From Worth Matravers it is a short walk, c. 4.5miles along the Priest's Way and down to the cliffs at Dancing Ledge. Above, impressive flights of strip lynchets of the former open fields of Worth Matraverse.
https://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/dorset/vol2/pp410-416 and
https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1019951
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| View to Swanage |
The meadows to the west of Dancing Ledge are the finest place to see these orchids in the UK. There are thousands of them.
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| Orchid with cowslip |
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| Orchid with milkwort |
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| Orchid with daisies |
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| going to seeds |
Click on any picture to enlarge it.
And if you book public speakers, you may like my talk on native orchids detailed at
http://www.peterlovetttalks.co.uk/orchids.html
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