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Durlston Pleasure Grounds

The ‘Durlston Pleasure Grounds’ is a £1m project and partnership, led by Dorset Council to enhance the Victorian landscape at Durlston for people, wildlife, and heritage. It is funded through a National Lottery Heritage Fund grant and partner groups and organisations including; The Swanage Medical Centre, the Dorset Gardens Trust, Purbeck Runners, the Swanage School, Swanage Town Council, Countryside Mobility, Partnership for Older People, Swanage Senior Forum, Friends of Durlston.

Pleasure Grounds Project

Weather Records

Weather readings have been recorded at Durlston since 1988. Readings are taken at 09:00 every morning except 25th and 26th December.

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Durlston's Geology

Durlston's coast forms part of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site. The Jurassic Coast is England’s only natural World Heritage Site.

World Heritage status was granted because of the site's unique insight into the earth sciences as it clearly depicts a geological ‘walk through time’ spanning the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.

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Management

Durlston is managed by a team of Rangers who try hard to balance the needs of over 3,000 species of living things and an important historic and geological heritage, while making the park an amazing place for visitors and our community.

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