Managing the Coast

The stretch of the Dorset coastline between White Nothe in the west and Warbarrow Bay in the east is owned and managed by the Lulworth Estate, a private Estate, owned by the Weld family since 1641. This stretch of coastline is approximately 5 miles and includes Lulworth Cove, Durdle Door, The Lulworth Crumple, Stair Hole and the Fossil Forrest. The Estate continues to be managed in an environmentally sensitive way maintaining a balance between

• conservation of the environment, landscape, flora and fauna
• local economy including agriculture
• the social structure
• the needs and demands of the visiting public.

The Lulworth Estate is committed to the management of the coast in a balanced and environmentally sensitive way, constantly seeking initiatives to improve this balance and enhance the coastline and the rest of the Estate to secure its conservation, not preservation, far into the future so that our children are able to enjoy the beauty and wonder of this area of the world as we have been privileged to be able to do.

James Weld
General Manager
The Lulworth Estate

July 2002 

Managing the Coastline | Geology and Fossils| Ecology | The Grassland Project | Visitors | Public Access | The Heritage Centre
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