocks: Old Harry and his Wife. Poole Harbour is popular with bird watchers, windsurfers and yachters; it contains Brownsea Island, the site of the first-ever Scout camp. Corfe Castle is in the centre of the isle, overlooking Corfe Castle village…
The castle and piers on Brownsea Island
A peacock displays to a visitor
The mock Tudor entrance added in the mid-1850s by William Waugh
St Mary's Church, built in 1854